Managing Systems and Workgroups: A Guide for HP-UX System Administrators

Configuring a System
Reconfiguring the Kernel (HP-UX 11i Version 2)
Chapter 3 379
Transition from Previous HP-UX Releases
Experienced administrators of previous releases of HP-UX will find some
aspects of the 11i v2 kernel configuration mechanisms unfamiliar.
However, many of the underlying concepts are unchanged. The tables in
this section give information to help administrators translate from the
old kernel configuration mechanisms to 11i v2.
Table 3-28 Methodology
Older HP-UX Technique HP-UX 11i Version 2
Use SAM to configure the kernel.
Use kcweb to configure the kernel.
a
Look at /stand/system to see the current
configuration.
Same.
b
Run an unsupported command to make sure
/stand/system is up to date.
Not needed. /stand/system is
automatically kept up to date.
b
Make configuration changes by editing
/stand/system and running mk_kernel.
Same. Changes will be applied to the
running system (no reboot), if possible.
b
Make configuration changes by running
kmtune or kmsystem, then running
mk_kernel.
Make the changes with kctune or kcmodule
(no mk_kernel), or edit /stand/system
manually and then run mk_kernel.
bcd
Make configuration changes by editing
/stand/system and running config.
Use mk_kernel instead.
b
Manage DLKMs with the kminstall,
kmsystem, kmmodreg, kmadmin, kmupdate,
and config commands.
Manage DLKMs using kcmodule.
c
View or change tunables using kmtune.
e
Use kctune instead.
d
a. “Introduction” on page 315
b. “Managing Configurations with System Files” on page 356
c. “Managing Kernel Modules with kcmodule” on page 325
d. “Managing Kernel Tunable Parameters with kctune” on page 334
e. HP-UX 11i v2 contains compatibility stubs for kmpath and kmtune, but they will be
removed in a future release of HP-UX.