HP/UX system administration Basic usage Check system version, release and patches,

uname -r swlist -l bundle | grep ' OS' swlist -l bundle | grep ' Operating Environment' swlist -a state -a patch_state PH*

Note. B.11.11 = 11i Note. B.11.23 = 11i v2 Note. B.11.31 = 11i v3 Check for CPUs,
ioscan -fnkC processor top

Check for memory and swap,

swapinfo -a dmesg | more # search for Memory top # real + virtual + free

Check for disks,

ioscan -fnkC disk

Check for filesystems,

cat /etc/mnttab bdf

Add some user and fix its shell,

useradd -m user1 passwd user1 chsh user1 /usr/local/bin/bash

If you desperately need more space,

fsadm -b fsadm -b fsadm -b lvreduce lvreduce lvreduce 1048576 4194304 5242880 -L 1024 -L 4096 -L 5120 /var /usr /opt /dev/vg00/lvol8 /dev/vg00/lvol7 /dev/vg00/lvol6

Note. if you also want to resize /stand, you may try with "-C y" and "lvlnboot -r" thereafter. Package management View some product content,
swlist -l product | grep -i cde swlist -l fileset CDE swlist -l file CDE.CDE-MIN

Install products,
gunzip mutt-1.5.20-ia64-11.23.depot.gz unset DISPLAY swlist -s /root/mutt-1.5.20-ia64-11.23.depot swinstall -s /root/mutt-1.5.20-ia64-11.23.depot mutt

If you experience errors, check the logs,

cd /var/adm/sw/queue/logfiles cd 000X

more logfile

remove the failed software install,

swremove BUNDLE

and try again, once you fixed the issue,

swinstall /absolute/path/to/BUNDLE

HBA configuration & multipathing Display hard drives & LUNs,

ioscan -fnC disk

Note. "-funC" for "usable" disks Note. "insf" or "insf -e -C disk" to force device creation Note. "-k" as user Display Fiber Channel adapters,
ioscan -fnC fc

display the HBA's WWN,

fcmsutil /dev/fcd0

note. "/dev/fcdX" or "/dev/tdX" check for LUNs,

ioscan -fnC disk

For HP/UX 11.23 Configure PVLink (11.23 - Path failover through LVM). Once your VG is working on one path (PV needs to be created on one of the paths first, see the "LVM configuration" paragraph), add the alternate paths to it,
vgextend vg01 /dev/dsk/c2t0d1 /dev/dsk/c6t0d1 /dev/dsk/c8t0d1

Note. otherwise purchase and use SecurePath For HP/UX 11.31 SAN Multipath option comes with OS. The new storage stack includes dynamic multipath balancing. Backup/restore To recover files to original location,
frecover -f /dev/rmt/0m -xov -i /source_directory

To recover files relative to the current working directory:

cd /destination_directory frecover -f /dev/rmt/0m -xXov -i /source_directory

Refs. forums11.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do? threadId=2801&admit=109447626+1253637912723+28353475 docs.hp.com/en/B2355-90672/ch09s08.html docs.hp.com/en/B2355-90950/ch06s04.html Single user mode Interrupt the bootloader timeout and boot single user,
boot -is vmunix

Define PATH, TERM and proceed...,

PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin TERM=vt100 export PATH TERM ...

Note. if you have bash installed,

/usr/local/bin/bash

Note. if you need to use LVM,

vgchange -a y VGNAME

Note. switch to init 3,

sync init 3

Misc Get a decent environment with the default shell and vars,
stty erase ^? export TERM=xterm

Check the logs,

tail -f /var/adm/syslog/syslog.log tail -f /var/adm/syslog/mail.log

Shutdown,
cd / shutdown -h -y now

reboot,
cd / shutdown -r -y now #reboot

To give an alternate default shell for all normal users,

vi /etc/profile

add,
if [ $LOGNAME != root \ -a $LOGNAME != daemon \ -a $LOGNAME != bin \ -a $LOGNAME != sys \ ... ]; then command fi

To add the rc.local feature to HP/UX,

cd /sbin vi rc

add at the end,

/bin/ksh /etc/rc.local

then your rc.local script,

cd /etc vi rc.local

like e.g.,
#!/bin/ksh PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:$HOME/bin\ :/usr/local/apache2/bin:/usr/local/mysql/bin export PATH print "starting mysqld" mysqld_safe --user=mysql & print "starting apache2" apachectl start

fix perms,
chmod 755 rc.local

Instead of "diff -r", use,

dircmp -s -d folder1 folder2 2>&1 | more

Note. this only works directory per directory. Check if only space & tabs:
od -c file

Free the 80 port,

cd /opt/DevMan vi DevManBE.ini

changer,
[Service] AutoStart=1 Fresh Install=0 [Web] Port=8081

apply,
cd /sbin/rc3.d ./DevMan stop ./DevMan start

To mount an ISO image on HP/UX 11.31 (11iv3),

lvcreate -n cdrom -L 5000 vg00 cd /var/tmp dd if=image.iso of=/dev/vg00/rcdrom bs=4096k mkdir -p /cdrom mount /dev/vg00/cdrom /cdrom

Note. lvcreate -L in MB Note. dd against the raw device (rcdx) To mount an ISO (w/ or w/o rockridge) on older HP/UX releases,
/usr/sbin/pfs_mountd & /usr/sbin/pfsd &

then edit or create this file,

vi /etc/pfs_fstab

with the following contents: /dev/dsk/c0t4d0 /ISO_CDROM pfs-iso9660 xlat=unix 0 0 /dev/dsk/c0t4d0 /ISO_RR_CDROM pfs-rrip xlat=unix 0 0 note. create the dirs,
mkdir /ISO_CDROM mkdir /ISO_RR_CDROM

mount the CDrom,

pfs_mount /ISO_CDROM ls -l /ISO_CDROM

umount the CDrom,

pfs_umount /ISO_CDROM

same with long filenames

pfs_mount /ISO_RR_CDROM pfs_umount /ISO_RR_CDROM

Refs. sysunconfig.net/unixtips/hp_cdrom.txt forums11.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do? admit=109447626+1221656305536+28353475&threadId=1060487 forums12.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do? admit=109447627+1221655722783+28353475&threadId=1153978 Software references Software Depot home : software.hp.com/ IT Resource Center : itrc.hp.com/

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