NonStop NS-Series Operations Guide (H06.03+)

HP Integrity NonStop NS-Series Operations Guide—529869-001
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About This Guide
This guide describes how to perform routine system hardware operations for Integrity
NonStop NS-series servers on H-series release version updates.
Integrity NonStop NS-series systems employ a unique method for achieving fault
tolerance in a clustered processor environment: the modular NonStop advanced
architecture (NSAA). NSAA utilizes standard Intel® Itanium® microprocessors, without
cycle-by-cycle lock-stepping. Instead, two or three microprocessors run the same
instruction stream concurrently in a loose lockstep.
Use this guide along with the Guardian User’s Guide and the written policies and
procedures of your company regarding:
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General operations
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Security
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System backups
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Starting and stopping applications
Who Should Use This Guide
This guide is written for operators who perform system hardware operations. It
provides an overview of the routine tasks of monitoring the system and guides the
operator through the infrequent tasks of starting and stopping the system and
performing online recovery on the system.
Note. NS-series refers to the hardware that makes up the server. H-series refers to the
software that runs on the server.
The term, NonStop server, refers to both NonStop S-series servers and Integrity NonStop NS-
series servers.