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  • There's life in the old dog yet: OpenVMS to run on x86

    calendar May 26, 2020 · 8 min read · hp  ·
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    Beside UNIX, OpenVMS is one of the oldest but still actively developed operating systems. Since its introduction back in 1977 for the VAX architecture (Virtual Address Extension) it already survided two major platform switches: DEC Alpha (1992 - 1994) and Intel Itanium (2001).

    Recently, VMS Software, Inc. (VSI) …


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  • The agony of choice: a new notebook

    calendar Nov 18, 2019 · 13 min read · dell hp thinkpad  ·
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    If you‘re also working in IT, you will know the problem: new software always brings new requirements and at some point even powerful hardware is not adequate anymore. Even for private use-cases it might be a good idea to replace hardware after 5 years - even if you won‘t get any tax benefits. 🙂 Recently, I had to …
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  • Short tip: Find out HP Managepent Processor IP address

    calendar Jun 28, 2018 · 1 min read · hp kurztipp  ·
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    Recently I needed access to a HP Management Processor (MP) without knowing the appropriate IP address.

    A possibility is to utilize a serial connection to the MP - but this is kinda complicated if you don't have any physical system access.

    A smarter approach is to find out the IP address using the running operating …


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  • Short tip: Configure HP Smart Array Controller using EFI Shell

    calendar Nov 10, 2015 · 1 min read · hp hp-ux itanium kurztipp  ·
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    New HP Smart Array controllers built into a  HP Integrity machine are basically unconfigured. When running the EFI Shell, you will probably see the following message:

    1HP Smart Array P800 Controller     (version 7.22)  0 Logical Drives
    21785-Drive Array Not Configured
    3     Run Smart Array Configuration Utility
    4...
    5 …

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  • Short tip: Gather HP SmartArray cache battery information under HP-UX

    calendar Oct 9, 2014 · 2 min read · hp hp-ux kurztipp  ·
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    When a RAID controllers cache battery fails it is a benefit if you can gather the spare part number without any downtime. If your server is equipped with a HP SmartArray controller you can easily get t hose information using the sautil utility. This requires the HP-UX products RAIDSA and RAIDSA-PROVIDER to be …
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  • There's life in the old dog yet - HP Integrity RX2600 EFI Unexpected TRAP

    calendar Sep 17, 2013 · 3 min read · hp hp-ux  ·
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    A couple of months ago I installed Red Hat Enterprise Linux on a dedicated hard drive of my HP Integrity RX2600 servers. Because the installation programm doesn't support the native Management Processor console I had to connect a screen, keyboard and mouse to the device. The installation worked like a charm and after a …
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  • Get controller or LUN WWN / WWID under HP-UX

    calendar Feb 20, 2013 · 3 min read · hp hp-ux  ·
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    Reading the World Wide Name (WWN) / World Wide Identifier (WWID) of a controller or a LUN is not always easy unter HP-UX - depending on the release. Especially under the older releases 11.11 and 11.23 additional tools are required to get the requested information - this is much easier under 11.31.

    Controller …


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  • HP C8000 - System firmware hang. Contact your HP Support Engineer.

    calendar Feb 14, 2013 · 2 min read · hp hp-ux  ·
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    A few days ago I wanted to use my HP C8000 workstation after a long time - but a defect changed my plans. Instead of showing the Boot Console Handler (BCH) the C8000 only presented a black screen. Even the serial interface was not working at all - no good sign.

    I had a deepter look at the issue and unplugged all …


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  • Find out Tachyon XL2 part number under HP-UX 11.11 / 11.23

    calendar Feb 4, 2013 · 2 min read · hp hp-ux  ·
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    Especially in older PA-RISC and Itanium machines HP Tachyon XL2 hostbus adapters can be found. If you want to know the associated HP part number (e.g. if you need to compare a support matrix) you might have used ioscan - and found nothing:

    1# ioscan -funC fc
    2Class     I  H/W Path  Driver S/W State   H/W Type …

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