HP-UX System Administration Handbook and Toolkit

Preface.


1. Setting Up Your HP-UX System.


SAM. Server vs. Workstation Implementation. Using the Setup Flowchart. Assemble Team (F1). Inspect Site and Assemble Hardware (F2). Hardware Configuration. Software Configuration. Order Documentation. Install HP-UX 10.x (F3). Loading HP-UX 10.x Software on Series 700. Loading HP-UX 10.x Software on Series 800. Installing Software with Software Distributor-HP-UX. Build an HP-UX Kernel (F4). Configure Additional Peripherals (F5). All About Device Files in HP-UX 10.x. An Example of Adding a Peripheral. Set Up Users and Groups (F6). Assigning Users to Groups. Set-up Backup Procedure (F7). Examples of Remote Backup Using cpio, tar, and fbackup. Perform Ongoing System Administration Tasks (F8). Memory Management. System Startup and Shutdown. System Shutdown.



2. The HP-UX File System and Related Commands.


Introduction. HP-UX File Types. Text Files. Data Files. Source Code File. Executable Files. Shell Programs. Links. Device Files. The file Command. File System Layout. Logical Volume Manager Background. Reconfiguring Some Disks - An Example of Using Some Logical. Volume Commands. Why Change? Optional Procedure to Exchange Dump Priorities. Some Additional File System Related Commands. Viewing File Systems with bdf. File System Maintenance with fsck. Initialize with mediainit.



3. Networking.


UNIX Networking. What Is All This Ethernet, IEEE802.3, TCP/IP Stuff Anyway? Internet Protocol (IP) Addressing. Using Networking. ARPA Services. Berkeley Commands. Host Name Mapping. Network File System (NFS). Other Networking Commands and Setup.



4. System Administration Manager (SAM).


SAM Overview. Running and Using SAM as Superuser. Running Restricted SAM Builder. Accounts for Users and Groups. Adding a User. Adding a Group. Auditing and Security. Audited Events and Audited System Calls. Audited Users. System Security Policies. Backup and Recovery. Scheduling a Backup. Interactive Backup and Recovery. Performing a Restore. Disks and File Systems. Disk Devices. File Systems. Logical Volumes. Swap. Volume Groups. Kernel Configuration. Configurable Parameters. Drivers. Dump Devices. Subsystems. Networking and Communications. Bootable Devices. Internet Addresses. Network Interface Cards. Network Services. Network File Systems. System Access. UUCP. Peripheral Devices. Cards. Device List. Tape Drives. Terminals and Modems. Uninterruptable Power Supplies. Printers and Plotters. Print Requests. Printers and Plotters. Save/Restore Spooler Configuration. Process Management. Performance Monitors. Process Control. Scheduling Cron Jobs. Routine Tasks. Backup and Recovery. Dind and Remove Unused Filesets. Selective File Removal. System Log Files. System Shutdown. Run SAM on Remote Systems. Software Management. Copy Software to Local Depot. Install Software to Local Host. List Software. Remove Software. Time. NFS Diskless Concepts. ENWARE X-station Administration (optional).



5. The Art of System Administration.


Where Are Your HP-UX System Resources Going? System Components. Commands and Tools for Determining How System Resources Are Being Used. Taking Inventory. Standard HP-UX Commands. I/O and CPU Statistics with iostat. Virtual Memory Statistics with vmstat. Network Statistics with netstat. Network Statistics with landiag and lanadmin. Check Processes with ps. Show Remote Mounts with showmount. Show Swap with swapinfo. sar: The System Activity Reporter. timex to Analyze a Command. HP GlancePlus/UX. Global Screen Description. CPU Detail Screen Description. Memory Detail Screen Description. Disk Detail Screen Description. GlancePlus Summary. What Should I Look For When Using GlancePlus? Using Some of the Performance Tools in a Benchmark. A Real-Life Performance Problem. First Things First - Taking Inventory. Characterize Application.



6. Common Desktop Environment.


Why a Graphical User Interface (GUI)? The Relationship among X, Motif, and CDE. The X Window System. Motif. CDE. X, Motif, and CDE Configuration Files. How Configuration Files Play Together. Specifying Appearance and Behavior. The Sequence of Events When CDE Starts. Customizing CDE. CDE and Performance. Conclusion.



7. Shell Programming for System Administrators.


Shell Programming. Bourne Shell Programming for System Administrators. Shell Variables. Command Substitution. Reading User Input. Arguments to Shell Programs. Testing and Branching. Making Decisions with the case Statement. Looping. The While Loop. Shell Functions. awk in Shell Programs. C Shell Programming for System Administrators. Issuing Commands. The .cshrc File. The .login File. Shell and Environment Variables. File Name Expansion. umask and Permissions. C Shell Programming.



8. HP-UX System Auditing.


What Should You Audit? Important Files. Security. Logical Volume Review. Performance. Disk and File System Information. Kernel, Boot, and Printer Information. Patches. Networking. Some Example Scripts. Kernel. Disk Information. Logical Volume Summary. Logical Volume Detail. Patches. Software Check. Password and Group Check. Check for Disk Hogs. Check Crash Directory.



9. Windows NT and HP-UX Interoperability Topics.


Interoperability Topics. Why the X Window System? X Window System Background. X Server Software. Windows NT and HP-UX Networking. NFS Background. Using Windows NT and HP-UX Networking. File Transfer Protocol (FTP). Other Connection Topics. Windows NT Functionality on HP-UX - Advanced Server 9000. Installing Advanced Server 9000 on HP-UX. Sharing a Printer. Sharing a File System. POSIX Utilities. HP SoftBench Openstudio. Three Key Features of OpenStudio. Manipulating HP-UX Source Code. SoftBench OpenStudio Control Panel. Conclusion.



10. The vi Editor.


Starting a vi Session. Cursor Control Commands. Adding Text in vi. Deleting Text in vi. Changing Text in vi. Search and Replace in vi. Copying Text in vi. Undo in vi. Save Text and Exit vi. Options in vi.



Index.