Online JFS filesystem expansion without umount
This requires add in software from Veritas/Symmantec that can be expensive on HP-UX. Lets say…
hardware
LVM
Scripting
Systems Administration
LVM
Systems Administration
VxVM Veritas Volume Manager
Taking apart a blown up vxvm boot system
Scenario: vxvm boot system shut down decommissioned. It was left off for over a year.…
Networking
Patching & Updates
Systems Administration
When swinstall will not install: What to check
I've just been through another frustrating battle with swinstall and wanted a complete what to…
LVM
Systems Administration
VxVM Veritas Volume Manager
Force umount when a file system won’t umount
Lets say we have a file system mounted as /stuck umount /stuck Mount Point busy.…
LVM
Scripting
Systems Administration
awk trick of the day(month?) parsing bdf output. awk with if else logic
Ever try and do system reporting based on bdf? Annoying as all heck that sometimes…
Patching & Updates
Systems Administration
Cleaning up an hp-ux depot
This post was a long time coming. It was posted to a powerpoint presentation years…
LVM
Systems Administration
VxVM Veritas Volume Manager
Enabling a falsely disabled OnlineJFS license
Older versions of HP-UX 11.11,11.23 and 11.31 do suffer from the OnlineJFS license disabling itself.…
Ignite UX
Systems Administration
Using Ignite-UX to improve quality assurance in a large HP-UX environment
Maintain a legacy golden image in case problem is discovered with a newly developed build…
Capacity Planning
Finding someone for your next HP-UX build
Core competencies of our owner and fearless leader npar/vpar build up from the bare metal,…
Capacity Planning
Systems Administration
Quick and dirty ldap/sudo migration
You stand up a new HP-UX host. sudo and ldap won't work. You know it…
