HP-UX Online Training
Duration 50 to 60 Hrs
Module 1 — Introduction to HP-UX Administration
- The Role of the System Administrator
- Hardware Responsibilities
- Software Responsibilities
Module 2 — SERVERS
- Integrity rx2660,3600,6600,7640,7620,8640,superdomes
- HP9000 rp3440,4440,7420,7440,8420,8440,superdomes
- Blade servers(c7000,c3000,bl860c,bl870c)
Module 3 — Creating and Managing User Accounts
- Users and Groups—Access to System and Data
- What Defines a User Account?
- The /etc/passwd File
- The /etc/group File
- Creating User Accounts with SAM
- Creating User Templates in SAM
- Deactivating and Removing Users with SAM
- Managing Group Membership with SAM
- Managing User Accounts from the Command Line
- Changing User Passwords from the Command Line
- Customizing User Accounts
- Some Sample Customizations
- The /etc/skel Directory
Module 4--Guided Tour of the HP-UX File Hierarchy
- Introducing the File System Paradigm
- The File System Layout
- Application Directories
- Commands to Help You Navigate
- HP-UX File System Hierarchy
Module 5— Connecting Peripherals
- The HP 9000 Product Family
- I/O Architecture Terminology
- I/O Expansion
- Device Adapters
- Types of SCSI
- Viewing the Configuration with ioscan
Module 6 — Configuring Device Files
- What Is a Device File?
- Listing Device Files with ll
- Listing Device Files with ioscan
- Listing Device Files with lssf
- The Layout of /dev
- Device File Naming Convention
- Disk Device File Names
- How Device Files are Created
- Auto configuration
- Creating Device Files with SAM
- Creating a Device File with mksf
- Creating Device Files with insf
- Device Files
Module 7 — Configuring Disk Devices
- Disk Partitioning
- Whole Disk Partitioning
- LVM Disk Partitioning
- LVM Device Files
- LVM Extents
- Creating Physical Volumes
- Creating Volume Groups
- Creating Logical Volumes
- LAB: Logical Volume Manager
Module 8 — File System Concepts
- What Is a File System?
- File System Types
- What’s in a File System?
- Accessing a File System
- HP-UX Hard Links
- HP-UX Symbolic Links
Module 9 — File System Creation
- Overview of File System Creation
- Creating new file system
- Extending file system offline
- Extending file system online
- file system full issues
- file system corrupt issues
- Hard disk drive failures troubleshooting issues
- difference between RAID,data,OS disks
Module 10 — File System Repair
- File System Maintenance
- File System Updates
- Introducing fsck
- Running fsck
- Checking lost+found
Module 11 — File System Management
- Monitoring Disk Usage
- Routine Management
- Extending a Volume Group
- Extending a Logical Volume
- Extending a File System
Module 12 — System Backup
- Understanding types of backups
- Understanding various file backups using tar, cpio, dd
- Creation of snap shot for backups
- Understanding backup levels and backup strategies.
- Understanding file system backups using fbackup, frecover.
- Performing full / incremental / cumulative backups
- Performing local / remote backup restore
Module13--SCHEDULE JOBS
Module 14 — Managing Swap Space
- System Memory
- What Is Swap Space?
- Types of Swap Space
- Enabling Swap from the Command Line
- Enabling Swap via /etc/fstab
- Monitoring Swap Space Usage
- Guidelines for Selecting Device Swap Areas
- Guidelines for Selecting File System Swap Areas
Module 15 — Shutdown and Reboot
- HP-UX Operation States
- Changing State with Shutdown and Reboot
- System Boot Introduction
- System Boot Players
- System Boot Process Overview
- Autoboot versus Manual Boot
- Initiating the Boot Sequence
- Interacting with the PDC/BootRom
- Interacting with the ISL and EFI
- What Happens after the Kernel Is Loaded?
- Run Levels
- Changing Run Levels with init
- Configuring init via /etc/inittab
Module 16 — Reconfiguring the Kernel
- Why Reconfigure the Kernel?
- Static Kernel Modules
- Dynamic Kernel Modules
- Using SAM for Kernel Configuration
- Moving the New Kernel into Place
- What If the New Kernel Won’t Boot?
- Manually Tuning an HP-UX 10.x Kernel
- Some Configurable Parameters
Module 17 — Managing Software with SD-UX
- Introducing SD-UX
- SD-UX Software Structure
- SD-UX Software Depots
- SD-UX IPD
- SD-UX Daemon/Agents
- swinstall Main Menu
- Select Software to Install
- Starting the Update
- Installing Protected Software
- Listing Software
- Removing Software
Module 18 — Patch Management (SD-UX)
- Why Install Patches?
- Patch Naming Conventions
- Obtaining Patches
- Retrieving Patches from the Web Patch Database
- Retrieving Patches from Tape or CD
- Installing Patches with swinstall
- Listing Patches
- Removing Patches
- Installing patch bundles
- Installing patch bundles from different server
- Different patch types
Module 19 — Connecting to a Network
- Configuring LAN Interface Adapters
- Configuring LAN Adapters
- Setting an IP Address and Subnet Mask
- Setting a Default Route
- Using SAM to Configure a LAN Adapter
- Setting a System Hostname
- Resolving Hostnames to IP Addresses
- Configuring /etc/hosts
- Configuring ip address permanently and temporarily
- Building new server.
Module20--FTP SERVER
- Configuring ftp server with real and anonymous users
- Understanding security files
Module21-- Configuring and Managing the Network File System
- NFS Concepts
- Configuring an NFS Server
- Configuring an NFS Client
- NFS Daemons
- Troubleshooting
Module22—IGNITE-UX
- Ignite Server configuration
- Ignite backup in tape
- Ignite backup network
- Recovering server from ignite tape backup PARISC and IA64
- Recovering server from Ignite network PARISC and IA64
- Recovering VPAR from ignite tape
- Recovering server from different subnet using dbprofile
Module23—NPAR
- Introduction to cell based servers
- Introduction to superdomes and midrange servers
- Base cell, Core cell
- Creating first npar
- OS installation in NPAR through DVD
- Configuring NPARS and troubleshooting
- Dynamic NPAR
- OS installation through ignite server
Module24—SERVICE GUARD CLUSTER
- Introduction to cluster
- Cluster setup understanding
- Cluster prerequisites
- Configuring two node cluster with version 11.20
- Lock disk
- Cluster package moving and testing failover
- Cluster file system extension online and offline
- Creating legacy and modular packages
- Service Guard NFS toolkit
- Adding a disk to the Cluster VG
- Configuring packages when the cluster up and running
- Troubleshooting cluster
Module25—VPAR
- Introduction to VPAR
- Introduction to latest version A.5.00(HP-UX 11iv3)
- Older versions of A.3.00 and A.400 comparison
- VPAR configuration
- Adding cpu and memory to VPAR
- VPAR troubleshooting
- VPAR boot options
- Vpardb
- Vpmon
- Recovering VPAR from ignite tape
Module26—Performance
- Performance issues
- Cpu
- Memory
- Disk
- Io issues
Module27—SAM and SMH
- Difference between SAM and SMH
- LVM using SMH
- Hardware issues identification using SMH
- Kernel parameter configuration
- User and group administration
Module28—IVM
- Creating Integrity Virtual machines
- Using hpvmmodify
- Troubleshooting HPVM