Your complete single source for HP-UX system
administration!
- Completely updated for HP-UX 11i!
- Day-to-day HP-UX system administration-in-depth
- UNIX commands and shells
- UNIX/Windows interoperability
Now, there's a single source for all the information
HP-UX administrators need to succeed. Marty Poniatowski has
updated the world's #1 HP-UX system administration guide to
cover all the latest HP-UX 11i enhancements, all the UNIX
commands HP-UX sysadmins need to know, plus every key
option for UNIX/Windows interoperability!
HP-UX in depth...
- System boot: PDC, ISL, hpux, GSP
- Installing HP-UX, software distributor, and operating
environments
- HP-UX kernel-including detailed 11i kernel parameter
descriptions
- Device files
- Users/groups, backup/restore, and startup/shutdown
scripts
- Virtual partitions background info
- System Administration Manager (SAM)
- Veritas Volume Manager and LVM-with extensive LVM
examples
- Performance management: iostat, vmstat, netstat, top,
sar, rpm, and more
- Networking
- Common Desktop Environment (CDE)
- HP-UX system auditing
UNIX commands and shells...
- File types
- File commands: cd, cp, file, ls, mv, mkdir, pwd, rm,
rmdir, and more
- File viewing: cat, head, tail, and more
- Advanced commands: grep, sed, awk, find, cut, paste,
split, sort, cmp, diff, comm, and more
- Chapter-length vi coverage-plus bonus tear-out Quick
Reference Card
- Bash, Korn, and C shells and shell programming
- Includesmanual pages for many commonly used
commands
UNIX/Windows interoperability...
- CIFS/9000
- X Window System
- NFS
- ASU/9000
- Command Line
- Services for UNIX
CD-ROM INCLUDED
Includes trial versions of Hewlett-Packard's suite of
VantagePoint performance tools for HP-UX, plus information
on HP Virtual Partitions and "Cheat Sheets" for key
sysadmin tasks.
Contents
Preface.
HP-UX SECTION.
1. Booting (PDC, ISL, hpux), Secure Web Console, GSP
Config. Background. Boot Process
Overview. Boot Console Handler (BCH) & Processor
Dependent Code (PDC). Initial System Load. HPUX Secondary
System Loader (hpux). Secure Web Console. Configuring the
Guardian Service Processor (GSP). Manual Pages for Commands
Used in Chapter 1.
2. Installing HP-UX. Topics Covered in this
Chapter. Install the HP-UX 11i Operating Environment. Boot
System and “Advanced Installation.” Set System
Parameters after Boot. Software Distributor Example.
Loading Patches. Software Distributor Background. Manual
Pages for Commands Used in Chapter 2.
3. Building an HP-UX Kernel. Modify and Build an HP-UX
Kernel. Dynamically Loadable Kernel Modules. Building a
Kernel. Description of Kernel Parameters. Manual Pages for
Commands Used in Chapter 3.
4. Device Files and Adding Peripherals. Introduction. Device Files
in HP-UX 11i. An Example of Adding a Peripheral. Memory
Management - Kind of Related to Device Files. Manual Pages
for Commands Used in Chapter 4.
5. Users and Groups. Set Up Users and Groups.
Assigning Users to Groups. NIS for Managing Users. Manual
Pages for Some Commands Used in Chapter 5.
6. Backup. Built-In Backup Programs.
tar. cpio. fbackup and frecover. dd. Dump and Restore.
Manual Pages for Commands Used in Chapter 6.
7. System Startup and Shutdown Scripts. Introduction. System
Startup and Shutdown Scripts. Manual Pages for Commands
Used in Chapter 7.
8. Logical Volume Manager and Veritas Volume
Manager. Introduction. Veritas
Volume Manager. Logical Volume Manager Background. Adding
Disks. Commonly Used LVM Procedures. Reconfiguring Some
Disks - An Example of Using Some Logical. HP VERITAS Volume
Manager. Some Additional File System-Related Commands.
Manual Pages for Commands Used in Chapter 8.
9. Ignite-UX. Ignite-UX Overview. Set up
Server with Depots and Install Clients. System Recovery
with Ignite-UX. Manual Pages for Commands Used in Chapter
9.
10. System Administration Manager (SAM) and
ServiceControl.Manager. SAM Overview. Running and
Using SAM as Superuser. Author's Disclaimer - SAM is a
Moving Target. Running Restricted SAM Builder. Initially
Setting User Privileges. Accounts for Users and Groups.
Auditing and Security. Backup and Recovery. Clusters. Disks
and File Systems. Display. Kernel Configuration. Networking
and Communications. Partition Manager. Performance
Monitors. Peripheral Devices. Printers and Plotters.
Process Management. Routine Tasks. Run SAM on Remote
Systems. Software Management. Time. NFS Diskless Concepts.
ServiceControl Manager (SCM) Overview. Manual Pages for
Commands Used in Chapter 10.
11. Introduction to UNIX Performance Tools. Introduction. Standard
UNIX Commands. Killing a Process. Signals. Show Remote
Mounts with Showmount. Show System Swap. sar: The System
Activity Reporter. timex to Analyze a Command. More
Advanced and Graphical Performance Tools. HP GlancePlus/UX.
HP VantagePoint Performance Agent and HP. Manual Pages for
Some Commands Used in Chapter 11.
12. Networking. UNIX Networking. An
Overview of IEEE802.3, TCP/IP. Internet Protocol (IP)
Addressing. Using Networking. ARPA Services. Berkeley
Commands. Host Name Mapping. Network File System (NFS). Set
Up DNS Servers Using BIND 8.1.2 on 11i. Other Networking
Commands and Setup. Manual Pages for Some Commands Used in
Chapter 12.
13. Common Desktop Environment. Why a Graphical User
Interface (GUI)? CDE Basics. Customizing CDE. CDE -
Advanced Topics. X, Motif, and CDE Configuration Files. The
Sequence of Events When CDE Starts. CDE and Performance.
Conclusion.
14. HP-UX System Auditing and System. Configuration Repository.
System Configuration Repository (SCR). Introduction to
System Audits. Some Example Scripts.
UNIX SECTION.
15. UNIX File System Introduction. File System Layout, File
and ls Commands. The Basis of UNIX. File Types. The file
Command. File System Layout. Linux File System Layout.
Manual Pages for Some Commands Used in Chapter 15.
16. Working with Files and Directories, Permissions,
Commands, File Name Expansion, and Wild Cards. Introduction. Permissions.
Absolute and Relative Path Names. File Name Expansion and
Wild Cards. pwd and cd. chmod. cp. mv. mkdir. rm. rmdir.
Using Commands. Manual Pages for Some Commands Used in
Chapter 16.
17. Viewing Files - Redirection, cat, more, pg.
Head and Tail Commands.
First Things First. Redirection. Viewing Files with cat,
more, pg, head, and tail. Manual Pages for Some Commands
Used in Chapter 17.
18. UNIX Tools - split, wc, sort, cmp, diff, comm,
dircmp, cut, paste, join, and tr. Not All Commands on All
UNIX Variants. split. wc. sort. cmp, diff, and comm.
dircmp. cut. paste. tr. Manual Pages for Some Commands Used
in Chapter 18.
19. Advanced UNIX Tools - Regular Expressions, sed,
awk, and grep. Three Commands. Regular
Expression Words-of-Caution. Expressions Are Strings and
Wildcards. sed. awk. grep. Manual Pages for Some Commands
Used in Chapter 19.
20. Find Command. Find Overview. Manual
Pages of find Command Used in Chapter 20.
21. The vi Editor. The vi Editor. Regular
Expression Words-of-Caution. Expressions Are Strings and
Wildcards. Modes and Notations. 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 and Repeat in vi. Save Text and
Exit vi. Options in vi. Status in vi. Section Positioning
and Placing Marks in Text. Joining Lines in vi. Cursor
Placement and Adjusting the Screen. Shell Escape Commands.
Macros and Abbreviations. Indenting Text. Shell Filters.
Pattern Matching. Matching a Set. Matching a Range.
Beginning and End of Line Search. Manual Pages for vi
Command Used in Chapter 21.
22. Introduction to the KornShell, C Shell, and
Bash. Different Shells.
Introduction to KornShell. Introduction to the C Shell.
Introduction to Bash. Manual Pages for Some Commands Used
in Chapter 22.
23. Introduction to Shell Programming. Shell Programming. Steps
to Create Shell Programs. ksh Programming. Shell Variables.
An HP-UX Logical Volume Manager Shell Program. C Shell
Programming. Manual Pages for Some Commands Used in Chapter
23.
HP-UX AND WINDOWS
INTEROPERABILITY SECTION.
24. CIFS/9000 and Samba. CIFS/9000 Overview. Samba
Overview. Additional Samba Topics.
25, The X Window System. X Window System
Background. X Server Software.
26. Networking - UNIX and Windows Interoperability.
NFS and X Windows. TCP/IP
Networking Background. Internet Protocol (IP) Addressing.
NFS Background. Using Windows and UNIX Networking. File
Transfer Protocol (FTP). Other Connection Topics.
27. Advanced Server for UNIX. Windows Functionality on
UNIX. Installing Advanced Server/9000 on UNIX. Sharing a
Printer. Sharing a File System.
28. The Windows Command Line: NET Commands, POSIX
Utilities, and Others. Introduction for UNIX
System Administrators. The Windows Command Line. NET
Commands. POSIX Utilities. Additional Commands.
29. Services for UNIX (SFU). Introduction to SFU. Using
the Network File System (NFS) Functionality of SFU. Telnet
Client. Telnet Server. UNIX Utilities. NFS Server. Password
Synchronization.
Appendix A: Virtual Partitions Background. Appendix B: NFS Performance Assessment. Index.