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When root disk is mirrored at OS level, its difficult to know which disk system is booted from. Learn here how to identify current boot disk in HPUX.
Step by step procedure to upgrade HP blade firmware running HPUX operating system. Use this process with caution and on your own risk since mistakes may lead to an unstable system.
Learn how to extract the list of bad/wrong login attempts made on the HPUX server from btmps file. Useful for audit purposes and troubleshooting account management.
Learn how to add a secondary swap or extra swap in running the HPUX system without any downtime. It uses free space in root VG to mount as swap.
Step by step procedure to add storage LUNs to integrity virtual machine on HPUX host. Further, learn to use those LUNs in LVM of the guest servers.
HP releases OS patches for HPUX twice a year. Few break-fix patches releases as on need basis. Here is naming conventions being followed by HP.
Get acquainted with LVM (Logical Volume Manager) terms. Learn what is physical volume, logical volume, physical extent, volume group and logical extent.
Ever wondered which all special commands can be executed on /etc/passwd file? Learn here list of special commands and their uses for password file.
UID range distribution in HPUX. Learn what is range reserved for system user ids and which range is open for normal users.
HPUX boot process explained. Learn which all processes happened in background while HPUX server boots.
