Comparison - HPUX / AIX / SOLARIS

  

Command reference comparison

What are you trying to do?	Solaris	AIX	HP-UX
Specify order of name server resolution	/etc/nsswitch.conf	/etc/netsvc.conf	etc/nsswitch.conf
Configure networking	/etc/nodename, /etc/netmasks, etc/defaultrouter, ifconfig	recommendation is to use SMIT, because ifconfig does not save changes, lsattr	set_parms - initial, netconf file, ioscan
Understand available file systems	ufs, zfs	jfs, jfs2	hfs, VxFS
Add space to file systems	growfs	chfs	extendfs
Look at character-based admin GUI	None. Admintool was retired years ago. SMC (similar to AIX's WebSM) is the GUI	SMIT, smitty, WebSM	SAM
Examine hardware changes	prtconf	lscfg, lsattr, prtconf	ioscan, dmesg
View swap space	swap	lsps	swapinfo
Examine file system info	/etc/vfstab	/etc/file systems	/etc/fstab
Share NFS	share	exportfs	exportfs
Check software and/or filesets	pkginfo, pkgchk	lslpp, lssrc	swlist
Install software	pkgadd	smit install	swinstall
Check error logs	prtdiag	errpt	dmesg
Tune the kernel	prtctl and /etc/system	vmo, ioo, no, schedo, nfso, chdev	kctune
start/stop services	Svcadm, svcs	lssrc, stopsrc, startsrc	Usually initiated by scripts from init.d I.E. for network -- /etc/init.d/net start
Install devices	drvconfig	cfgmgr	insf