HP-UX System and Network Administration I

Course overview

This hands-on course is the first of two courses that prepare system administrators to successfully configure, manage, maintain, and administer HP-UX servers in a networked environment. This course focuses on configuring disks, file systems, peripherals, and user accounts, as well as managing and configuring core OS, patches, and application software. Successful completion of HP-UX System and Network Administration I and II will help prepare students for the HP-UX CSA technical certification exam. The 5-day course is 50 percent lecture and 50 percent hands-on labs using HP servers.

Prerequisites

• UNIX Fundamentals (51434S) or equivalent experience

Audience

• HP-UX 11i system administrators and others who install, configure, and maintain HP-UX servers

Ways to save

Course objectives

At the conclusion of this course you will be able to:

• Install and manage HP-UX software and patches
• Configure and manage peripheral devices and device files
• Configure and manage disks using HPs Logical Volume Manager (LVM)
• Configure and manage file systems using HPs Journal File System (JFS)
• Configure HP-UX kernel drivers, subsystems, and tunable parameters
• Minimize planned and unplanned downtime with DRD
• Shutdown, boot, reboot Integrity HP-UX servers

Next Steps

• HP-UX System and Network Administration II (H3065S)

Benefits to you

• Gain the skills required to effectively install, configure, and manage HP-UX systems so users experience smooth running IT operations

Course outline

Navigating the System Management Homepage (SMH)

• SAM and SMH overview
• Launching the SAM GUI and TUI
• Verifying SMH certificates
• Logging into the SMH
• Navigating the SMH interface
• Launching SMH tools
• Launching SMH tasks
• Viewing SMH logs
• Managing SMH access control
• Managing SMH authentication
• SMH and SIM integration concepts

Managing Users and Groups

• User and group concepts
• /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow, and /etc/group concepts
• Creating, modifying, deactivating, and removing user accounts
• Configuring password aging and password security policies
• Managing groups
• Managing /etc/skel

Navigating the HP-UX File System

• Static and dynamic files and directory concepts
• OS and application directory concepts
• Top level directory concepts and contents
• Searching for files and executables using the find, whereis, which, and file commands

Configuring Hardware

• Hardware component overview
• CPU, cell, crossbar, and Blade overview
• SBA, LBA, and I/O overview
• iLO/MP, core I/O, and interface adapter card overview
• Internal disks, tapes, and DVD overview
• Disk array, LUN, SAN and multipathing overview
• Partitioning overview
• nPar, vPar, VM, and secure resource partition overview
• System type overview
• Entry-class rackmount server overview
• Mid-range rackmount server overview
• High-end server overview
• HP BladeSystem overview
• HP BladeSystem c-class enclosure overview
• HP Integrity blade server overview
• Viewing system hardware configuration
• Viewing nPar, vPar and VM hardware
• Hardware address concepts
• Legacy HBA, SCSI, and FC hardware address concepts
• Agile View HBA, SCSI, and FC hardware address concepts
• Viewing legacy hardware addresses
• Viewing LUNs via Agile View
• Viewing a LUN's lunpaths via Agile View
• Viewing an HBA's lunpaths via Agile View
• Viewing LUN health via Agile View
• Viewing LUN attributes via Agile View
• Enabling and disabling lunpaths
• Slot address concepts
• Slot address components
• Viewing slot addresses
• Installing interface cards with and without OL*
• Installing new devices

Configuring Device Special Files

• DSF attribute concepts
• DSF directories
• Legacy DSF names
• Persistent DSF names
• LUN, disk, and DVD DSF names
• Boot disk DSFs
• Tape drive DSFs
• Tape autochanger DSFs
• Terminal, modem, and printer DSFs
• Listing legacy DSFs
• Listing persistent DSFs
• Correlating persistent and legacy DSFs
• Correlating persistent DSFs with lunpaths and WWIDs
• Decoding legacy and persistent DSF attributes
• Creating DSFs via insf, mksf, and mknod
• Removing DSFs via rmsf
• Disabling and enabling legacy mode DSFs

Managing Disk Devices

• Disk partitioning concepts
• Whole disk partitioning concepts
• LVM disk partitioning concepts
• LVM physical volume concepts
• LVM volume group concepts
• LVM logical volume concepts
• LVM extent concepts
• LVM extent size concepts
• LVM versions and limits
• LVM DSF directories
• LVMv1 device files
• LVMv2 device files
• Creating physical volumes
• Creating LVMv1 volume groups
• Creating LVMv2 volume groups
• Creating logical volumes
• Verifying the LVM configuration
• Comparing disk space management tools

Managing File Systems

• File system concepts
• File system types
• Superblock, inode, directory, block, extent, and intent log concepts
• Hard and symbolic link concepts
• HFS and VxFS comparison
• Creating file systems
• Mounting file systems
• Unmounting file systems
• Automatically mounting file systems
• Mounting CDFS file systems
• Mounting LOFS file systems
• Mounting ISOFS file systems
• Mounting MemFS file systems

Managing Swap Space

• HP-UX memory concepts
• HP-UX swap concepts
• HP-UX swap types
• HP-UX pseudoswap
• Enabling swap via the CLI
• Enabling swap via /etc/fstabv
• Monitoring swap space
• Disabling swap
• Guidelines for configuring swap space

Maintaining Logical Volumes and File Systems

• Defragmenting file systems
• Repairing corrupted file systems
• Monitoring free space
• Reclaiming wasted file system space
• Extending, reducing, and removing volume groups
• Extending, reducing, and removing logical volumes
• Extending and reducing file systems

Preparing for Disasters

• Disaster Recovery, Mirroring and DRD concepts
• Using DRD to minimize planned downtime
• Using DRD to minimize unplanned downtime
• Installing DRD
• Using the drd command
• Creating a DRD clone
• Synchronizing a DRD clone
• Verifying a DRD clone’s status
• Accessing inactive images via DRD-safe commands
• Managing Software via DRD-safe commands
• Managing Kernel Tunables via DRD-safe commands
• Accessing inactive images via other commands
• Activating and deactivating an inactive image
• Customizing the make_*_recovery Archive Contents
• Backing up the boot disk via make_tape_recovery
• Backing up the boot disk via make_net_recovery
• Using a make_*_recovery archive
• Interacting with the Recovery Process

Accessing the System Console and the iLO/MP

• Management processor concepts
• Viewing MP/console ports
• Connecting MP serial and LAN ports
• Accessing the MP
• Navigating the MP menu and web interfaces
• Accessing nPar, vPar, and VM consoles
• Accessing the VFP, console log, and system event log
• Accessing the MP help menus
• Accessing the MP command menu
• Configuring the MP LAN interface
• Enabling MP remote access
• Managing MP user accounts and access levels
• Managing MP login sessions
• Rebooting via the MP

Booting PA-RISC Systems

• HP-UX shutdown and reboot concepts
• PA-RISC boot process major players
• PA-RISC boot disk structures
• PA-RISC boot process overview
• Autoboot and manual boot concepts
• Interacting with the BCH and ISL/IPL

Booting Integrity Systems

• HP-UX shutdown and reboot concepts
• Integrity boot process major players
• Integrity boot disk structures
• Integrity boot disk system, OS, and HPSP structures
• Integrity and PA-RISC boot process comparison
• Autoboot and manual boot concepts
• Booting from primary, alternate, and arbitrary boot devices
• Booting from Ignite-UX servers and recovery archives
• Managing boot menu settings
• Managing console settings
• Interacting with the UEFI/EFI shell
• Interacting with the hpux.efi OS loader

Configuring the HP-UX Kernel

• Kernel configuration concepts
• Special kernel configurations
• Kernel configuration commands
• Modifying the current kernel configuration
• Creating a named configuration
• Copying a configuration
• Loading a configuration
• Kernel module concepts, states, and state changes
• Viewing and managing module states
• Kernel tunable concepts and types
• Viewing, managing, and monitoring kernel tunables
• Viewing, managing, and monitoring kernel resource alarms
• Kernel troubleshooting
• Viewing the kernel change log
• Booting from an alternate kernel
• Booting via override parameters
• Booting to tunable maintenance mode

Managing Software with SD-UX

• SD-UX software structure concepts
• SD-UX software depot concepts
• SD-UX IPD concepts
• SD-UX daemon and agent concepts
• Listing software
• Installing and updating software
• Removing software

Managing Patches with SD-UX

• Patch concepts
• Patch naming convention concepts
• Patch supersession concepts
• Patch rating concepts
• Patch source concepts
• Patch tool concepts
• Downloading and installing patches from the HPSC
• Installing patches from DVD, tape, and directory depots
• Listing patches
• Removing patches

Installing the OS with Ignite-UX

• Install source concepts
• Planning an install
• Choosing an operating environment
• Choosing an install-time security bundle
• Locating the source media
• Initiating a PA-RISC install
• Initiating an Integrity install
• Navigating the Ignite-UX menus
• Verifying an installation
• Completing post-install configuration tasks

Self-Study Appendices

• Managing printers
• Connecting to a network
• Navigating the System Administration Manager (SAM)
• Configuring the HP-UX 11i v1 kernel