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HP architecture / settings

Jaideep Krishnan — Fri, 15 Apr 2005 06:04:50 GMT

Are there any tools for listing the primary comparison (Kernal/other settings) of two HP-UX machines, besides the following :

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ulimit -Sa
ulimit -Ha
/usr/sbin/swapinfo
cat /stand/system
kmtune
cat /etc/nsswitch.conf
cat /etc/resolv.conf
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Also, what command would indicate the CPU architecture. E.g., PARISC2.0 (or) PARISC1.1

Please indicate.

Thanks,

Jaideep

Re: HP architecture / settings

Robert-Jan Goossens — Fri, 15 Apr 2005 06:09:28 GMT

Jaideep,

# file /stand/vmunix
vmunix: ELF-64 executable object file - PA-RISC 2.0 (LP64)

http://mirrors.develooper.com/hpux/faq.html

Regards,
Robert-Jan

Re: HP architecture / settings

Pete Randall — Fri, 15 Apr 2005 06:11:24 GMT

MODEL=$(grep -i $(model | tr "/" " " \
| awk '{print $NF}') \
/usr/sam/lib/mo/sched.models \
| awk '{print $NF}')

echo $MODEL

Pete

Re: HP architecture / settings

Bill Hassell — Fri, 15 Apr 2005 07:47:50 GMT

The question is not well defined. Technically, if you need to look at the differences between two machines, you start with hardware listings using cstm as in:

echo 'selclass qualifier all;info;wait;infolog' | /usr/sbin/cstm

If cstm is not found, stop immediately and download the online diagnostics and monitoring software from:
http://www.software.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=B6191AAE

This will list all the hardware details including firmware revs, etc. To see just the processor details:

echo "selclass qualifier cpu;info;wait;infolog" | /usr/sbin/cstm

At the end of the listing is the processor model (ie, PA 8600). All processors PA-8000 or higher are PA 2.0 and are 64bit capable. PA-7xxx are PA 1.1 and cannot run a 64bit operating system.

For software, the list is extensive. Basically, EVERYTHING in /etc is for configuration, including subdirectories. For instance, one machine may have /etc/defaults/security and the other does not. Also check the entire contents of /tcb (the security and authentication directory for Trusted systems).

Then there's standard software installation found with: swlist -l product
Probably the most siginifcant differences here will be patches.

And non-standard installs in /usr/contrib and /usr/local.

The ulimit values are unique to each user because they can be changed in local profiles. If this is of interest, then profiles for each user should be compared.

Re: HP architecture / settings

Geoff Wild — Fri, 15 Apr 2005 08:09:18 GMT

And if they are cell based systems, you can use the parstatus command - example - on a rp7410:

cell 0:

parstatus -V -c 0

and cell 1:

parstatus -V -c 1

Rgds...Geoff