# write contents of /usr to a tape tar -cvfp /dev/rmt/0m /usr # backup home to tape, with BEST compression, and no rewind fbackup -f /dev/rmt/c0t0d0BESTn /usr/sbin/stm/uut/bin/sys/diagmond -> looking at hardware xstm -> graphical interface. dmesg : - I put a crontab entry in this morning to save messages to the file /var/adm/messages. There is also log information : /var/adm/syslog/syslog.log. There are a couple of entries in there complaining about a chip I bet one of the logic chips on the disk drive is getting flaky. xstm, which gives you a graphic display Install hardware event monitoring - you can get it from the HP website (look at http://docs.hp.com/hpux/systems/#ems).