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HP-UX System and Administration Guide

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ISBN-10: 0070572771

ISBN-13: 9780070572775

Edition: 1996

Authors: Jay Shah

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List price: $49.95
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies, The
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 357
Size: 7.50" wide x 9.50" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.628
Language: English

Prefacep. xv
Trademarksp. xvii
Introduction to HP-UX Computer Systemsp. 1
HP as a Companyp. 1
Unix Historyp. 1
HP 9000 Hardwarep. 2
Major Software Componentsp. 8
Using HP-UX: A Beginner's Guidep. 11
Introductionp. 11
Logging Inp. 11
Shells: Bourne, C, Korn, POSIX, dtksh, and Keyshp. 14
Pipep. 17
I/O Redirectionp. 17
File Operationsp. 18
Directoriesp. 18
Wildcardsp. 19
The find Command: Searching for Filesp. 19
The grep Command: Searching within Filesp. 20
The sort and uniq Commandsp. 21
The Editorsp. 22
Mailp. 23
man Pagesp. 23
sed: Stream Editorp. 28
awk: A Scripting Languagep. 28
Working across the Networkp. 29
ps: Displaying Processes on the Systemp. 29
Ip: Printingp. 31
syslog: Logging System Messagesp. 31
File System Layoutp. 34
LaserROM: On-Line Hypertext Documentationp. 37
Introductionp. 37
Invoking LaserROMp. 37
Startup: The Library Windowp. 38
Browse: Scanning Manuals and Documentsp. 39
Looking at Complete Documents: The Reader Windowp. 40
Searching: The Essence of LaserROMp. 42
Working with Figures: Zooming and Viewpointsp. 45
Bookmarksp. 46
Custom Bookshelvesp. 47
Customizationsp. 48
SAM: System Administration Managerp. 49
Introductionp. 49
Starting SAMp. 49
SAM Areasp. 51
A Sample SAM Session: Adding a Remote Printerp. 52
SAM for Users: Restricted SAMp. 53
Log File Viewerp. 55
Adding Custom Applicationsp. 57
HP-UX Operating System Installationp. 67
Introductionp. 67
Instant Ignitionp. 67
Cold Installp. 68
Updatesp. 81
System Startup and Shutdownp. 83
Introductionp. 83
Booting the Systemp. 83
PDC: Processor Dependent Codep. 87
ISL: Initial System Loaderp. 90
The Init Processp. 91
Run Levelsp. 92
Rescaning /etc/inittab by the init Processp. 93
The rc Startup Paradigmp. 93
Start and Stop Scriptsp. 93
Shutdown and Rebootp. 98
Forgotten Root Passwordp. 99
Backplanes, Buses, and Devicesp. 101
Introductionp. 101
The HP 9000 E Series System Backplanep. 101
THe HP 9000 K Series System Backplanep. 101
Device Addressingp. 102
ioscanp. 102
Configuration Peripheral Devices: insfp. 108
Getting Device Special File Information: Issf and Isdevp. 109
LVM: Logical Volume Managerp. 111
Introductionp. 111
LVM Basics: Physical Volumes, Volume Groups, and Logical Volumesp. 111
Logical Extents and Physical Extentsp. 113
Using SAM to Analyze and LVM Setupp. 114
Commands to Analyze and LVM Setupp. 116
Creating Volume Groups and Logical Volumesp. 119
Advantage of Using a Single Disk Type in a Volume Groupp. 120
Extending Logical Volumesp. 121
Root Volume Considerationsp. 121
Contiguous Allocationsp. 122
Strippingp. 123
Mirroringp. 123
Networking: TCP/IP and Internet Servicesp. 127
Introductionp. 127
What Is the Networking Hardware in My System?p. 127
Supported Protocols and Productsp. 128
Networking Hardwarep. 129
Configuring and Ethernet, Token Ring, or FDDI Cardp. 129
Troubleshooting Tips: lanscan, linkloop, lanadmin, netstat, and pingp. 132
NetTL: Network Tracing and Loggingp. 134
TCP/IP Functionalityp. 138
IP Network Addressingp. 146
TCP/IP Configuration Issuesp. 146
NIS: Network Information Servicesp. 151
Introductionp. 151
NIS Terminology: Servers, Domains, Maps, and Databasesp. 152
Setting Up a Master Serverp. 153
Slave Serversp. 156
Setting Up a Clientp. 158
Updating the Mapsp. 159
yppasswdp. 159
ypxfr, yppush, and Regular Slave Server Updatesp. 159
The Name Server Switch File: /etc/nswswitchp. 161
ypcat: Displaying Map Contentp. 161
NFS: Network File System and the Automounterp. 163
Introductionp. 163
Quick Startp. 163
automounter and the Master Auto Mapp. 165
HP VUE and the Common Desktop Environment (CDE)p. 169
Introductionp. 169
Starting VUEp. 169
The Front Panel: Using VUE Featuresp. 170
Workspaces: Simulating Multiple Desktopsp. 171
The Desktopp. 171
File Managementp. 171
Toolboxes: Personal, General, and Networkp. 173
The Style Managerp. 173
Helpviewp. 174
VUE Startup and Internalsp. 174
Customization of VUE and VUE Resourcesp. 175
HP VUE Litep. 176
Other VUE Featuresp. 176
The Common Desktop Environment (CDE)p. 176
The CDE Front Panelp. 177
Starting CDEp. 177
The CDE HELP Subsystemp. 179
ToolTalkp. 180
Security Issuesp. 181
Introductionp. 181
Trusted Systemsp. 181
Auditingp. 183
ACLs: File Access Control Listsp. 186
Assorted Security Productsp. 187
Accounting: Monitoring and Charging for Resource Usep. 189
Introductionp. 189
Accounting Procedure Overviewp. 189
Generating Reportsp. 190
Total Accounting Filesp. 192
Disk Accounting Stepsp. 193
User Connect Session Accounting Stepsp. 000
Merging tacct Filesp. 194
Charging for Resource Usep. 194
Backup and Recoveryp. 197
Introductionp. 197
Backup Strategyp. 198
fbackup and frecoverp. 199
tarp. 202
dump and restorep. 000
cpiop. 000
ddp. 000
OmniBack II: Cells, Cell Manager, and Agentsp. 209
Performance Monitoring, Analysis, and Tuningp. 219
Introductionp. 219
gpm and Glancep. 220
midaemon: The Measurement Interface Daemonp. 227
Data Collection: PCS and scopeuxp. 227
PerfRX: Performance Analysisp. 234
Process Resource Managerp. 236
Perfview: Centrallzed Performance Monitoringp. 237
Traditional Unix Performance Toolsp. 238
Installing Software with Software Distributor: SD-UX and OpenView SDp. 243
Introductionp. 243
Quick Start: Installing a Software Productp. 243
Depotsp. 245
Bundles, Products, Subproducts, and Filesetsp. 246
Listing Softwarep. 246
Software Distributors Commands and Interfacesp. 248
Installed Products Database (IPD) and Catalog Filesp. 249
Codeword and Customer IDp. 249
OpenView SDp. 250
Configuring the HP-UX Kernelp. 251
Introductionp. 251
How the Kernel Is Loaded into Main Memoryp. 251
Customizable Kernel Componentsp. 252
Quick Start: Changing a Parameterp. 252
Kernel-Related Files and Directoriesp. 254
Using SAM to Configure the Kernelp. 256
Configurable Parametersp. 258
Programming on HP-UXp. 261
Introductionp. 261
C++ Overviewp. 262
Quick Start: Compiling a Simple C++ Programp. 262
cpp.ansi: The Preprocessorp. 263
cfront: Compiler and Translatorp. 263
Intermediate Assembly Languagep. 263
C++ Compiler Passesp. 263
Multiple C++ Compilation Modulesp. 264
C++ Compiler Optimizationsp. 264
C++ Profile-Based Optimizationsp. 265
C++ Compiler Optionsp. 266
The ANSI C Compiler and Linkerp. 266
Quick Start: Compiling a C++ Programp. 267
C Compiler Passesp. 267
Multiple C Compilation Modulesp. 267
C Compiler Optimizationsp. 267
C Profile-Based Optimizationp. 268
ANSI C Compiler Optionsp. 268
dde: Distributed Debugging Environmentp. 269
Program Performance and Profiling with HP/PAKp. 274
NFS Clustersp. 281
Introductionp. 281
NFS Clustering Conceptsp. 282
Shared and Private Rootsp. 283
Served Configurationp. 283
Diskless Client Configuration on the Serverp. 284
The Client Booting Processp. 284
Single-Point Administrationp. 284
The swcluster Commandp. 285
The dcnodes Commandp. 285
dtksh: Desktop KornShellp. 287
Introductionp. 287
Quick Start: dtksh Windowsp. 287
Widgetsp. 289
Resourcesp. 295
Callbacks and Eventsp. 297
What's New in Ksh-93?p. 298
Licensing with iFOR/LSp. 301
Introductionp. 301
License Software Components and License Typesp. 302
Target IDp. 302
License Managementp. 302
Setting Up iFor/LSp. 304
SoftBenchp. 309
Introductionp. 309
SoftBench Components and Basicsp. 310
Quick Startp. 311
The Static Analyzerp. 314
The Debuggerp. 315
Other SoftBench Functionalityp. 315
PA-RISC: Precision Architecture and HP-UX Assembly Languagep. 317
Introductionp. 317
The PA-7200 CPU Chipp. 317
Registerp. 318
Spaces and Subspacesp. 318
Calling Conventionp. 320
Example Assembly Language Programp. 320
OpenViewp. 325
Introductionp. 325
NNM: Network Node Managerp. 326
Maps and Submapsp. 327
Eventsp. 329
SNMP: Simple Network Management Protocolp. 330
MIBs: Management Information Basesp. 332
Monitoring Systems and Applications: The Extensible SNMP Agentp. 334
OperationsCenterp. 336
AdminCenterp. 338
Glossaryp. 339
Up-to-Date Sources of HP-UX Informationp. 345
Bibliographyp. 347
Indexp. 351
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