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Hp-Ux 11. X System Administration

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ISBN-10: 0130125148

ISBN-13: 9780130125149

Edition: 2nd 1999

Authors: Marty Poniatowski, Hewlett-Packard Company Staff

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Fully updated to cover version 11.X, this book takes a detailed look at the HP-UX system. It is a thorough overview for system administrators covering some of the basic techniques through to optimising performance and troubleshooting.
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List price: $54.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Publication date: 6/18/1999
Binding: Mixed Media
Pages: 1100
Size: 7.25" wide x 9.50" long x 2.00" tall
Weight: 3.740

Preface
Setting Up Your HP-UX System
SAM
Server vs. Workstation Implementation
Using the Setup Flowchart
Assemble Team (F1)
Inspect Site and Assemble Hardware (F2)
Logistical Considerations
Software Configuration
Order Documentation
Install HP-UX 11.x (F3)
Loading HP-UX 11.x - Installation Options
Loading HP-UX 11.x Software Using "Guided Installation"
Loading HP-UX 11.x Software Using "Advanced Installation"
Installing Software with Software Distributor-HP-UX
Build an HP-UX Kernel (F4)
Dynamically Loadable Kernel Modules
Building a Kernel
Configure Additional Peripherals (F5)
All About Device Files in HP-UX 11.x
An Example of Adding a Peripheral
Set Up Users and Groups (F6)
Assigning Users to Groups
SetUp Backup Procedure (F7)
Perform Ongoing System Administration Tasks (F8)
Memory Management
System Startup and Shutdown Scripts
System Shutdown
Manual Pages for Commands Used in Chapter 1
Cpio
Dd
Diskinfo
Dmesg
Dump
Extendfs
Fbackup
Ioscan
Lsdev
Mksf
Shutdown
Sysdef
Tar
"sw" command summaries
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
The HP-UX 11.x File System Layout
Logical Volume Manager Background
Reconfiguring Some Disks
Why Change?
Optional Procedure to Exchange Dump Priorities
Some Additional File System Related Commands
Viewing File Systems with bdf
File System Maintenance with fsck
Initializing with mediainit
Manual Pages for Commands Used in Chapter 2
Bdf
Fsck
"lv" command summaries
Mediainit
Newfs
"pv" command summaries
"vg" command summaries
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
Manual Pages for Commands Used in Chapter 2
Ftp
Ifconfig
Lanadmin
Lanscan
Netstat
Ping
Rcp
Remsh
Rlogin
Route
Rwho
Telnet
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
Authenticated Commands
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
DNS (BIND)
Hosts
NIS
NIS+
Name Service Switch
Network Interface Cards
Network Services
Network File Systems
System Access
Performance Monitors
Disk and Terminal Activity
Glance Plus
Inter-Process Communication Facility Status
Processes with Highest CPU Usage
System Activity
System Properties
Virtual Memory Activity
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
Process Control
Scheduling Cron Jobs
Routine Tasks
Backup and Recovery
Selective File Removal
System Log Files
System Shutdown
Running SAM on Remote Systems
Software Management
Copy Software to Depot
Install Software to Local Host
List Software
Remove Software
Time
NFS Diskless Concepts
ENWARE X-station Administration (optional)
Manual Pages for Commands Used in Chapter 4
Crontab
Ioscan
Kill
Lpstat
Mount
Sam
Introduction to HP-UX Performance Tools
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 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
Process List Description
CPU Report Screen Description
Memory Report Screen Description
Disk Report Screen Description
GlancePlus Summary
What Should I Look for When Using GlancePlus?
HP Measure Ware and HP PerfView
Using Some of the Performance Tools in a Benchmark
A Real-Life Performance Problem
First Things First - Taking Inventory
Characterize Application
Manual Pages for Commands Used in Chapter 5
Iostat
Lanadmin
Mount
Netstat
Ps
Sar
Showmount
Swapinfo
Vmstat
Common Desktop Environment
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
Customizing CDE - Personalizing Your Workstation
Basic Changes
More Challenging Changes
Creative Changes
Conclusion
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
Some Example Scripts with LVM and Ignite/UX
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
Manual Pages for Commands Used in Chapter 7
Awk
Csh
Grep
Sh-posix
Sed
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
Ignite-UX Check
System Recovery with Ignite-UX
System Recovery with Ignite-UX
An Example of Creating a Bootable System Recovery Tape
Running the check_recovery Command
Manual Pages for Commands Used in Chapter 9
Check_recovery
Ignite
Make_recovery
The vi Editor
The vi Editor
Modes Notations
Starting a vi Session
Cursor Control Commands
Adding Text in vi
Deleting Text in vi
Changing Text in vi
Searching and Replacing in vi
Copying Text in vi
Undoing and Repeating in vi
Saving Text and Exiting 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 Used in Chapter 10
Vi
Interoperability: The X Window System
Interoperability Topics
Why the X Window System
X Window System Background
X Server Software
Interoperability: Networking
Why Cover Interoperability
TCP/IP Networking Background
Internet Protocol Addressing
NFS Background
Using Windows NT and UNIX Networking
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
Other Connection Topics
Interoperability: Advanced Server for UNIX
Windows NT Functionality on UNIX
Installing Advanced Server/9000 on UNIX
Sharing a Printer
Sharing a File System
Interoperability: NET Commands, POSIX Utils, Others
Introduction for UNIX System Administrators
The Windows NT Command Line
NET Commands
POSIX Utilities
Additional Commands
Networking Commands
Permissions with cacls
Command Line Backup
Interoperability: Microsoft's Services For UNIX (SFU)
Introduction to SFU
Using Network File System (NFS) Functionality of SFU
Telnet Client
Telnet Server
UNIX Utilities
NFS Server
Password Synchronization
Index