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

1 Introduction
This chapter provides an introduction to the management tools used to perform routine
system tasks.
Configuration Tools
There are three ways (at least) to configure your HP-UX system:
• Via the web with the HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM).
• Directly on the system with the text-based HP-UX System Management Homepage
(HP SMH) or via the web with the web-based HP SMH.
• Directly with HP-UX commands.
HP Systems Insight Manager
The HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) provides web-based multiple system
management. You can use it to configure and manage not only HP-UX systems but
also HP Linux systems and HP Windows® systems, as well as non-HP Linux and
Windows systems. HP SIM makes use of the HP SMH interface and other tools. It is
fully described in HP Systems Insight Manager 5.0 Installation and User Guide on
http://docs.hp.com (click “Network and Systems Management” and “HP Systems
Insight Manager”)
HP-UX System Management Homepage (Web-Based)
NOTE: Not all management functions can be performed using HP SMH. Refer to
volume one of the HP-UX System Administrator’s Guide: Overview for additional
information.
The HP-UX System Management Homepage (HP SMH) is a web-based interface for
managing one HP-UX system at a time. It completes the transfer of the System
Administration Manager (SAM) functions into web-based processes. In HP-UX 11i
Version 2, the management of kernel configuration, peripheral devices, and partition
management became web-based, using kcweb, pdweb, and parmgr, respectively. In
HP-UX 11i Version 3, most management functions can be accessed using the web-based
HP SMH interface. The following chapters provide examples using HP SMH. See
“System Management Homepage (Web-Based)” (page 24). HP SMH is also described
in the System Management Homepage manual.
HP-UX System Management Homepage (Text-Based)
The text-based HP-UX System Management Homepage (HP SMH) replaces the System
Administration Manager (SAM). It operates as a logged-in management tool. It uses
simple terminal-based screens. In some cases, the earlier screen-based and
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