Resources
for HP-UX, MPE-iX, and BGDSAN
Since 1988, Beechglen has committed to maximizing the reliability of your MPE/iX or HP-UX systems. We have gathered and created resources about HP-UX and MPE/iX systems to ensure that our customers can understand and appreciate their systems as much as we do.
HP-UX:
Administration:
Preventive Maintenance
Proper Patch Installation Verification
Copying Data Utilizing CPIO
Creating a Bootable Recovery Tape
Patch Planning
Leverage DRD on HP-UX to expand the root file system, WITHOUT re-igniting a system
Steps for Creating VG and LVM Manually
Backups:
Omniback Database Maintenance
Preparing for System Failure
Ignite:
Ignite-UX: The difference between working and not working
Ignite-UX make_recovery
Ignite-UX check_recovery
Mirroring:
Managing Mirrors
Mirroring the Root File System and Primary Swap
MPE/iX:
General:
Beechglen Freeware and Downloads
HP3000 Performance Chart
MPE Error Lookup
Important MPE date
Other MPE/iX related links
MPE Patch Analysis
The Best of Beechglen’s Q & A from the Monthly Newsletter
2027 Patches Release 2017-12-12
Administration:
Text Messaging and Paging from Your HPe3000
E-Mailing Spoolfiles
System Documentation Tips
Properly Preparing Your System for Shutdown
Performance Tip: Pre-allocating Virtual Terminal Servers
Changing Date and Time on your HP3000
Cool Things to do in Logon UDCs
Remote Computing/Modem Tips and Tricks
The Stormy Season
Spool and Flat File Printing Tip
Assigning MPE File Attributes during FTP
Scanning System Log Files
Planning Your Vacation
MPE/iX Time
Backups:
System Backup Issues
More Backup Thoughts
Speeding up Backups
Command Interpreter:
Piping Info Strings Via Command Files
Streamlining Jobs with New PAUSE Enhancements
Using CI Variables with FTP Commands
CI Scripting Techniques
New LISTFILE Options
A Ping Script for MPE
Making Greater Use of :REDO Functionality
File Management:
PKZIP for MPE
File Distribution using WINZIP Format on MPE System
TurboStore Store-To-Disk
Behind the Scenes of the MPE Spool Queue
Hardware Admin:
Dynamic Hardware Configuration Changes
DTC Validation Tip
High Availability Options
Configuring a US Robotics Sportster Modem for the HP3000
Remote DTC Connectivity
Image:
Image Transaction Logging and True Online Backup
Jumbo Datasets
Query Tips
Image Enhancements with MPE/iX 6.5 and beyond
Handling Image Database Aborts
Networking:
Network Troubleshooting from the HP 3000
Evaluating Network Performance
Dynamic Network Printing
Network Throughput
OS Version Info:
The Real Story on Memory Limits for MPE/iX Release 6.5
MPE/iX 7.5 Features
Bugs in MPE/iX 6.5 and above
Posix:
What does Posix Compliance on my HP3000 do for me?
Editing Bytestream files
Samba Overview
Using REMSH
Programming:
Dynamic File Names in COBOL
How to WEB enable your HP3000 Applications
Security:
Viruses, Trojans and Hackers I
Viruses, Trojans and Hackers II
Viruses, Trojans and Hackers III
SFTP Secure File Transfers and Storing Encrypted Data
Troubleshooting:
System Triage
Using SAT
TraceRoute for MPE
Introduction to CSTM
STM Log File Maintenance
Excess I/O Errors in Logs
Preventative Maintenance
Handling System Aborts and System Failures
SLT bug on 9×9 Systems
