HP-UX 11i Internals - Hardcover

Cooper, Chris; Moore, Chris

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0130328618 ISBN 13: 9780130328618

Publisher: Prentice Hall, 2004

Synopsis

HP-UX Internals introduces readers to the "under the hood" aspects of the HP-UX operating system. The book illustrates the kernel data structures and algorithms used to provide process/thread scheduling, I/O control and system resource management. Both hardware dependent and hardware independent data structures are examined and explained. The topics covered help readers approach system administration, tuning and troubleshooting from a more informed perspective, and challenge them to make more effective use of their HP-UX systems. The material is focused on the HP-UX 11i (version 1.0) release of the HP-UX operating system, but includes some historic aspects of its development to establish and understanding of its current incarnation.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

HP-UX 11i Internals

Chris CooperChris Moore

• Invaluable information for optimizing HP-UX performance, reliability, and efficiency
• Find out how to approach system administration, tuning, and troubleshooting from a more informed perspective
• For every HP-UX sysadmin, programmer, and performance specialist

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HP-UX 11i Internals

HP-UX under the hood: practical insight for optimization and troubleshooting

To maximize the performance, efficiency, and reliability of your HP-UX sysem, you need to know what's going on under the hood. HP-UX 11i Internals goes beyond generic UNIX internals, showing exactly how HP-UX works in PA-RISC environments.

HP experts Cooper and Moore systematically illuminate HP-UX kernel data structures and algorithms for memory management, process and thread scheduling, I/O control, files and file systems, resource management, and more. They focus on HP-UX 11i, while also offering valuable insight for those using earlier versions.

• PA-RISC architecture: register set, virtual memory, key instructions, and procedure calling conventions
• HP-UX kernel organization: hardware-dependent and independent data structures
• Process and thread management: proc tables, memory management, scheduling, and the complete process/thread lifecycle
• System-wide memory resources: allocation and mapping to physical memory
• HP-UX paging and swapping
• Files and filesystems: traditional UNIX filesystems, HFS, VFS, and dynamic buffer cache
• I/O and device management: addressing, DMA, interrupts, device files, I/O configuration, device driver assignments, and I/O request pathways
• Logical Volume Management (LVM): abstracting physical disks from the disk I/O system
• HP-UX multiprocessing: challenges, data structures, and interfaces
• Kernel communication services: semaphores, message queues, shared memory, signals, and the kernel "callout" system
• Signaling in complex threaded environments
• System initialization, from vmunix to init: running HP-UX on diverse platforms

Whether you administer HP-UX, tune it, troubleshoot it, or write kernel modules for it, you'll find HP-UX 11i Internals indispensable.

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About the Author:

CHRIS COOPER, HP Senior Education Consultant, is a 19-year veteran with Hewlett-Packard Education Services. He has spent most of his HP career developing and delivering courses on programming, system administration, O/S internals, and networking. He has also served as a solution architect and consultant. CHRIS MOORE, Expert Center Engineer for HP's Global Solutions Engineering team, specializes in analyzing system core dumps and identifying the causes of failures. He teaches classes on First Pass Dump Analysis inside and outside HP.

About this edition

• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0130328618
• ISBN 13: 9780130328618
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 416