Do you have any legacy HP9000 PA-RISC based servers that you would like to modernize? Do you have applications that are critical to your company, but the server they are running on is 10+ years old? Have the developers of your applications all retired or...
Q: I have a ghost report from 2 years ago that keeps getting reported by EMS. How do I clear it?. A: The easiest way is to remove the psm_data file. Then restart diagnostics with: # /etc/opt/resmon/lbin/monconfig (choose the K option to kill EMS) #...
Q: I need to document which disk was used to boot the currently running system. A: This is a bit tricky depending on the version of HP-UX, and whether it is using LVM or the less common choice, VxVM for disk volume management. Here are...
Q: I tried to login to my HP-UX system but everything on the screen is UPPERCASE. What happened? A: This only occurs with a console login and the problem is caused by having the CAPS-LOCK key enabled on the terminal connection. You'll also see every...
Q: Our company is going to have to power down all the servers in our data center / computer room because of required electrical maintenance. What steps should I take ahead of time to prepare for this? A: There are 3 main items that need...
The Ignite server requires that all the clients have the same version of Ignite tools installed. Rather than installing a complete package on each client, clients can install the server's version with this command: /opt/ignite/lbin/update_tools -s SERVER_NAME -d /var/opt/ignite/depots/recovery_cmds where SERVER_NAME is the IP address...
Preface: The majority of printer models manufactured in the last 8-10 years (especially those less than $200-300) are "host-based" which means that formatting is done in the computer, not the printer. Formatting is the task which takes text, matches the characters to stored font outlines,...
The Software Distributor system has two methods to provide installation packages, a depot directory with subdirectories and files and a single tar-based depot file with all of the components in what is called the tape format. Indeed, the tape format can either be written directly...
For the latest version of Glance (and MeasureWare/OVPA) logical I/Os are not being measured. In Glance, the logl Rds and loglWts are marked: "na". For MWA (MeasureWare or OVPA) there are no readings stored for logical (that is, memory resident) reads and writes. The midaemon...
Q: Is it OK to remove the files from /var/spool/sockets/ICE? A: Yes, these files are leftover from running Xwindows (actually, running CDE). They are leftover when users do not logout and close their desktop (CDE) sessions properly. If someone is running CDE, there will be...
