Machine Administration Guide 2.6

4.13 postphp (1M)

Name

postphp - PCI Hot Plug post-processing command

Format

/usr/sbin/FJSVmadm/postphp

Function

The postphp command performs the following processing after operation of PCI Hot Plug:
- Restarts the hardware failure monitoring function stopped by the prephp command.
- Reconstructs the hardware configuration database maintained by machine administration.
- Restarts picld(1M).

End status

The end status can be:
0: Normal end
Other than 0: Error
When an error occurs, execute this command again.

• Always execute this command after unmounting or installing a PCI card.

  If this command is not executed, the failure monitoring and reporting functions thereafter will not operate normally.

• Executing this command restarts picld(1M). During restart processing, operations of applications using the Platform Information and Control Library (PICL) may be suspended.