Troubleshooting guide

Rev. 1.0
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device you want to boot off of (p1 is typically your hard drive), and then
there will be another prompt asking if you want to interact with the IPL,
type ‘y’ for yes. Yet another prompt will come up, type:
‘HPUX –iS /stand/vmunix’
• This will boot the computer in Single User Mode. And once booted a
username/password prompt appears type : root and the password for root.
• When using this mode, some commands will not execute. Such as
lanadmin will not work. Try and changing the ‘shell’ and sometimes that
works.
• You can run SAM using this mode. Just type ./ and then the path of SAM.
(Go to Error! Reference source not found., page Error! Bookmark not
defined. )
• You don’t have mouse functions so you have to TAB around to get to
things in SAM.
CRON Jobs:
• This tool can allow your system to perform jobs automatically for you. It is
good to reboot the system once a week, preferably on Monday.
• Log on as sysadmin and go to SAM. Then click on “Processes Manager”
and you will see a CRON Job icon..click on it.
• You can create new jobs by using the Create New option from the
pulldown menu. You have to schedule your jobs using zulu time, but not
in military form.