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HP-UX: Preparing for System Reboot / Shutdown

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System administrators will often reboot their boxes because of certain need like patch installation and kernel parameter change. Below is a guide to properly shutdown and reboot the system.THE PRE-WORK1. Get important system information:Common Inform… more »

HP-UX LVM - Resizing Filesystem with Online JFS

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A quick guide to extend an LVM with a VXFS Filesystem.1. Verify OnLineJFS is installed# swlist -l product | grep -i vxfs# swlist -l product | grep -i onlineLook for OnlineJFS or AdvJournalFS2. It is a good practice to defrag the filesystem first bef… more »

HP-UX: How to check hpux block size

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The "df -g" command shows it, but apparently not if you are using Veritas file-system; Veritas says they do not support "df -g" So, instead, for VxFS on HPUX, use "/usr/sbin/fstyp -v <special>", where "<special>" is the block-special devi… more »