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

• Software Installation, Removal, and Management
• and many others
Using the HP System Management Homepage you can also:
• Launch (X-based) Applications
• Run Commands
TIP: Unlike SAM, the HP System Management Homepage (because it is based on the WEBM
industry standard) can also administer Linux and Microsoft Windows based systems.
HP System Management Homepage Key Features
The HP System Management Homepage is:
• Used for single system management (for single point of control management of multiple
systems, “HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM)”)
• Web based (accessible from any supported browser)
• Secure (uses SSL-secure authentication)
• Capable of managing a single system running one of these OS types:
— HP-UX 11i
— Linux (versions of Linux supported by HP)
— Microsoft Windows
What is HP SMH Doing on Your Behalf?
When you perform actions using the HP System Administration Homepage, the interface you
interact with executes command-line commands on your behalf, behind the scenes. You could
accomplish those same tasks from a shell prompt by using the same commands that HP SMH
uses. But, how do you know what HP SMH is doing on your behalf? There are several ways:
• If you are using the web based interface, as you complete the web forms to prepare to execute
an action, you can click on the command preview item at the bottom of the page to see the
command that will be executed if you perform the action.
• If you are using the terminal interface, you can tab to the [Preview] item at the bottom of
a screen to view the command that HP SMH is building for you. When [Preview] is
highlighted, hit Enter to show the command.
• At any time, you can also view actions that have previously been performed (what commands
were executed) regardless of which interface was used to perform the action:
— In the GUI, click on the Logs menu item near the top of the page, then select the SAM
Log Viewer item on “Logs” page. You can then filter the logs to locate the commands
you are interested in looking at.
— In the TUI you can get to the SAM Log Viewer from the main menu page by pressing
the v key. You can then filter the logs to locate the commands you are interested in
looking at.
Command Line Tools
The System Management Homepage and System Administration Manager, described previously,
provide user interfaces and perform tasks based on the user’s input, using commands and system
calls.
If you require more detailed control or want to customize tasks in ways that the other system
administration management tools do not allow, you can always manually enter the commands
you need or execute sequences of commands in a shell script.
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