System Information Data Collector for HP-UX
			     		
DESCRIPTION
  System Information Data Collector is a tool for collecting information 
  from  a   HP-UX   operating  system and some HP hardware and software.
  System Information Data Collector  is a  free software and provided by 
  the author 'AS IS' under terms of the GNU General Public License. 
  Support engineers and system administrators can use System Information
  Data Collector  to  obtain  a system  configuration  and  troubleshoot
  problems. To get system information  System Information Data Collector
  script calls specified modules. The modules of System Information Data
  Collector are located in the 'modules' directory. 
  The following modules is available in version 0.1:
   - disks
	
     Collects disk information (default).
   - lvm
     Collects LVM information (default).
   - etc
     Collects /etc configuration files (default).
   - init
     Collects /sbin/init.d and /sbin/rc? scripts (default).
   - logs
     Collects /var/adm/syslog file and dmesg output (default).
   - net
     Collects network information and network device information (default).
   - sw
     Collects software depot information (default).
   - sysconf
     Collects system configuration information (default).
   - mcsg
     Collects HP MC/Service Guard  information. This  module does not run
     by default.
   - npar
     Collects npar configuration information. This module does not run by
     default.
   - dp
     Collects HP Data Protector software  information. This  module  does
     not run by default.
   - default 
     Run all default modules. 
  The  System  Information  Data  Collector  writes  output  to  'output' 
  directory in the following format:
  	sysinfo-dc.machine_ident.hostname-date
  Where
 
  "machine_ident" is an output of 'getconf _CS_MACHINE_IDENT' command,
  "hostname" is an output of 'hostname' command,  
  "date" is an output of 'date "+%Y.%m.%d.%H.%M.%S"' command.
HOW TO USE
  1. Download  the  latest release  of System Information Data Collector
     Download
  2. Unpack archive to some directory (for example /tmp)
     root@hostname # cd /tmp; gzcat sysinfo-dc.ver.tar.gz|tar -xvf -  
  3. Run sysinfo-dc.sh script
     root@hostname # sh sysinfo-dc.sh [-V] [-d] [-m module,module,...] 
      For example:
   
       sysinfo-dc -d -m default,mcsg
  4. Look in 'output' directory
 List of the sysinfo-dc.sh command line options:
  -V	Provide version information
  -d	Run script in verbose mode  
  -m	Execute only selected modules
POSSIBLE PROBLEMS
  The System Information Data Collector has been tested on several HP-UX
  11.11 and 11.23 hosts.  There  was  no problems detected with software 
  or hardware  during the  time  the  script  has  been  running. But it  
  is not good idea to run script on  production michines, because it has 
  not been tested in all possible HP-UX environments.
TODO
The following features are planned to add in 0.2 version of SysInfo-DC:
1. Possibility to send collected data to specified e-mail address or
   put output to some directory of specified ftp server.
2. Module for collecting data from Management Processor (MP) via 
   telnet or ssh.
3. Module for collecting Virtual Partitions configuration.
4. Module for collecting Psets configuration.
5. Module for collecting PRM configuration.
6. Module for collecting WLM configuration.
7. Possibility to specify detailed machine owner information during the first running time.
8. Software depot. 
  If  you  have  notices or  proposals  about  System  Information  Data 
  Collector please send it to the author via following e-mail address:
  	Alexander Haidukov <ahaidukov@gmail.com>
(R) HP-UX is registered trademark of Hewlett-Packard Company.
(R) HP MC/Service Guard is registered trademark of Hewlett-Packard Company.
(R) HP Data Protector is registered trademark of Hewlett-Packard Company.