AIX System Command


uptime
shown when the AIX system has been up

uname

displays what type of operating system being used.

iostat command

displays the CPU load statistics

iostat -t displays the CPU Statistics

iostat -d displays the disk statistics

sar command

System Activity Report

Can take direct sample intervals for a specific period of time.

sar 1 1

vmstat command

Virtual Memory Statistics

we can get a lot of data about the system including the memory, paging space, page faults and CPU statistics

vmstat 1 2

wc command

counts the number of lines, words, and bytes or characters in a file