Tuesday, March 8, 2011

HP-UX Overview and Command Summary - page 9

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Changing the Server Name and the IP Address

Using set_parms --> may not work correctly for multiple nics

set_parms hostname ( a reboot is required for the change to take effect)

It will prompt you for the new hostname
It will prompt you to reboot (answer no if you are also changing the ip address)

set_parms ip_address ( a reboot is required for the change to take effect)

It will prompt you for the new ip address
It will prompt you to reboot

Manually makiing the change:

vi /etc/hosts
vi /etc/rc.config.d/netconf <-- ** Make sure that no extra files are in the /etc/rc.config.d directory - it gets sourced on bootup
reboot

Other files that may need to checked/changed

/etc/resolv.conf
/etc/nsswitch.conf

System Tuning

Extract Current System File

cd /stand/build
/usr/lbin/sysadm/system_prep -s /stand/build/system

file is called system
section called "Tunable Parameters"

kmtune - displays the tunable parameters
kmtune -l <-- This displays a detailed report of the parameters (current, planned, default, minimum, etc)
sam allows you to tune the kernel
Manual Kernel Build (not using sam) --> /usr/sbin/mk_kernel -s /stand /build/system

STM

diaglogd

/var/opt/resmon/log

Procedure to use STM to determine memory configuration

Type stm at the command line
Type o to select ok
Press the down arrow in the displayed map and select memory by hitting the space bar
Press tab to go to menus and arrow over to Tools and hit enter
Select Information -> and hit enter
Select Information Log and hit enter
Information Tool Log for Memory will be displayed
To print either select Print or SaveAs (to save the log to file for later printing)