How to know HP-UX 11 is run on 32-bit or 64-bit mode

[walkmana]

Hi everyone, I am new in HP-UX.

As mention above, is there any way to check the HP-UX is run on 32-bit or 64-bit mode?

Machine: HP 9000 rp2470
OS: HP-UX B11.11

Thanks for reading.

[Patrick Wallek · Accepted solution]

All machines of the rp series (rp24xx, rp 34xx, rp44xx, rp54xx, rp74xx) are all 64-bit ONLY machines.

To see what bitness is running:

# getconf KERNEL_BITS

It will return 32 or 64, which indicates 32-bit or 64-bit HP-UX.

[walkmana]

Thanks a lot.

After I issued the command above, it return the value : 64.

The reason I want to check this because recently I request Oracle database ugrade CD to upgrade from 8i to 9i, but they shipped the CD only in 64-bit version, so I wonder whether the 64-bit Oracle 9i database can run on that machine or not.

Cheers~

[Asif Sharif]

Hi walkmana ,

#getconf KERNEL_BITS
#getconf HW_CPU_SUPP_BITS

Attached is the document shows 32/64 Bits hardware compatibility.

Regards,

Asif Sharif

[walkmana]

Thanks a lot.

The attach pdf is very imformative ^_^

[Peter Godron]

Hi,
yes your 64bit Oracle will run on your 64bit OS (given all the other Oracle pre-requisites like memory etc)

Footprint for Oracle 9 is bigger than Oracle 8 and the IAS install can be a bit of a nightmare.

[Muthukumar_5]

More ways to get this:

SAM -> Performance Monitors -> System Propeties -> Processor -> Kernel bits information

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Muthu

[Johnny Damtoft]

Hi,

Another way is to do:

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

Here it tells you 64Bit and CPU arcitecture.

[Senthil Prabu.S_1]

Hi,
use these commands;

#getconf KERNEL_BITS
#getconf HW_CPU_SUPP_BITS

HTH,
Prabu.S

[Arturo Galbiati]

Hi,
getconf KERNEL_BITS
HTH,
Art

[Nguyen Anh Tien]

I usually use sam to determine it:
SAM > Performance Monitors > System Propeties > Processor > Kernel bits information