HP-UX System Administrator's Guide: Routine Management Tasks

□ Kernel Configuration
□ Configuring Users and Groups
□ Network (Initial configuration)
Logical Volume Management Documents how to configure physical volumes,
volume groups, and logical volumes using the
HP Logical Volume Manager (LVM).
Security Management Documents the data and system security features
of HP-UX 11i.
Routine Management Tasks Documents many of the ongoing tasks you need
to perform to keep your system running
smoothly. For example:
□ Managing printers and the print spooler
□ Managing software (installing and removing
applications using HP’s Software
Distributor)
□ System Start-up and Shutdown
□ Installing software patches
□ Monitoring system performance
About this Volume: Routine Management Tasks
This document supports HP-UX 11i version 3 (B.11.31).
It includes the following major topics:
• Chapter 1: “Introduction” (page 23)
• Chapter 2: “Booting and Shutdown” (page 37)
• Chapter 3: “Managing Systems” (page 95)
• Chapter 4: “Managing Printers” (page 163)
• Chapter 5: “Managing Software” (page 179)
• Chapter 6: “Managing System Performance” (page 191)
• Appendix A: “Using High Availability Strategies” (page 205)
HP-UX 11i Release Names and Release Identifiers
With HP-UX 11i, HP delivers a highly available, secure, and manageable operating
system that meets the demands of end-to-end Internet-critical computing. HP-UX 11i
supports enterprise, mission-critical, and technical computing environments. HP-UX
11i is available on both PA-RISC systems and Intel® Itanium®-based systems.
Each HP-UX 11i release has an associated release name and release identifier. The
uname command with the -r option returns the release identifier. Table 1 shows the
releases available for HP-UX 11i.
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