HP-UX Test Drive

[Raj_112345]

Hi,

Is there a facility like HP-UX test drive so that one can practice some commands and know more ?

I don't mind in paying if it is not too much.

Thanks,
Raj

[Dennis Handly]

Here are some threads with links to testdrive:
http://www.testdrive.hp.com/
http://forums.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=1167287
http://forums.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=1145482
http://forums.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=1220381
http://forums.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=1213308
http://forums.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=1211701
http://forums.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=1205325

[Mridul Shrivastava]

Refer the following post for details . There are some locations wehre you will get some servers for hands on:

http://forums11.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?admit=109447626+1208051854352+28353475&threadId=1009046

[Steven Schweda]

> http://www.testdrive.hp.com/

Normally yes, but they all seem to have
fallen off the edge of the Earth. I assume
that there's an announcement of scheduled
down time on the Web server, which is also
MIA. They seem to have more network problems
than ITRC forums have system problems.
(Well, probably not _that_ many.)

[Dennis Handly]

>Steven: but they all seem to have fallen off the edge of the Earth

Hmm. I tried the following with the same problems:
http://www.hp.com/go/testdrive

Another link just points to testdrive:
http://h21007.www2.hp.com/portal/site/dspp/PAGE.template/page.document?ciid=ab08e8749ee02110e8749ee02110275d6e10RCRD&jumpid=reg_R1002_USEN

[Sebastian Bazley]

I was able to use the HP-UX and VMS servers about a week ago.

I've sent an e-mail to the testdrive admin...

[Sebastian Bazley]

I got a response:

The TestDrive program was brought down last weekend due to a facility upgrade that needed to be performed. This was announced via the MOTD on the systems as well as the TestDrive webpage. The systems will be brought down again this weekend because more upgrades need to be performed. Please see www.testdrive.hp.com for more information

- CSA TestDrive
===============

Unfortunately the website was also down ;-)

It also appears that not all of the systems are back up - e.g. the HP-UX system TD194 seems to be down, but the others are responding to pings.

Perhaps they'll all be restored after this coming weekend of downtime.

[Steven Schweda]

> Unfortunately the website was also down ;-)

Yeah. When they wreck the stuff, they don't
fool around.

Perhaps they could get the fellow who rigged
up the forums11+forums12 fiasco here to do
something comparable for the TestDrive Web
site. That'd fix any reliability problems
there, too. (No one likes excessive
reliability, I always say.)