General hardware, software, and environment information to collect

Gather the following information for each host or client machine:

• Operating system version
• Operating system patches or maintenance level
• Operating system environment variables
• Operating system configuration & error reporting
• Operating system kernel parameters
• Operating system processes
• Mounted file systems and disk resources
• Hostname information and network information

Use the following commands to gather the information. Read the operating system manual pages and product documentation for usage and other information, if necessary.



AIX

Command	Collects
prtconf	Machine hardware information, machine model, CPUs, network
uname -a or oslevel -q	operating system version
/usr/sbin/instfix -ivq	operating system patches or maintenance level
env	operating system environment variable
errpt	operating system configuration and error reporting
/usr/sbin/lsattr -E -l sys0	operating system kernel parameters
ulimit -a	operating system current ulimit (system resources) settings
ps -ef > ps.log	operating system processes, saved in ps.log file
mount	List of the mounted file systems with location of scratch and permanent disk resources
df -g	Description of the amount of space available on each mounted file system
ifconfig -a	Network interfaces on the system, including the associated IP address
hostname	Fully-qualified DNS name for this system
Collect:  /etc/services           /etc/hosts           /etc/profile           /etc/security/limits.conf	System configuration files

Linux

Command	Collects
uname -a	operating system version
/bin/rpm -qa	operating system patches or maintenance level
env	operating system environment variable
/bin/dmesg	operating system configuration and error reporting
/sbin/sysctl -a	operating system kernel parameters
ulimit -a	operating system current ulimit (system resources) settings
ps -ef > ps.log	operating system processes, saved in ps.log file
mount	List of the mounted file systems with location of scratch and permanent disk resources
df -a -k	Description of the amount of space available on each mounted file system
ifconfig -a	Network interfaces on the system, including the associated IP address
hostname -f	Fully-qualified DNS name for this system
Collect:  /etc/services           /etc/hosts           /etc/profile           /etc/security/limits.conf	System configuration files

Solaris

Command	Collects
prtdiag	Machine hardware information, CPUs
uname -a	operating system version
showrev	operating system level summary
patchadd -p	operating system System patches
env	operating system environment variable
sysdef	operating system System Definition
ulimit -a	operating system current ulimit (system resources) settings
ps -ef > ps.log	operating system processes, saved in ps.log file
mount	List of the mounted file systems with location of scratch and permanent disk resources
df -k	Description of the amount of space available on each mounted file system
ifconfig -a	Network interfaces on the system, including the associated IP address
hostname	DNS name for this system
/usr/bin/dmesg	operating system configuration and error reporting
Collect:  /etc/services           /etc/hosts           /etc/profile           /etc/security/limits.conf	System configuration files

HP-UX

Command	Collects
model	Machine hardware model
uname -a	operating system version
swlist	operating system Software installed
env	operating system environment variable
sysdef	operating system System Definition
ulimit -f	operating system current ulimit (system resources) settings
ps -ef > ps.log	operating system processes, saved in ps.log file
showmount -e	List of the mounted file systems with location of scratch and permanent disk resources
bdf	Description of the amount of space available
ifconfig lo0	Network interfaces on the system, including the associated IP address
hostname	DNS name for this system
Collect:  /etc/services           /etc/hosts           /etc/profile           /etc/security/limits.conf	System configuration files

Windows

Command	Collects
systeminfo	Hardware information summary
winver or ver	operating system version
winmsd   or start /wait msinfo32.exe /category SystemSummary+SWEnv /report summary.txt	operating system patches or maintenance level. Creates summary.txt file with system information
set	operating system environment variable
cscript C:\windows\system32\eventquery.vbs /L application /R 1000 /V cscript C:\windows\system32\eventquery.vbs /L system /R 1000 /V cscript C:\windows\system32\eventquery.vbs /L security /R 1000 /V	operating system configuration and error reporting
REG QUERY HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall /S	Software installed in the system
netstat -an netstat.log	Network connections
Collect:     <drive>:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts     <drive>:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\services	System configuration file