AIX/HP-UX Interoperability Guide

• Copyright and Trademark Statement
• 1. Introduction
  • 1.1 Purpose and Scope
  • 1.2 HP-UX vs. AIX
• 2. System Startup and Shutdown
  • 2.1 Introduction
  • 2.2 AIX
    • Boot Process and Startup
    • System Shutdown
  • 2.3 HP-UX
    • Boot Process and System Startup
    • System Shutdown
  • 2.4 Startup and Shutdown Summary
• 3. User Login and Logout
  • 3.1 Introduction
  • 3.2 AIX
    • Login Process
    • Logout
  • 3.3 HP-UX
    • Login Process
    • Logout
  • 3.4 Summary
• 4. Disks and File Systems
  • 4.1 Directory Structure
  • 4.2 AIX
    • Logical Volume Manager
    • AIX Disk Installation and File System Creation
    • AIX Disk and File System Summary
  • 4.3 HP-UX
    • Disk Installation and File System Creation
    • HP-UX Disk and File System Summary
  • 4.4 Disks and File Systems: AIX vs. HP-UX
• 5. Devices
  • 5.1 Introduction
  • 5.2 AIX
    • Object Data Manager
      • Device Classes
    • Adding Supported Devices
    • Adding Unsupported Devices
    • Removing Devices
  • 5.3 HP-UX
    • Adding a Device without Modifying the Kernel
    • Modifying the Kernel in Order to Add a Device
  • 5.4 Summary
• 6. Managing Processes
  • 6.1 AIX
    • The ps Command
    • Signals
    • System Resource Controller
    • Cron
  • 6.2 HP-UX
    • ps, nice, and renice
    • Signals
    • The top Command
    • Cron
  • 6.3 Summary
    • Interoperability Notes
• 7. Backups
  • 7.1 AIX
    • The backup Command
    • The restore Command
    • The mksysb Command
    • Tape Drives
  • 7.2 HP-UX
    • fbackup
    • frecover
    • HP-UX and Cartridge Tapes: tcio
    • HP-UX's Equivalent to mksysb
  • 7.3 Interoperability Issues
    • Standard UNIX Utilities
    • Interplatform Backups
  • 7.4 Summary
• 8. Printing
  • 8.1 AIX
    • The AIX Queuing System
    • Adding a Local Printer
    • Printing Locally
    • Printing to a Remote Printer
    • AIX Print Commands
      
    • Queue Management Commands
  • 8.2 HP-UX
    • The Components of the LP Spooler
    • Setting Up the LP Spooler Using SAM
    • Setting Up the LP Spooler Using HP-UX Commands
  • 8.3 Interplatform Printing
• 9. Configuring TCP/IP
  • 9.1 AIX
    • Basic TCP/IP Configuration
    • Setting the Hostname
    • Adding a Route
    • Removing a Route
    • Flushing the Routing Table
    • Changing Network Card Configuration
    • Removing Network Card Configuration
    • Managing Name Servers
    • Adding Entries to /etc/hosts
    • Editing /etc/inetd.conf
    • Editing the /etc/services File
    • Editing /etc/hosts.equiv
    • Editing /etc/ftpusers
    • Managing Other Services
    • Using BSD Style rc Configuration
  • 9.2 HP-UX
    • Using SAM to Edit /etc/hosts
    • Specifying a New Default Gateway
    • Deleting the Default Gateway
    • Editing /etc/inetd.conf
    • Editing /usr/adm/inetd.sec
    • Creating /etc/ftpusers
    • Creating /etc/hosts.equiv
    • Creating a .rhosts File for the Local Superuser Account
    • Networking Startup Files
  • 9.3 Summary
• 10. Domain Name Service
  • 10.1 AIX
    • named Data Files
    • Configuring a Primary Name Server
    • Configuring a Secondary Name Server
    • Configuring a Cache-Only Name Server
    • Setting Up a Remote Name Server
    • Name Resolution Order
  • 10.2 HP-UX
    • named Data Files
    • Configuring a Primary Name Server
    • Configuring a Secondary Name Server
    • Configuring a Caching Only Name Server
    • Setting Up a Remote Name Server
    • Setting the Local Domain
    • Starting the Primary Server
    • Maintaining Network and Domain Data Files
    • Updating Domain Data Files
    • Name Resolution Order
  • 10.3 Summary
• 11. NIS
  • 11.1 AIX
    • NIS Maps and Commands
    • Master Server Configuration
    • Creating an NIS Slave
    • Creating an NIS Client
    • Managing yp Daemons
  • 11.2 HP-UX
    • NIS Maps and Commands
    • Master Server Configuration
    • Creating an NIS Slave Server
    • Creating an NIS Client
  • 11.3 Summary
• 12. NFS
  • 12.1 AIX
    • Controlling NFS Daemons
    • Configuring an NFS Server
    • Configuring an NFS Client
    • Additional SMIT Fastpath Commands
    • Configuring Automount
  • 12.2 HP-UX
    • Using SAM to Configure an NFS Client
    • Using SAM to Configure an NFS Server
    • Creating an NFS Server Manually
    • Automount
  • 12.3 Summary
• 13. Mail
  • 13.1 AIX
    • Customizing the /etc/sendmail.cf file
    • Stopping and Starting the sendmail Daemon
    • Mail Aliases
    • The Mail Queue
    • Mail Logging and Statistics
  • 13.2 HP-UX
    • Using SAM to Install sendmail
    • Manually Installing sendmail
    • Stopping and Starting the sendmail Daemon
    • The Mail Queue
    • The System Log
  • 13.3 An Interoperability Exercise: Creating Mail Hubs
    • Sending AIX Mail to an HP-UX Hub
    • Sending HP-UX Mail to an AIX Hub
  • 13.4 Summary
• 14. X11
  • 14.1 AIX
    • Files and Directory Structure
    • Starting X
    • Stopping X
    • aixterms
    • Fonts
    • xdm
    • The Desktop
  • 14.2 HP-UX
    • Files and Directory Structure
    • Starting X
    • Stopping X
    • Fonts
    • hpterms
    • HP-VUE
  • 14.3 X11 Interoperability
    • Displaying to a Remote Host
    • Turning Your Workstation into an X Terminal
• Appendix A
  • Common Command Pathnames
• Appendix B
  • Creating AIX Boot Diskettes
• Appendix C
  • A Quick Comparison of SMIT and SAM
• Appendix D
  • Alternate HP Boot Console User Interface
    • Accessing the Boot Console User Interface
    • Searching for Bootable Media
    • Booting from BOOT_ADMIN
• Hyperlinked Index

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[Table of Contents] [Index] (Updated 09 MAR 97)

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