HP-UX System Administrator's Guide: Overview HP-UX 11i v3 (B3921-90011, September 2010)

Stopping (Shutting Down) HP-UX..................................................................................................77
Abnormal Shutdowns (System Crashes).........................................................................................78
Overview of the Dump / Save Cycle..........................................................................................78
Preparing for a System Crash.....................................................................................................79
How Much Dump Space You Need......................................................................................79
Dump Configuration Decisions............................................................................................79
System Recovery Time..........................................................................................................80
For More Information on Defining Dump Devices..............................................................85
What Happens When the System Crashes.................................................................................85
Operator Override Options...................................................................................................85
The Dump.............................................................................................................................86
The Reboot............................................................................................................................86
What to Do After the System Has Rebooted..............................................................................87
LiveDump (Memory Dumps of Running Systems)..............................................................................87
Limitations of Live Dumps..............................................................................................................88
Operating System and Software (Installation, Modification, and Removal) .......................................88
Software Distributor........................................................................................................................88
Other Software Operating System Installation Technologies.........................................................88
Further Reading about Software Maintenance on HP-UX..............................................................89
Networking Services.............................................................................................................................89
Electronic Mail.................................................................................................................................90
Remote Logins / Terminal Emulation..............................................................................................90
File Transfers....................................................................................................................................90
Web Access......................................................................................................................................91
Remotely Mounted File Systems.....................................................................................................91
4 System Administration Tools........................................................................................93
Tools for Installing and Updating HP-UX............................................................................................93
Cold Installs.....................................................................................................................................93
Ignite-UX.........................................................................................................................................93
Update-UX.......................................................................................................................................94
The Superdome 2 Onboard Administrator (OA).................................................................................94
Tools for Managing Single Servers.......................................................................................................94
HP System Management Homepage (HP SMH)............................................................................94
Launching the HP SMH Web Interface......................................................................................95
The HP System Management Homepage Web Interface.....................................................96
HP System Management Homepage Key Features..............................................................97
What is HP SMH Doing on Your Behalf?.............................................................................97
Command Line Tools.......................................................................................................................97
The HP System Management Homepage Command Line Interface.........................................98
Tools for Managing Multiple Servers...................................................................................................98
HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM)..........................................................................................98
Managing Multiple Servers from a Single Point of Control Using HP SIM..............................98
HP Systems Insight Manager is Based on the WBEM Open Standard......................................99
Supplies Information to OpenView...........................................................................................99
Tools for Managing an Entire Enterprise..............................................................................................99
Other System Management Tools.........................................................................................................99
EVM - Event Management..............................................................................................................99
ProviderSvcsBase...........................................................................................................................100
Partition Manager..........................................................................................................................100
Software Distributor (SD)..............................................................................................................100
Tools for Managing Storage on HP-UX..............................................................................................101
Volume Managers..........................................................................................................................101
Volume Management Tasks.....................................................................................................102
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