topic Re: System id in Operating System - HP-UX

System id

Tvs — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 11:04:13 GMT

Hi all.

Any concept is there in hp like hardware ID like solaris. if is there,,how to find out the id. and is there any relationship is there with the installed programs

pls help me

Thnaks in advance

Re: System id

A. Clay Stephenson — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 11:05:42 GMT

uname -i is about as close as it gets.

Re: System id

Sundar_7 — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 11:09:18 GMT

It depends on the licensing mechanism your program uses. If the licensing is dependant on this ID then if there is a hardware change in the server, that will break your application as well.

But HP CE's have a special utility (I think it called SS_CONFIG) that can be used to change this ID in the board.

Re: System id

Geoff Wild — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 11:15:36 GMT

You can also look at:

/opt/ignite/bin/print_manifest

Most Harware ID's in HP are really just the serial numbers...

Rgds...Geoff

Re: System id

Devender Khatana — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 11:20:42 GMT

Hi,

Yes, it is surely there. HP CE can be asked to change the system ID to the previous one if you have application which has licensing based upon the hardware ID.

HTH,
Devender

Re: System id

Andrew Rutter — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 13:18:27 GMT

hi,

you will see the UID if you run this command

#uname -a

this will list your os version number users licenced for and the UID of the machine.

This can then be supplied to software apps people for licencing.

If hp changes the system board for you at any time, they will change the UID to your old one to keep the software apps working if you ask.

Andy

Re: System id

Torsten. — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 13:29:38 GMT

The "machine identification number" or sometimes called "software ID" (uname -i) is often used for licensing purposes, because it is unique, hardware dependend and could/should not be changed.

Re: System id

Granite — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 13:35:56 GMT

Hi,

I go with Geoff, You can just stdout and get the system details you require,

Like this,

#/opt/ignite/bin/print_manifest > ./Details

regds, Granite

Re: System id

Raj D. — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 13:36:32 GMT

Hi TVS ,

The ID that gives by , uname -i , most of the time used for licensing purpose . Also some program uses network cards MAC ID for licensing purpose, like flexlm etc.

Also to see the machine serial number you can run this:

# echo "selclass qualifier system;info;wait;infolog" | /usr/sbin/cstm | grep "System Serial Number"

Cheers,
Raj.

Re: System id

James R. Ferguson — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 13:57:53 GMT

Hi Tys:

There is yet another "use" of the uname within the hardware. That is, the value of the 'uname -i' or machine identification number (when expressed in hexadecimal) becomes the first part of an LVM disk's PVID and VGID (Physical Volume ID and Volume Group ID, respectively).

Regards!

...JRF...