List of Required OS Commands for Hosts

The following is a list of all Linux, Solaris and AIX host commands required for Ops Insights to collect data. Review the list of commands and ensure your operating system has the commands available.

Required Commands for Hosts

Operating System Command
Linux awk
basename
bash
bc
cat
date
df
dirname
dladm
dlstat
format
getconf
grep
head
iostat
ipadm
join
kstat
mkdir
pagesize
prtconf
prtpicl
ps
psrinfo
rm
sed
sort
Solaris awk
basename
bash
bc
cat
date
df
dirname
dladm
dlstat
format
getconf
grep
head
iostat
ipadm
join
kstat
mkdir
pagesize
prtconf
prtpicl
ps
psrinfo
rm
sed
sort
swap
tac
tail
uname
uniq
uptime
vmstat
wc
pool
AIX awk
basename
bash
bc
cat
date
df
dirname
egrep
getconf
grep
head
ifconfig
iostat
join
lparstat
lsattr
lscfg
lsdev
lsps
lsvg
mkdir
mpstat
oslevel
prtconf
ps
rm
sar
sed
sort
svmon
tac
tail
uname
uniq
uptime
xargs

Optional Commands for Hosts

Operating System Command Notes
Linux nvidia-smi Used for GPU collection
lspci Used for GPU collection
lshw Used for GPU collection
docker Used for container metadata collection
su Used for container metadata collection
sudo Used for container metadata collection
visudo Used for privileged collection install

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