https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/how-to-best-organize-the-info/m-p/4864028#M397229 Hi Rick,<BR /><BR />I would constantly save the configuration of the systems such as 'vgdisplay -v', 'strings /etc/lvmtab', 'syminq', 'ioscan -fnC disk', 'preview' maps generated with various options like -m, -s, -f etc.,. You can put them all in a cronjob, that runs once in every week and saves the information on a central server. You can also run tools such as cfg2html, sysinfo etc., that can display the information in HTML format to a central server periodically such that you can view them online.<BR /><BR />Also, it may be a good idea to follow some standards like VG name representing the EMC array, shared/dedicated, etc., so that you don't need to do a lot of work when you need to find that information. Standardize the slot configuration (like 6795A always goes into the slot 0/0/8/0/0 on any RP7410), keeping their device files same (using ioinit) etc., can really save you a lot of time energy during the maintenances. <BR /><BR />-Sri Tue, 05 Oct 2004 14:40:08 GMT Sridhar Bhaskarla 2004-10-05T14:40:08Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/how-to-best-organize-the-info/m-p/4864026#M397227 Hi all:<BR /><BR />Got multiple rp7410s each with a hard partition (n-node=2) and these rp systems are connected to McData DS24 switches which ultimately connect to EMC 8830 array. Running the ECC 5.1.1 SP3.<BR /><BR />Lots of info to digest. Almost seems overwhelming.<BR /><BR />Looking for some tips/tricks on organizing the presented info so I know what is out there, what is available, what I can play with, etc...<BR /><BR />What are some of the best practices - I will work with symcli as well. Tue, 05 Oct 2004 14:18:54 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/how-to-best-organize-the-info/m-p/4864026#M397227 Rick Garland 2004-10-05T14:18:54Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/how-to-best-organize-the-info/m-p/4864027#M397228 I like using cfg2html:<BR /><BR /><A href="http://come.to/cfg2html" target="_blank">http://come.to/cfg2html</A><BR /><BR />I also use HP's sysinfo3.01 and ISEE.<BR /><BR />Rgds...Geoff Tue, 05 Oct 2004 14:24:27 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/how-to-best-organize-the-info/m-p/4864027#M397228 Geoff Wild 2004-10-05T14:24:27Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/how-to-best-organize-the-info/m-p/4864028#M397229 Hi Rick,<BR /><BR />I would constantly save the configuration of the systems such as 'vgdisplay -v', 'strings /etc/lvmtab', 'syminq', 'ioscan -fnC disk', 'preview' maps generated with various options like -m, -s, -f etc.,. You can put them all in a cronjob, that runs once in every week and saves the information on a central server. You can also run tools such as cfg2html, sysinfo etc., that can display the information in HTML format to a central server periodically such that you can view them online.<BR /><BR />Also, it may be a good idea to follow some standards like VG name representing the EMC array, shared/dedicated, etc., so that you don't need to do a lot of work when you need to find that information. Standardize the slot configuration (like 6795A always goes into the slot 0/0/8/0/0 on any RP7410), keeping their device files same (using ioinit) etc., can really save you a lot of time energy during the maintenances. <BR /><BR />-Sri Tue, 05 Oct 2004 14:40:08 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/how-to-best-organize-the-info/m-p/4864028#M397229 Sridhar Bhaskarla 2004-10-05T14:40:08Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/how-to-best-organize-the-info/m-p/4864029#M397230 Kinda what I thought. Just seems like a whole lot of info to keep track of from the EMC configs.<BR /><BR />I have used cfg2html and like the output it will provide for the LVM stuff. <BR /><BR />Thanks! Tue, 05 Oct 2004 15:31:54 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/how-to-best-organize-the-info/m-p/4864029#M397230 Rick Garland 2004-10-05T15:31:54Z