HP-UX System Administrator's "How To" Book, The

HP-UX System Administrator's "How To" Book, The, 1/e

Marty Poniatowski
Hewlett-Packard Professional Books

Published August, 1993 by Prentice Hall PTR (ECS Professional)

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Summary

This is the first system administrator book devoted exclusively to setting up and managing a HP-UX system—a popular, widely used UNIX operating system. Highly practical in approach, it bridges the gap between HP-UX formal documentation and generic UNIX system administration books. Covers step-by-step the process of setting up HP-UX systems; the fundamental system administration tasks and the means by which they are performed on an HP system; the “art” of system administration for the HP-UX; and miscellaneous topics in which every administrator should have some background, e.g., writing shell scripts, updating the HP-UX operating system, customizing HP VUE, etc.

Features

uses simple flow charts to explain the steps for setting up an HP-UX system.
considers workstations and multi-user systems, as well as such contemporary technology as X terminals, Compact Disk Read Only Memory (CD-ROM) drives, and Digital Audio Tape (DAT) drives.
explains the HP-UX utility called System Administration Manager (SAM) that simplifies all the common system administration functions performed daily.
shows how to monitor HP-UX system resources using built-in HP-UX commands and HP-UX accounting, and add-on tools such as HP GlancePlus/UX.
deals with topics often glossed over in other volumes, e.g., system start up, DOS emulation with Soft PC, and using and customizing HP VUE.
considers shell programming, provides example shell scripts, and notes helpful HP-UX program development tools.
provides a variety of examples that reflect the many and varied tasks system administrators perform on HP-UX systems — e.g., processes and commands.

Table of Contents

1. Setting Up Your HP-UX System.
2. The “Science” of System Administration (SAM).
3. The “Art” of System Administration.
4. Beyond the Ordinary.
5. Programming for System Administrators.