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&quot;man uname&quot;<br />
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uname -i <br />
and so on.<br />
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this is hardware parameter,
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"man uname"

uname -i
and so on.

this is hardware parameter,

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I know that in Solaris you can change the value of the host id, and in HP, if is a hardware parameter, where is it located? in the CPU? in the motherboard? in any chip? because I can change form one workstation to other except the CPU, which is the broken component...
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I know that in Solaris you can change the value of the host id, and in HP, if is a hardware parameter, where is it located? in the CPU? in the motherboard? in any chip? because I can change form one workstation to other except the CPU, which is the broken component...

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On HP servers, the hostid is stored on the backplane, AKA main board; HP engineers can read and overwrite it if a backplane needs replacing.<br />
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Assuming the same is true for HP workstations, you may be best off just swapping in a good CPU<br />
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What model workstation do you have? 
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On HP servers, the hostid is stored on the backplane, AKA main board; HP engineers can read and overwrite it if a backplane needs replacing.

Assuming the same is true for HP workstations, you may be best off just swapping in a good CPU

What model workstation do you have?

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Hi,<br />
we have a HP workstation with a software licensed for its hostid, and we have to change the workstation. I want to know if I can change the hostid of the workstation to run the same software in the new machine.<br />
Thanks.
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Hi,
we have a HP workstation with a software licensed for its hostid, and we have to change the workstation. I want to know if I can change the hostid of the workstation to run the same software in the new machine.
Thanks.

HP-UX hostid

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