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/
Porting And Archive Centre : hpux.connect.org.uk/ Index of /gcc : hpacxx.external.hp.com/gcc/ References HP documentation portal : docs.hp.com/ HP IT ressources : www.itrc.hp.com/ HP support : support.hp.com/ www.docs.hp.com/en/B2355-90950/ch05s01.html www.unixhub.com/docs/hpux/hpux_boot.html HP/UX 11i v2 documentation : docs.hp.com/fr/hpux11iv2.html Manual pages : docs.hp.com/en/hpuxman_pages.html Versus Solaris : www.loudermilk.org/software/solaris-hpux.html#goodstuff Security : www.blacksheepnetworks.com/security/resources/sec_HPUX2.html vPar : christianbilien.wordpress.com/2007/03/25/vpar-memory-granule-size-matters/ HP-UX: Disk and Filesystem tasks : www.unixguide.net/hp/hplvmtasks.shtml Security references Great guide : www.darklab.net/resources/hp-ux11.html Quick view : dataprotected.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/hp-ux-security-check.pdf Ncops : mayoxide.com/ncops/
