Hpux Quick Guide

QUICK HOW-TO

HP-UX

The default setup of HP-UX often "messes up" ^C and '@' symbol.

Default HP-UX /etc/profile map interrupt to "DEL" and kill to @.

This cause lot of confusion. So, I recommend that you update your

keyboard

mapping once you get to a shell prompt:

stty intr

stty kill

stty -a # check your settings.

sam

Text User Interface (TUI) for sys config (GUI version avail if DISPLAY

set to working X server).

in /usr/sbin

SAM is your friend. It should be the first place to try if you are

admin from another OS :)

Not as good as aix smitty, but better than solaris that have nothing!

Use TAB key to move around, space key for select. Arrow key works.

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some of the major files location:

/etc/hosts

/etc/nsswitch.conf

/etc/fstab

/etc/lvmconf/vgNN (binary files, but see all volume grp here)

/sbin/rc.config.d/

/sbin/rc.d/

System Setup

***** Initial system install checklist: *****

Ensure that / and /usr are fairly big, as these are not not expandable

unless in single user mode (or maybe onlineJFS).

Most other volumes still need to be unmounted before fs can grow,

so estimating correct size is pretty important.

OnlineJFS should allow fs expansion w/o unmount like AIX, but more

money.

Get latest of all 4 of BUNDLE11i, HWEnable11i, GoldApp and GoldBase and

install them.

Factory OS install included the latest release of all the above 4 patch

bundles.

After bundles, java patches may still be needed. See:

http://www.hp.com/products1/unix/java/patches/index.html

Upgrading OS.

Default CD media allow for both initial setup and upgrade.

Upgrade has special procedure to install lot of depot first when system

still

running. riptide was upgraded from 11.00 to 11.11, seems to run fine.

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Update HP-UX from 10x and 11.0 to 11i:

install update-ux software from CD, then run

/usr/sbin/update-ux -s /cdrom HPUX11i-OE.

Refer to Install and update guide in "Instant Documentation" CD.

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HP-UX versions

PA-RISC: 10.20 (EOL), 11.00 (11), 11.11 (11i), 11.23 (ca

2005/05)

Itanium: 11.20, 11.22, 11.23

Boot Time Troubleshooting

Recovery of unbootable system.

Default setup CD has option to do this. It may help when

VxFS has crashed some critical OS partitions.

booting HP-UX machine into single user mode.

http://www.unixhub.com/docs/hpux/hpux_boot.html

(Connect dumb terminal to serial console)

Press and hold ESC at the beginning of the boot process

(it should prompt, but if not, just hit ESC like crazy).

In the PDC (firmware processor dependent code), enter

BO to boot. (or BO P0 isl), where P0 is the boot device to use,

whohwn by SEArch.

When it ask whether to use interactive ISL (initial system load), say

yes.

a the ISL prompt, enter :

hpux -is

[ thre is a 'hpux -lm' for maintenance mode also

it probably doesn't mount the / fs using normal method

and thus VxFS stuff will not work

-lm = lvm maint mode, sometime -is won't work when lvm is

corrupted.

-lq = lvm, ignore failed mirror drive

allow booting of machine when one of the mirrored drive

have failed.

ll = list content of /stand, thus see filename of alternate

kernel

usable via eg -lm /stand/vmunix.alternate

]

After this, should see these messages and the login prompt:

Boot

: disk(scsi.6;0)/stand/vmunix

966616+397312+409688 start 0x6c50

Kernel Startup Messages Omitted

INIT: Overriding default level with level 's'

INIT: SINGLE USER MODE

WARNING: YOU ARE SUPERUSER!!

#

NOTE: The VGA monitor + pc keyboard may show some optinos.

Hit F4 to toggle remote management on (with * on it).

This makes serial console usable.

When booted in single user mode with corrupted fs,

vgchange can be used to tell Veritas Vol Mgrt which device to use.

This is sometime needed even in non-mirrored disk.

vgchange -a y /dev/vg00

lvlnboot -v /dev/vg00

fsck -F vxfs -o full,nolog /dev/vg00/rvol8

# fsck for drives that have lot of errors, this method

# may give more instructions to cmd of how to do the

cleaning.

# by specifying -F vxfs, allow use of intent log

(journaling)

# feature of JFS and thus completes much quicker.

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clear out attention light in front panel

thru serial console session:

^B , enter 2x

get into gsp mode (Guardian Service Processor cli)

give access to bios level control of the machine,

view vfp (virtual front panel), clear hw err log, etc.

sl # sys log

e # errors

n # no filter

q # quit

co # exit back to console

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---------- PDC commands ----------

PDC - Processor Dependent Code

Accessed at boot up time by the hardware to boostrap the

system. Step 1 of booting.

Only accessible during boot time.

Need to hit any key when prompted in a 10 seconds windows

during boot process to enter the PDC interaction session.

The window is after all hardware has been checked and before

OS bootstrab process begins.

SEA Search and display bootable device.

Booting from CDROM may need to use this to find

device path to use for booting.

BO boot, use default dev

BO PRI boot, using primary (default) dev

BO SEC boot, using secondary disk. Simple to do dual boot.

BO 0/0/2/1.15 boot via specific path, see SEA.

IN enter info menu

ALL display all info, there will be machine model strings

to determin what class of machine it is.

eg 9000/800/A500-5X System Name: riptide

is A-class. some software like compiler bound to the 800

designation.

Class info usually not shown in tag/model info in front os

system :(

ME memory info, tell which bank has what kind of DIMM, vacancy.

---------- ISL commands ----------

ISL - Initial System Loader

Invoked by PDC so that it can load the kernel off /stand

from the hard drive.

Interactions in here allow boot into single user mode, etc.

See HOWTO section and hpux command is in ISL.

hpux -is # single user mode. No password req!!

hpux -lm # LVM maintenance boot mode.

hpux -lm /stand/vmunix.prev # boot via specific kernel

hpux ll # list kernels avai in /stand

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ISL> ?

HELP Help Facility

LS List ISL utilities

AUTOBOOT Set or clear autoboot flag in stable storage

AUTOSEARCH Set or clear autosearch flag in stable storage

PRIMPATH Modify primary boot path in stable storage

ALTPATH Modify alternate boot path in stable storage

CONSPATH Modify system console path in stable storage

DISPLAY Display boot and console paths in stable storage

LSAUTOFL List contents of autoboot file

FASTSIZE Sets or displays FASTSIZE

800SUPPORT Boots the s800 Support Kernel from the boot device

700SUPPORT Boot the s700 Support Kernel from the boot device

READNVM Displays contents of one word of NVM

READSS Displays contents of one word of stable storage

LSBATCH List contents of batch file

BATCH Execute commands in batch file

LSEST List contents of EST (Extended Self Test) file

EST Execute commands in EST (Extended Self Test) file

Enter 'LS' to see a list of the ISL utilities.

---------- GSP commands ----------

GSP - Guardian Service Processor.

BIOS level command, accessible even when machine is

in Power Off state.

Use serial console or LAN console,

hit ^B

default is unsecured so just press enter for username and

password to gain GSP> prompt access.

Accessible all the time, it will not cause any interruption of running

system.

If machine gets into boot process, user session to GSP will end.

HE = help, LI in there list commands:

==== GSP Help

============================================(Administrator)===

AC : Alert display Configuration PC : Remote Power Control

AR : Automatic System Restart config. PG : PaGing parameter setup

CA : Configure asynch/serial ports PS : Power management module

Status

CL : Console Log- view console history RS : Reset System through RST

signal

CO : COnsole- return to console mode SDM : Set Display Mode (hex or

text)

CSP : Connect to remote Service Proc. SE : SEssion- log into the

system

DC : Default Configuration SL : Show Logs (chassis code

buffer)

DI : DIsconnect remote or LAN console SO : Security options & access

control

EL : Enable/disable LAN access SS : System Status of proc.

modules

ER : Enable/disable Remote/modem TC : Reset via Transfer of

Control

HE : Display HElp for menu or command TE : TEll- send a msg. to

other users

IT : Inactivity Timeout settings VFP : Virtual Front Panel

display

LC : LAN configuration WHO : Display connected GSP

users

LS : LAN Status XD : Diagnostics and/or Reset

of GSP

MR : Modem Reset XU : Upgrade the GSP Firmware

MS : Modem Status

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CO return to console mode, exit GSP.

contrast to exit, which will logoff a telnet to the LAN console

session.

LS, LC Show and configure LAN console settings (IP, hostname, etc),

extremely useful, make sure to configure it!

TC Send signal to OS, force it to do a core dump and reboot.

Probably similar to Sun OBP sync cmd.

RS Harshes restart of system, no OS interaction, no core.

SUN OBM reset.

PC allow turning machine on/off. Can perform power cycle.

GSP and LAN console will remain usable after power off.

Contrast to SUN LOM and AIX serial access,

just need to have power fed into machine.

PS Monitor status of power supply, fan, etc.

SL Show log, GSP level logging, with timestamp in UTC/GMT.

Use this command to clear attention light.

CL Show text message that has been displayed to the console.

VFP display a virtual front panel, a mirror of the LED in front of

machine.

Random Daily Tasks

changing hostname of a machine

/etc/rc.config.d/netconf # top, see HOSTNAME="name"

/etc/hosts

/var/adm/inetd.sec # may not be needed.

hostname NEWNAME (use this instead of reboot)

don't use set_parm

sam okay, but check files above.

move machine to new subnet, maybe use sam instead of config file

changes for IP/NIC settings or else

need to edit multiple places.

creating /dev/zero

cd /dev

mknod zero c 3 0x000004

chown bin:sys zero

chmod 666 zero

Change system default timezone:

edit /etc/TIMEZONE to be:

TZ=PST8PDT

export TZ

Setting up NIS with predefinied list of servers.

/etc/rc.config.d/nameserver ::

NIS_DOMAIN-"titaniumleg.com"

(verify with domainname, immediate activation via domainname

titaniumleg.com)

/var/yp/secureservers ::

10.215.10.255 10.215.10.17

10.215.20.255 10.215.20.21

10.215.30.255 10.215.30.6

10.215.40.255 10.215.40.199

/usr/lib/netsvc/yp/ypbind

Note that ypinit can only be used to setup master or slave server

not to init client config.

Storage

Disk

swap/paging

swapinfo

swapon /dev/vg01/lvol2 # activate swap partition

/etc/fstab entry:

/dev/vg01/lvol2 / swap defaults 0 0 # swap device

/usr/sbin/sam goto

Performance Monitors -> System Properties

there are tabs for cpu and memory info

Volume Management

creating root and swap volumes (using LVM)

[Adapted from Unix Sys Admin Handbook (USAH) p146.] ioscan -fnC disk # scan for disk dev path

pvcreate -B /dev/rdsk/c3t15d0 # mark disk for use as PV in LVM

dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/rdsk/c3t15d0 bs=64k count=10

# wipe out obsolete LVM marking on disk

so that

# pvcreate will not complain, re run

pvcreate cmd

mkdir /dev/vg01

mknod /dev/vg01/group c 64 0xNN0000 # c 64 is disk major number

# 0xNN0000 is uniq minor number

hex, try 01, 02, ...

# eg, chk against ls -l

/dev/vg*/group

vgcreate -s8 /dev/vg01 /dev/dsk/c3t15d0 # create a new vol grp. w/

Phy Extend = 8 mb

mkboot /dev/rdsk/c3t15d0 # make it bootable disk

lvcreate -C y -r n -L 1024 /dev/vg01 # create contiguous dev lvol1

size 1024 MB

lvcreate -C y -r n -L 1024 /dev/vg01 # ditto, will be named lvol2

automatically

lvlnboot -r /dev/vg01/lvol1 # make lvol1 a boot partition

lvlnboot -s /dev/vg01/lvol2 # make lvol2 a swap dev

newfs -F vxfs /dev/vg01/rlvol1 # create the fs as veritas fs

swapon /dev/vg01/lvol2 # activate swap

vi /etc/fstab...

# swap addition like this req disk to have a boot partition, even on

2nd disk.

# sam may provide easier alternative.

# also, may need to set kernel param maxswapchunk which limit max swap

size in byte

# calc as swchunk * DEV_BSIZE, whose def are 2048 and 1024, resp.

non "system" volumes can be created as, eg /usr/local:

lvcreate /dev/vg00

lvextend -L 2000 /dev/vg00/lvol11 # allocate 2 GB for the Log Vol.

newfs -F vxfs /dev/vg00/rlvol11 # lvol11 assigned dyn from

above

Clean up procedure, reverse of create...

lvrmboot -r /dev/vg01 # remove root vol req for the LV.

# undo lvlnboot -r and -s

lvremove /dev/vg01/lvol2 # remove the logic vol lvol2 from

vg01

lvremove /dev/vg01/lvol1

vgremove vg # remove the whole vol grp

bdf # df, berkeley version

growfing the fs:

lvdisplay /dev/vg00/lvolX

# find out LE value

umount /fsmount

lvextend -l le_number /dev/vg00/lvolX # where le_number is new LE value

# or -L sizeInMB (final size)

extendfs /dev/vg00/lvolX # will fill up all allocated LE,

JFS

fsadm -F vxfs size /fsmount # increase fs for onlineJFS.

mount /fsmount

unless have onlineJFS, need unmount before extend. /var, /usr need

boot into

single user mode (ISL hpux -is, -lm main mode won't work!)

lvextend, extendfs, then reboot to increase such fs.

Not sure how to do / !!

NOTE

/, /stand and swap require special policy of 'contiguous', and thus cannot be extended!

(They usually correspond to lvol1 to lvol3). Wizar can do it by migrating to another disk

and if onlineJFS is used.

Setup boot disk mirroring

Boot disk mirroring.

Adapted from HP-UX 11i system administration handbook and toolkit, 2nd Ed, by

Poniatowski. p140

Here is the procedure to mirror root disk, which uses HPUX native LVM, and not the

Veritas Volume Manager that the OS also ships with.

Warning

While this mirroring software is native to the HP-UX OS, it is an option that requires

more money.

lvextend -m is the mirroring option that need license to be activated.

###

### ++ TODO: find out how to determine if machine has license for

mirroring.

###

# eg, existing vg00 is in /dev/dsk/c1t2d0 (0/0/1/1.2.0)

# new drive for mirror is /dev/dsk/c2t2d0 (0/0/2/0.2.0)

The /etc/fstab before mirroring is: /dev/vg00/lvol3 / vxfs delaylog 0 1

/dev/vg00/lvol1 /stand hfs defaults 0 1

/dev/vg00/lvol4 /tmp vxfs delaylog 0 2

/dev/vg00/lvol5 /lhome vxfs delaylog 0 2

/dev/vg00/lvol6 /opt vxfs delaylog 0 2

/dev/vg00/lvol7 /usr vxfs delaylog 0 2

/dev/vg00/lvol8 /var vxfs delaylog 0 2

ioscan -funC disk

pvdisplay /dev/dsk/c1t2d0 # get lvm info of existing disk.

pvdisplay /dev/dsk/c2t2d0 # get err, no lvm def on it, raw

disk.

pvcreate -B /dev/rdsk/c2t2d0 # add physical disk to be used by

LVM

vgextend /dev/vg00 /dev/dsk/c2t2d0 # incorporate new disk to

existing vg00

# do some checking

strings /etc/lvmtab # see new disk used by lvm

lifls /dev/rdsk/c1t2d0 # see lot of boot util

lifls /dev/rdsk/c2t2d0 # no boot util, add next...

mkboot /dev/rdsk/c2t2d0 #

mkboot -a "hpux -lq" /dev/rdsk/c2t2d0 # SECONDARY disk, add AUTO, low

quorum

mkboot -a "hpux -lq" /dev/rdsk/c1t2d0 # PRIMARY disk, low quorum (??)

lifls /dev/rdsk/c2t2d0 # see boot util, but not as

extensive

# as primary disk. It is ok.

###

### The next steps will actually perform the mirror,

### and it will fail if -m mirroring option is not activated with

valid license

###

lvextend -m 1 /dev/vg00/lvol1 /dev/dsk/c2t2d0 # add mirror for

lvol1=/stand

lvextend -m 1 /dev/vg00/lvol2 /dev/dsk/c2t2d0 # add mirror for lvol2=/

(root)


lvol3=(swap)

# Repeat for all lvolX...


lvol8=(/var)


lvol7=(/usr)


lvol6=(/opt)


lvol5=(/lhome)


lvol4=(/tmp)

setboot # check current PDC bootpath

setboot -a 0/0/2/0.2.0 # set PDC> BO SEC (if needed)

###

### To undo the mirroring prep work:

###

vgreduce /dev/vg00 /dev/dsk/c2t2d0

pvremove /dev/rdsk/c2t2d0

###

### Replacing a mirror disk 149

###

vgcfgrestore -n /dev/vgXX /dev/rdsk/c... # vol grp conf

restore

vgchange -a y /dev/vgXX # change vol

grp to avai

lable (-a y)

vgsync /dev/vgXX # resync

logical vol in

vol grp.

###

### Replace mirrored disk boot disk

### In addition to normal mirror disk replacements steps above,

### add:

###

mkboot /dev/rdsk/c.t...

mkboot -a "hpux lq" /dev/rdsk/c...

reboot # vgcfgbackup is run automatically on reboot

Other Volume Management Commands

HP-UX >= 11 default boot disk is under control of LVM - Logical Volume Manager.

Note

HP-UX shipws with TWO LVM. An native version for core OS partitions, and Veritas

Volume Manager for use with data partitions. Filesystem created by LVM can be hfs

(/stand, boot stuff) and vxfs (root, /var, /usr, etc). Further note that in addition to vxfs, HP

talks about JFS and onlineJFS, see fsck.

To some extend, this is akin to Solaris, whereby some admin use the Sun Volume

Manager (Disk Suite) for OS disks, and Veritas for data disks. HP-UX just happen to ship

both pre-installed. LVM devices are /dev/vg00/lvolN

VxVm devices are /dev/vx/dsk/rootdg/volNN

LVM cmds are lv... pv... vg...

VxVm cmds are vx...

---

LV = logical volume, similar to partition/slide of solaris.

ioscan -fnC disk # scan for all hard drives (+ cd/dvd).

diskinfo

pvcreate -B /dev/rdsk/c3t15d0 # init a raw disk dev as dev for LVM --

ie make a PV.

pvremove /dev/rdsk/cXtXd0 # reverse/undo of pvcreate

pvdisplay /dev/dsk/c1t15d0 # display physical vol info (disk to vol

grp info)

# dev path from ioscan output

vgdisplay -v vg00 # display (verbose) vol grp info

# vg00 = root vol grp (system files)

# /etc/lvmconf list all vol grp in system

lvdisplay -v /dev/vg00/lvol8 # show logical to phy extents map for

logical vol

# a few more commands. some sample eg in LVM mirroring section.

vgextend # vol grp, add disk to

vgreduce # vol grp, remove disk from

vgremove # vol grp, remove it completely (all log vol in it will

be gone)

lvcreate # logi vol, create (initial setup)

lvextend # logi vol, add space (physical extents) or mirror

config

lvreduce # logi vol, reduce space or remove mirror

lvchange # logi vol, change allocation policy (congtiguous, etc)

lvremove # logi vol, remove it completely (fs will be gone)

lvlnboot # make lv bootable.

newfs, extendfs etc are applied to LV to make usable filesystem.

Filesystem

mounting cdrom:

mount -o ro -F cdfs /dev/dsk/c2t1d0 /mnt/cdrom

alternate approach (diff format? iona cd):

pfs_mountd &

pfsd &

pfs_mount /dev/rdsk/c2t1d0 /mnt/cdrom

pfs_umount /mnt/cdrom

Connectivity (Network)

NFS

automount typical auto startup (from ps):

/usr/lib/netsvc/fs/automount/automount -f /etc/auto_master -D

ARCH=SC_HPUX # old automount

/usr/lib/netsvc/fs/autofs/automountd -D ARCH=SC_HPUX # newer autofs, /net may need some OS path in PARISC

/etc/rc.config.d/nfsconf # set both to be

sure!

AUTO_OPTIONS="-f $AUTO_MASTER -D ARCH=SC_HPUX" #older

automount

AUTOMOUNTD_OPTIONS="-D ARCH=SC_HPUX" #newer autofs

see sambple config in hpux/nfsconf

/sbin/init.d/nfs.client start # automount/autofs, can

read the std out from this script

startup file is in /sbin/init.d/nfs.client

Note that if NIS map auto.master use undescore like auto_home,

hpux won't be able to translate that to auto.home

As such, a slew of files need to be added in /etc/auto_home with conent

of

+auto.home

/etc/auto.products :: +auto.products

/etc/auto.automnt :: +auto.automnt

Converting NIS server to have map with '.' should work.

But afraid break other OS platform, not well tested yet.

But Ohio NIS use that and it works fine!

Ass hole before created the SNAFU for me.

For compatibility issues, it is probably best to avoid both . and _ in

the filename

There should not be reason why one can't use auto_master to have

entries like:

/products autoproducts # ie, no . or _

Not sure of the effect on auto_home and auto_direct

NFS

/etc/fstab

/dev/vg00/lvol8 /usr vxfs delaylog 0 2

netapp:/vol/vol1/users/sa /mnt/sa nfs rw,intr,hard 0 0

/etc/exports

/opt -ro

/var -ro

exportfs -a

NIC

lanscan # list all NIC, ifconfig -a doesn't work.

-v # verbose, show nic and driver, etc

ifconfig lan0 # almost all NIC are lanX

lanadmin -x 0 # tell what is current NIC config, eg duplex

# 0 is NMID from lanscan.

lanadmin -X 100FD 0 # force settings, for this session only.

ioscan -fnC lan # id card type and driver.

lsdev -C lan # list all devices of Class lan

/etc/rc.config.d/hp*conf

eg hpbtlanconf = btlan # a-class build-in NIC

hpgsc100conf = btlan4 hsc j3515a # some old box add on nic

hpbasetconf = btlan1

hpbase100conf = btlan3 Internal (core) LAN card

hppci100conf = btlan5 "external" pci card A5230A

hpsppci100conf = btlan6 V-class pci lan card

# Update this file to

# hard coded NIC settings (speed and duplex, eg 100 FD)

# remember to add the card interface eg lan0 in the name

# section, or it will have no effect!

# can also change settings via lanadmin -X 100fd

# but it will not live thru reboot.

Determining / setting nic duplex and speed

http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=68

4614

network driver patch for some old (a-class?) machine btlan

PHNE_22727 patch for btlan for hpux 11.11, older, stable, safe

patch

PHNE_23465 latest btlan patch, have some warnings. if work,

autoneg will work better.

Network Config

change DNS servers

/etc/resolv.conf # same as solaris/aix.

sam, networking and communications, DNS (BIND), DNS Resolver

use Menu, Actions, Set Default Domain... to add "search" for other dns

domains.

config file edit is easier, only 1 file.

change ip/netmask:

sam, networking and communications, network interface cards

# this even allow for speed duplex settings!! Advance has mac address

and mtu.

/etc/rc.config.d/netconf # IP_ADDRESS[0]="10.10.10.123"

SUBNET_MASK[0]

# BROADCAST_ADDRESS[0]="" (blank seems to

work, auto calc?)

/etc/hosts # enter new IP of machine.

change routing:

sam, networking and communications, routes

/etc/rc.config.d/netconf # ROUTE_DESTINATION[0]="default"

# ROUTE_MASK[0]=""

# ROUTE_GATEWAY[0]="10.10.10.1"

# ROUTE_COUNT[0]="1" (aix

consider it as 0)

Adding default router in command line:

route add default netmask 255.255.255.0 172.27.188.1 1

Serial/console port

Printing

To add a network printer, use sam,

printers and plotters,

LP Spooler,

Printers and Plotters,

go to Actions menu, Add Remote Printer

Name of Queue to add --> Use printer name maching

windows

Hostname of remote server --> windows print server

name

Name of queue on remote server --> Windows printer name.

Type of print spooler on remote server --> System V (ie, don't

check remote is BSD)

Sys Config

Package/Software management

swlist -l product

list all product/patches in system

swlist | grep -e QPK -e GOLD

determine if any Quality Pack or Gold Base patch has been

installed

(service pack equiv).

Apperently, all 4 of BUNDLE11i, HWEnable11i, GoldApp and

GoldBase should be installed on the system.

Factory OS install included the latest release of all the above

4 patch bundles.

swlist -l product | grep PH

look for installed patches. -l product seems to be needed for

11i

swinstall -f mysoft -s /mnt/cd

supposed to install software listed in file mysoft from cdrom

swinstall -s /home/sa/share/software-in-

cd/hpux_aC++/aC++Compiler.800.depot

needed to fully specify the depot file before the damn thing

will recognize the file. It is really just a tar file.

swinstall -s /export/tmp/bash.depot \*

install everything in the depot (in this case, sure there is

bash only).

see email about where gnu tools are downloaded

[http://hpux.cs.utah.edu, depot format, some ins to

/usr/local/bin,

other to /opt, into product specific subdirs!]

Patch

patch install eg:

(patch is obtained in a "depot" file format, which is really a tar.

Instruction presented in here is also in a text file inside the tar.)

http://www2.itrc.hp.com/service/patch/patchDetail.do?patchid=PHSS_20055

&context=hpux:800:11:00

1. Back up your system before installing a patch.

2. Login as root.

3. Copy the patch to the /tmp directory.

4. Move to the /tmp directory and unshar the patch:

cd /tmp

sh PHSS_20055

5. Run swinstall to install the patch:

[ to check that depot has been downloaded correctly:

swlist -d @ /full/absolute/path/PHSS_20055.depot

]

swinstall -x autoreboot=true -x patch_match_target=true

\

-s /tmp/PHSS_20055.depot

By default swinstall will archive the original software in

/var/adm/sw/save/PHSS_20055. If you do not wish to retain a

copy of the original software, use the patch_save_files option:

swinstall -x autoreboot=true -x patch_match_target=true

\

-x patch_save_files=false -s

/tmp/PHSS_20055.depot

WARNING: If patch_save_files is false when a patch is installed,

the patch cannot be deinstalled. Please be careful

when using this feature.

For future reference, the contents of the PHSS_20055.text file

is

available in the product readme:

swlist -l product -a readme -d @ /tmp/PHSS_20055.depot

To put this patch on a magnetic tape and install from the

tape drive, use the command:

dd if=/tmp/PHSS_20055.depot of=/dev/rmt/0m bs=2k

Kernel/System Tuning

sysdef # show many (but not all) kernel parameters

kmtune -l # list all kernel parameters, -l for long list

(in /usr/sbin)

ulimit -a # display all limits, below are probably defaults.

core file size (blocks, -c) 2097151

data seg size (kbytes, -d) 1048576

file size (blocks, -f) unlimited

max memory size (kbytes, -m) unlimited

open files (-n) 2048

pipe size (512 bytes, -p) 16

stack size (kbytes, -s) 8192

cpu time (seconds, -t) unlimited

max user processes (-u) 76

virtual memory (kbytes, -v) unlimited

ulimit -s # define stack size.

governed by kernel static params and def vals

maxsiz 8388608 (8k)

maxsiz_64bit 8388608

suggested val for small server 401604608 (max allowed, 383K)

ulimit -n # define max open files, def kernel values:

maxfiles 2048 static 4096 # soft

maxfiles_lim 2048 dynamic 8192 # hard

maxusers # num of users, base param as multiplier by other params

# does not actually govern logins.

npty # pty for user login sessions.

nstrpty # can set them to 1000

nstrtel

nproc # max processes that can exist on system, 11i = static

# def 20 + 8 * MAXUSERS (5988?)

use sam to define new params and build new kernel.

restart is needed.

Kernel parameters in default os is not very good for large server, For large java app

servers, get HP tool Java2 Out-of-box and it will plug in all desireble parameters.

Probably good for all server. http://www.hp.com/products1/unix/java/java2/outofbox/ download .depot, swinstal -s /full/path/to/joob_203_1100.depot -x

autoreboot=true \*

Req reboot.

/usr/sbin/kmtune will display the kernel params. It should modify:

maxusers 512

nproc 2048

max_thread_proc 3000

nkthread 6000

nfile 3000

maxfiles 2048

maxfiles_lim 2048

ncallout 6000

maxdsiz 2063835136

tcp_conn_request_max 2048

Adding International Language/Locale support

By default, all the basic support for international language are

installed. Check with "locale -a".

The CDE language may need to be installed manually:

Insert CD2 of HP-UX 11i Foundation Operating Environment, then

run SAM Software Install and add the CDE bundle of the desired

language.

Hardware commands

model - give machine model info

Diagnostic tools

diagnostics tools:

netfmt -(lot of options) /var/adm/nettl.LOGnnn > /tmp/nettl.txt

convert the network problem log from binary to text

options may have been -l -N -n -f

stm, cstm xstm

http://www.hp.com/products1/unix/java/java2/outofbox/

hardware diagnostic program. text menu, cli and X based.

probably not well known, support people use only?

tusk

some sort of network troubleshooting util.

Random Stuff

For those from Solaris background: Env variables:

SHLIB_PATH is used instead of Solaris

LD_LIBRARY_PATH

LD_LIBRARY_PATH for 64 bit version libs. Solaris

LD_LIBRARY_PATH64

LIB There maybe something about the env var also. Not sure.

dos2unix

Couldn't find such command tool, only found charconv.

charconv

convert input file to desired output format

-u = unix LF

-d = dos CRLF

-m = mac CR

-i inputfile, default is std in

-o outputfile, default to std out

--help more conversion info, including EBCDIC

eg: cat dostext.txt | charconv -u > unixoutput.txt

Compiler:

The bundled cc compiler in /usr/ccs/bin/cc_bundled only takes

K&R function prototype syntax, not Ansi C.

Moneyware aCC is Ansi C compliant and installs to /opt/aCC.

HP-UX Freeware

Info about installing hpux gnu freeware from hpux.cs.utah.edu. into NFS

server central location.

No real need to use SAM to install the package and xfer to NFS server.

Can just do tar trick, see note below. Warning: Some admin may see

this as kludge as

it bypass the software management tool. Your choice :)

/import/hpux1100/usr/local$ cat dir.info

This dir is automounted as /import/hpux1100/usr/local

Various link would exist pointing to the parent dir of

/import/hpux1100, such as /titaniumlegit.

It could also be a symlink from slightly diff version of HP-UX 11.x

These files are gnu freeware depot files for HP-UX 11.00 from

hpux.cs.utah.edu

The source is netapp:/vol/vol1/depot/hpux1100/usr/local

The source depot files are hacked via untar and set of cp commands to

put them into the desired

usr/local/bin etc tree structure:

gunzip *.tar

mkdir untared

cd untared

for item in `ls ../*.depot`; do

tar xf $item

done

mkdir -p cleaned/usr

cp -pR */*/usr/* cleaned/usr

and finally the cleanred/usr/local dir is moved here.

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the opt dir is extracted in similar manner:

mkdir -p cleaned/opt

cp -pR */*/opt/*/* cleaned/opt/

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