HP-UX 11i December 2006 Release Notes

General System Administration
HP WBEM Services for HP-UX
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The help system provides a complete set of documentation for using, maintaining,
and troubleshooting HP Systems Insight Manager. A PDF of the help system is
available at http://www.hp.com/go/hpsim/.
• Additional information including general product information, white papers, and
support information is available at http://www.hp.com/go/hpsim/.
Obsolescence
HP Systems Insight Manager replaces Servicecontrol Manager 3.0. Upon installation,
HP SIM will also remove MySQL, which was only used by Servicecontrol Manager.
HP WBEM Services for HP-UX
Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM) (http://www.dmtf.org/) is a platform
and resource independent Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF) standard that
defines both a common model (i.e., description) and protocol (i.e., interface) for
monitoring and controlling a diverse set of resources.
The HP WBEM Services for HP-UX product is the HP-UX implementation of the DMTF
(Distributed Management Task Force) WBEM standard. This product is based on The
Open Group (TOG) Pegasus Open Source Software (OSS) project
(http://www.openpegasus.org/).
Summary of Change
HP WBEM Services for HP-UX, version A.02.05, is a major update to the HP WBEM
Services for HP-UX, version A.02.00, which was previously released with HP-UX 11i v1.
HP WBEM Services for HP-UX, version A.02.05, is based on OpenPegasus 2.5 source
base and CIM Schema 2.9, whereas the HP WBEM Services for HP-UX, version A.02.00,
released with the September 2005 HP-UX 11i v1 OE is based on OpenPegasus 2.3.1
source base and CIM Schema 2.7.
The following are key differentiators from version A.02.00 to A.02.05:
• Association providers
• Internationalization support for CIM operations
• CIM Schema Upgrade
• Out-of-Process Support
• Run-as-Requestor Support
• Certificate Based Authentication
• Email and Syslog indication handlers
Impact
HP WBEM Services for HP-UX allows customers to manage their HP-UX systems,
providing integrated solutions that optimize a customer’s infrastructure for greater
operational efficiency.