HP-UX Articles
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Contents
- 1 HP-UX System Administration
- 1.1 Backup Commands
- 1.2 Dynamic Root Disk (DRD)
- 1.3 Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI)
- 1.4 Event Monitoring Service (EMS) / Support Tools Manager (STM)
- 1.5 Fibre Channel
- 1.6 File systems
- 1.7 General
- 1.8 Gigabit Ethernet
- 1.9 Integrity Virtual Machines
- 1.10 Ignite-UX
- 1.11 Jetdirect / LP Spooler
- 1.12 Kernel
- 1.13 Logical Volume Manager (LVM)
- 1.14 MultiPath Software
- 1.15 NPartitions (nPar)
- 1.16 Patch Management
- 1.17 Performance
- 1.18 SCSI / SAS Controller (including RAID)
- 1.19 Security
- 1.20 Software Distributor (SD-UX)
- 1.21 Storage
- 1.22 Swap
- 1.23 System Administration Manager (SAM)
- 1.24 System Management Homepage (SMH)
- 1.25 Systems Insight Manager (SIM)
- 1.26 System Fault Management (SFM)
- 1.27 Troubleshooting
- 1.28 Trusted System
- 1.29 UPS | Power Management
- 1.30 Virtual Partitions (vPar)
- 1.31 Veritas Volume Manager (VxVM)
- 1.32 Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM)
- 2 HP 9000 / Integrity Hardware
- 3 Supported Protocols
- 4 HP Propietary
HP-UX System Administration
Backup Commands
- How to use cpio
- How to use fbackup
- How to use frecover from remote host
- How to use pax
- How to use tar
- JFS DirectIO and Backup Performance
- Misconfigured LDAP authentication heavily impacts tar archive extraction performance
Dynamic Root Disk (DRD)
- How to change kernel parameters using Dynamic Root Disk
- How to clone rootdg using Dynamic Root Disk
- How to clone vg00 using Dynamic Root Disk
- How to extend vg00 logical volumes using Dynamic Root Disk
- How to install software using Dynamic Root Disk
- Update Integrity Virtual Machine environment from 4.1 to 4.2 using Dynamic Root Disk
Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI)
- EFI Commands
- How to read EFI entries when using map -r command
- How to recognize a bootable device from the EFI
Event Monitoring Service (EMS) / Support Tools Manager (STM)
- Diagnostics
- EMS Hardware Monitors: Data Sheets
- EMS Hardware Monitors: Event Descriptions
- How to recover hardware serial numbers?
- How to prevent EMS monitor requests for a device
- Why "fc60controller_reset.ksh" script is not longer delivered on STM
- EMS error troubleshooting
- How to run logtool in cstm?
- Online Diagnostics B.11.23.12.02 missing dependencies
Fibre Channel
- How build a depot with all HP-UX Fibre Channel Driver bundles and requisites
- How to collect Fibre Channel configuration information
- How to install fiber channel card drivers
- How to obtain a disk WWID
- How to turn off multi-pathing on legacy DSFs
- How to update FCD Driver-Based FLASH ROM
- HP-UX 11i v3 - Obtain the WWID of a Tape Device
- HP-UX 11i v3 and EMC Storage Support
- Legacy View does not show more than eight logical units
File systems
- Common VxFS error messages
- How to access a FAT32 USB Drive
- How to backup and restore ACL permissions
- How to backup and restore file owner and permissions
- How to check which processes have open files
- How to collect JFS file system metadata dump
- How to configure file system quotas
- How to convert a VXFS file system to EVFS
- How to correct fstab file locked by vxsvc process
- How to create a file system usage report
- How to create an Encrypted Volume File System
- How to enable EVFS raw access mode for encrypted backup
- How to extend a file system
- How to find orphan symbolic links
- How to mount an ISO image file
- How to remove an EVFS file system
- How to troubleshoot "mount" errors
- How to update access time of a whole filesystem
- HP-UX 11i v2 mismatch JFS versions
- JFS kernel Messages
- VxFS Block Size
- VxFS Layout Matrix
General
- How to install HP-UX
- How to install HP-UX on a Blade system
- How to configure the syslog.conf file?
- How to boot in special modes
- How to check system crash dump configuration?
- How to reset the root password?
- How to find the kernel bit width
- How to find from which disk the system has booted
- How to obtain the system serial number?
- How to set per session command history files?
- How to erase all data from a disk or logical volume?
- How to change the system time zone?
- How to compile shell scripts?
- How to decode LBOLT numbers?
- How to change root home directory?
- How to automate user account creation?
- How to configure dial-in / dial-out modems?
- How to remove all Legacy alternate paths using Agile View?
- How to create custom startup scripts?
- How to save process id (pid) number?
- HP-UX 11i v3 Migration Resources
- How to use the GSP/MP for power cycle the system?
- MP Commands
- How to setup Hyperthreading?
- Raw disk devices vs regular ones
- How to reassign agile addressing instance numbers on HP-UX 11i v3
- How to rename Agile View Device Special Files for HP-UX 11i v3 Service Guard Environment
- USB Support Update for HP-UX 11i v2 and v3
- HP-UX 11i v3 deprecates STREAMS/UX supsched process
- Year 2038 limitation on HP-UX and recommended steps
- How to simulate /dev/one functionality
- How to configure Memory Windows
- Why removing the nobody account is not a good idea
Gigabit Ethernet
Integrity Virtual Machines
- Integrity VM Support Policy
- Integrity VM Memory Calculator
- Integrity VM Installation Requirements
- How to add virtual storage to virtual machines guests
- How to provision networking to Integrity VM Guests
- How to install a Integrity VM Guest using an Ignite-UX server
- How to clone Integrity VM Guests using Dynamic Root Disk
- How to install Integrity VM Guest using Host USB DVD drive
- How to exit from a virtual console session trap on the Management Processor or iLO
- How to backup Integrity VM Guest file system in the VM Host
- Integrity Virtual Machines and Dynamic Root Expansion
- How to get the WWID of a disk assign to an Integrity VM Guest
- How to recreate guest configuration files after updating Integrity VM V4.0 VM Host to Integrity VM V4.1
Ignite-UX
- Ignite-UX(HP site)
- Supported Versions of Ignite-UX
- Ignite-UX Depot Archive
- Two-Step Media Recovery Images
- How to troubleshoot make_net_recovery NFS mount errors
- Configuring Bastille to Operate with Ignite-UX
- LAN Boot: Overview
- How does a Ignite-UX Cold Install looks like
- How does a make_net_recovery looks like?
- How to recover from an incorrect "bootsys"
- How to create ignite boot tapes?
- USB tape support
- How to troubleshoot common make_net_recovery warning messages?
- How to recover a single file / directory from an Ignite archive?
- How to determinate the creation time of an Ignite-UX tape
- How to create a recovery tape using a net recovery archive?
- How to create Ignite-UX CD/DVD image for Two-Step media recovery
- How to create your own bootable dvd
- How to create your own bootable Multi-DVD
- How to create Ignite-UX boot tapes?
- How to recover a system from an Ignite-UX boot tape?
- How to clone a system using Golden Images
- How to clone a system using Net Recovery archives
- Integrity boot tape support
- Why make_depot fails with missing config clauses?
- How to configure NFS to save make_net_recovery archives?
- Ignite-UX and SAS Devices
- make_tape_recovery -u fail to release NFS client connection
- How to setup your own file system layout for a Golden Images
- How to setup Integrity network boot
- How to create and restore network Ignite-UX backups without a dedicated server
- Serial Attach SCSI instance renumbered after Ignite-UX recovery
- How to recover file owner and permissions using a recovery archive
- How does the Two-Step Media Recovery look like
- Ignite-UX fails to start a remote make_net_recovery using SSH and returns X11 Forwarding error
Jetdirect / LP Spooler
- How to add a HP-UX printer using Jetdirect addqueue or lpadmin commands
- How to configure HP-UX remote spooling using the command line
- How to configure remote printing to a different tcp port
- How to contact Jetdirect Support
- How to copy print spooler configuration to another server
- How to install HP Jetdirect Printer Installer
- How to install LaserJet 2015DN printer on HP-UX using Jetdirect
- How to print documents in Landscape
- How to remove pending Spool Job Requests
- How to use Ghostscript
- How to use PCL and PJL codes to set text files print options
- How to use sudo to delegate LP Spooler Administration
- HP-UX remote spooling
- Print queue name longer than 14 characters
- Xerox CentreWare for HP Openview
Kernel
- VIRTUAL MEMORY STRUCTURES
- How to change kernel parameters using CLI
- How to add kernel drivers from CLI in HPUX 11.11 and 11.23?
- Modify kernel using kconfig in HP-UX 11i v3?
- How to run a vmtrace
- How do I completely remove a module from a system
- How to manually solve "Unsatisfied symbol" errors
- How to build a test kernel on HP-UX 11i v2
- Meaning of kernel configurations in 11.23 and after
- Build kernel error while copying bootfs directory
Logical Volume Manager (LVM)
- Dynamic LUN expansion (DLE) and LUN contraction
- How to boot from a cloned boot disk
- How to change the name of a logical volume
- How to change the name of a volume group
- How to clone a LVM volume group
- How to create a logical volume report of a volume group
- How to create a Volume Group
- How to export a Volume Group
- How to extend root file system using LVM mirrors
- How to extend root file system using pvmove and OnlineJFS
- How to extend stand file system in LVM maintenance mode
- How to extend usr file system offline on Integrity Systems
- How to get the size of the logical volumes
- How to keep a spare mirror before a major system upgrade
- How to migrate a LVM volume group to a different backing storage
- How to migrate a LVM volume group to a different host
- How to mirror a boot disk
- How to mirror a logical volume
- How to mount an ISO image file
- How to obtain a LVM 1.0 Physical Volume ID (VGID)
- How to quickly relayout a logical volume
- How to recover LVM volume group configuration after a SAN topology change
- How to remove a LVM mirror boot disk
- How to replace a LVM mirror boot disk
- How to restore LVM Volume Group metadata from a previous configuration
- How to use pvlinks for manual I/O load balancing
- How to use SAN snapshots for Disaster Recovery
MultiPath Software
NPartitions (nPar)
Patch Management
- How to perform a patch assessment using SWAINV and Software Assistance
- How to perform a patch software inventory using swainv
- How to verify current patch information on HP-UX 11i
- HPUX 11i standard patch bundles
- HP-UX Software Assistance (SWA)
Performance
- How to perform a First Pass Performance Analysis using Measureware extract command
- HP-UX Kernel Tuning and Performance Guide
- ESS products Known/Current Issues > Performance
- HP-UX 11i v3 Performance Patches
- HP GlancePlus Pak software
- Tape performance assestment tools
- How to create running process reports
- How to use kmeminfo
- How to analize process memory footprint?
- How to analize process usage of syscalls
- How to set the size of the buffer file cache
- How to bypass the VxFS file system cache
- How to use IOzone for File System Performance Measurements
- How to get process thread count?
- How to collect glance binary log files
- How to generate reports using glance binary log files
- How to report CPU usage using Glance
- How to report process threads using Glance
- How to report process system call usage using Glance
- How to convert Kernel Allocator Superpage to bytes
- Physical vs Lockable Memory - questions related to lockable memory in HP-UX
- How to create performance statistics charts
- HP-UX 11i v3 DS2500 write performance optimization
- How to increase the available lockable memory on HP-UX 11i v3
- Sap on HP-UX FAQ
- Overview of UNIX Performance Utilities
- [Service Time Windows]
Third Party Products Performance
SCSI / SAS Controller (including RAID)
- How to get the size of the disks
- How to correct Ultra320 SCSI Bus Reset EMS errors
- How to identified a I20 volume
- How to identify a SAS IR volume
- How to configure Smart Array 6402 / 6404
- HP A7173A PCI-X Dual Channel Ultra320 SCSI Host Bus Adapter
Security
Software Distributor (SD-UX)
- System Overview and Basic Troubleshooting
- Configure SD-UX to work between firewalls
- How to package a SD-UX depot
- How to restore factory software permission using SD-UX software catalog
- How to replace a corrupted SD-UX INDEX file?
- How to remove a product from the software database
- How to debug SDUX commands?
- How to create a network depot?
- How to run a patch assessment?
Storage
Swap
- How to add swap and dump devices using logical volumes
- How to configure swap on a file system
- How to use the swapoff command
- Memory Allocation and SWAP
System Administration Manager (SAM)
System Management Homepage (SMH)
- This product runs on port 2301
- How to disable WBEM / CIM providers?
- How to grant access to non-root users in SMH GUI??
- SysMgmtWeb for HP-UX 11i v1 not available for download
- System Management Homepage permissions
Systems Insight Manager (SIM)
- HP-SIM Library
- How to install SIM?
- Installing and First Time Configuration of HP-SIM
- How to configure SFM, WBEM, SMH, RSP, and SIM all together?
- How to backup/restore the HP SIM database?
- Diagnose and clean an Event overloaded HP-SIM database
- How to recover System Insight Manager database after file system corruption
System Fault Management (SFM)
Troubleshooting
- How to troubleshoot tape devices
- How to perform a process trace using tusc
- How to use SysInfo to collect HP-UX System Information
- How to use gdb to collect a coredump information
- How to constantly monitor the state of a file
- How to determine if a HP-UX executable is a 32 or 64 bit object file
Trusted System
- How to add user accounts on a trusted system?
- How to generate new User Passwords to enforce Security Policies
- How to convert or unconvert a HP-UX 11i v3 System to Trusted Mode
UPS | Power Management
Virtual Partitions (vPar)
- How to add a disk to a vpar?
- How to launch Ignite-UX via a vMedia DVD drive in vPars mode
- How to update vPar from 11.23 to 11.31?
- How to install Server Firmware on non-nPartitionable Servers?
- How to boot a vPar in different modes?
- How to change the LVM Boot Device Hardware Path for a Virtual Partiton?
- How to migrate network ports between vpars?
Veritas Volume Manager (VxVM)
- How to use the VRTSexplorer utility to gather information useful for Symantec Corporation Technical Support
- How to install Veritas Volume Manager 3.5?
- How to migrate bootable disk to VxVM
- How to migrate HP-UX 11i v3 LVM bootable disk to VxVM 5.0.1
- How to mirror a HP-UX 11i VxVM 4.1 or 5.0.1 boot disk
- How to remove a HP-UX 11i VxVM 4.1 or 5.0.1 mirror boot disk
- How to create a rootdg mirror boot disk on Integrity?
- VxVM Cheat Sheet
- VxVM vxmake ERROR V-5-1-6642 Length for subdisk rootdisk##-## is not a multiple of the disk group alignment
- VxVM vxdmp V-5-3-1700 dmpnode 5/0x0 has migrated from enclosure FAKE_ENCLR_SNO to enclosure DISKS
- How to correct udid_mismatch on vxdisk list command output
Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM)
- WBEM Providers
- How to check system WBEM Provider Compatibility
- How to troubleshoot WBEM subscriptions?
- How to rebuild the /var/opt/wbem/repository directory for WBEM Services?
- How to recreate WBEM namespaces under /var/opt/wbem/repository?
- How to recreate WBEM/SMH Certificates?
