topic Re: Retrieving Serial Number in Operating System - HP-UX

Retrieving Serial Number

Roberto Volsa — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 07:15:46 GMT

Hello
i would like to know which comand to run on every HPUX server in order to retrieve the server's serial number.
Primnt_manifest not always does the job, and SAM cannot be used in a script.
I know that cstm should be available on all HOUX servers, thus it should be good in order to use the same script everywhere.
Is it the case?
Which options should ise with cstm in order to retrieve the serial number?

thanks in advance
RV

Re: Retrieving Serial Number

Sandeep_Chaudhary — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 07:19:54 GMT

"getconf MACHINE_SERIAL"

This will give u serial number

Re: Retrieving Serial Number

SKR_1 — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 07:22:32 GMT

machinfo

Thanks

SKR

Re: Retrieving Serial Number

SKR_1 — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 07:24:30 GMT

Just for reference

http://docs.hp.com/en/B2355-60130/machinfo.1.html

Thanks

SKR

Re: Retrieving Serial Number

Roberto Volsa — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 07:39:31 GMT

Thanks Sandeep,
it works on many server, but in some case not: it gives a blank line also if getconf has MACHINE_SERIAL as an option. It seems that getconf works as print_manifest, and infact print_manifest not always gives the serial.

stm works on every server, this is why i prefer it.

Re: Retrieving Serial Number

Roberto Volsa — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 07:53:08 GMT

I found it

echo "selclass qualifier system;info:wait;infolog"|cstm| grep "System Serial"

it wokrs indifferently on all servers, also where print_manifest and getconf don't work.

Re: Retrieving Serial Number

Roberto Volsa — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 07:54:13 GMT

solution found

Re: Retrieving Serial Number

Jeeshan — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 08:02:07 GMT

this is the at a glance command to get machine serial number

#getconf CS_MACHINE_SERIAL