HP-UX Containers (SRP) A.03.01 Administrator's Guide

3 HP-UX Containers components

HP-UX Containers includes the following components to help manage the containers:

• The Container Manager

• The srp_sys command

• The srp command

• The srp_init daemon

• The srp_su

command

• The srp_ps command

• The srp_check command

• The srp_sync command

3.1 The Container Manager

The Container Manager is integrated with System Management Homepage (SMH) and provides a

graphical user interface (GUI) to configure and manage containers. See 4 Using Container Manager

for more information.

3.2 The srp_sys command

The /opt/hpsrp/bin/srp_sys command manages system-wide configuration properties for

HP-UX Containers. You must run the srp_sys –setup command (or srp_sys –enable for the

non-interactive mode) to configure the system for HP-UX Containers prior to configuring individual

containers on the system. You can also use srp_sys to view and modify system-wide configuration

settings for HP-UX Containers. See 5 Configuring HP-UX Containers using the srp_sys command for

more information.

3.3 The srp command

The /opt/hpsrp/bin/srp command is an interactive program that prompts you for information

and creates a container. The srp command supports options to perform the following tasks:

• Create a container

• List the status of a container

• List the container configuration contents

• Replace configuration information for an existing container

• Delete all or part of the configuration for an existing container

• Start up or shut down a container

• Export (copy) a container by creating a container exchange package

• Import (create) a container on your system by using a container exchange package

• Display help information, including information about input parameter

See 6 Managing containers using the srp command for more information.

3.4 The srp_init daemon

The /sbin/srp_init daemon provides the container with a bootstrap service to launch other

processes and services inside the container when it is started. Similar to the init(1M) command,

the srp_init command runs as a daemon and processes run level requests to invoke commands

configured in the container’s inittab file. See 7 Using the srp_init command for more information.