HP-UX System Administrator's Guide: Overview

• 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.
118 System Administration Tools