HP-UX 11i December 2003 Release Notes

HP-UX 11i Version 1.0 Operating Environment Applications
HP-UX 11i Mission Critical Operating Environment (MCOE)
Chapter 6
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NOTE Process Resource Manager and HP-UX Workload Manager both make use of the PRM
API. Consequently, only one of these products should be used at a time. (See also “HP
Process Resource Manager (PRM)” on page 126.)
updated for June
2003
For version A.02.01, new features include the following:
• wlminfo utility for monitoring workloads and their SLOs
• auditing and billing information
• PSET-based workload groups can now have their number of CPUs adjusted based on
SLOs
• passive mode to allow you to see how WLM will approximately respond to a given
WLM configuration
• ability to easily capture the stderr of data collectors by using coll_stderr in your
WLM configuration
• ability to temporarily remove groups with no active SLOs by using the
transient_groups keyword, ensuring that resource use is reduced to zero for such
groups
updated for June
2002
For version A.02.00, new features include the following:
• A configuration wizard
• Ability to define workload groups based on processor sets
• New syntax for, and greater flexibility in, controlling memory
• Integration with virtual partitions
•New tunable cntl_convergence_rate to simplify the fine-tuning of how quickly a
workload group converges on its SLO
updated for
September 2001
For version A.01.02, new features include the following:
• Example configuration files
• Ability to grant a certain amount of CPU per metric
• Integration with Oracle databases
• Integration with iCOD (instant Capacity On Demand)
• Integration with SCM (Servicecontrol Manager)
new at 11i original
release
Besides resource shares, the bundling of version A.01.00.02 with PRM provides:
• An SNMP agent for accessing PRM data
• Display of resource percentages to two decimal places (was formerly integer
precision)
• Expanded field length for PRM group names in PRM’s monitoring utilities
(30-character field was formerly 14-character field)
• In-kernel memory management
This version of HP-UX WLM does not take advantage of PRM’s hierarchical groups.