SysMan Station Help

3.12 General Tasks

The General Tasks branch of the SysMan Menu contains additional, miscellaneous tasks, such as:

Shut down the system
Performs the following shutdown operations:

Halt the system and bring it down to console mode

Reboot the system

Shut down the system to single-user mode

Invoke a preshutdown script just before a shutdown begins

Execute a run level transition script before halting or rebooting the system

Perform a fast shutdown, which skips the file checking phase during reboot

Perform a shutdown without disk synchronization

Perform a message-only shutdown to just send a message to all logged-in users without shutting down the system

For additional information, see Shutdown Help.

Quick Setup
Use Quick Setup to set up your system as a client system. After you enter all the information Quick Setup needs, your system will have the basic configuration it needs to get it up and running, including network connection, mail, and print capabilities.
Use Quick Setup from the system console, particularly for network configuration; changing the configuration may break the network connection.
For additional information, see Quick Setup Help.

Cloning setup information
Display information about the SysMan cloning feature. A system's setup can be saved for cloning other systems or a system's setup can be cloned from another systems information. Cloning is provided for common services like network connectivity, DNS (BIND), NFS, NIS, NTP, E-mail, and printers. Use sysman -clone -save <filename> to save a system's setup information. Use sysman -clone -apply <filename> to clone a system from another system's information. You also can list and validate cloning information before applying it by using sysman -clone -validate <filename>.

Command line interface information
Displays information about using SysMan through its command line interface, which can be used in scripts to automate system setup. See the sysman_cli(8) reference page for detailed information.

Configure X Display Manager
Lets you configure your X Display for CDE or XDM.

Shut down the system	Performs the following shutdown operations: Halt the system and bring it down to console mode Reboot the system Shut down the system to single-user mode Invoke a preshutdown script just before a shutdown begins Execute a run level transition script before halting or rebooting the system Perform a fast shutdown, which skips the file checking phase during reboot Perform a shutdown without disk synchronization Perform a message-only shutdown to just send a message to all logged-in users without shutting down the system For additional information, see Shutdown Help.
Quick Setup	Use Quick Setup to set up your system as a client system. After you enter all the information Quick Setup needs, your system will have the basic configuration it needs to get it up and running, including network connection, mail, and print capabilities. Use Quick Setup from the system console, particularly for network configuration; changing the configuration may break the network connection. For additional information, see Quick Setup Help.
Cloning setup information	Display information about the SysMan cloning feature. A system's setup can be saved for cloning other systems or a system's setup can be cloned from another systems information. Cloning is provided for common services like network connectivity, DNS (BIND), NFS, NIS, NTP, E-mail, and printers. Use `sysman -clone -save <filename>` to save a system's setup information. Use `sysman -clone -apply <filename>` to clone a system from another system's information. You also can list and validate cloning information before applying it by using `sysman -clone -validate <filename>`.
Command line interface information	Displays information about using SysMan through its command line interface, which can be used in scripts to automate system setup. See the `sysman_cli`(8) reference page for detailed information.
Configure X Display Manager	Lets you configure your X Display for CDE or XDM.