HP-UX System Administrator's Guide: Overview

4 System Administration Tools
Whether you are managing a single server, multiple servers, multiple operating systems
in hard or soft partitions on a multiple cell server or a multiple core server, HP-UX 11i
version 3 offers a wide variety of tools to manage and control those resources.
This chapter highlights the key system administration tools that are available and what
they allow you to control.
Table 4-1 System Administration Tools
How to ObtainBest Suited for...Tool
Included with HP-UX 11i Version 3Single Operating System
Administration
1
HP System
Management
Homepage (HP SMH)
Included with HP-UX 11i Version 3 or available for
download at:
http://www.hp.com/go/hpsim
Managing groups of
systems
HP Systems Insight
Manager (SIM)
Contact your HP Products Sales RepresentativeEnterprise Level
Management
OpenView Suite
1 The operating system can be HP-UX 11i or (if using HP SMH) can be based on Linux or Microsoft
Windows
Tools for Installing and Updating HP-UX
The following tools can be used for installing and updating HP-UX. For complete details
on this topic, see the latest version of the HP-UX 11i v3 Installation and Update Guide.
Cold Installs
The term cold install means installing system software on a new (does not currently
contain an image of HP-UX) or existing (contains an instance of HP-UX that you are
willing to completely overwrite) system by completely rebuilding the root volume
group, erasing the existing operating system and data on that volume, and installing
the new operating system and specified software and data.
You can choose two different methods to cold-install HP-UX 11i v3 on a supported
system:
• By direct installation from the DVD media
• By creating depots on servers using SD-UX or Ignite-UX and installing it over the
network.
An advantage of cold-install is that supported software can be installed without regard
for the software currently on the system, or concern for cleaning up old software.
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