HP-UX 11i September 2005 Release Notes

General System Administration
Software Distributor
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•STM documentation
— Frequently Asked Questions
— Quick Reference
— Release Notes
— STM Online Help
— STM Overview
— STM Tutorial
Obsolescence
The Tape tools and monitors in STM and EMS Hardware Monitors have been
deprecated. HP-UX 11i v1 (11.11) September 2005 is the last release in which STM and
EMS Hardware Monitors will support tape devices. Both the Tape tools and monitors
will be removed in the future.
Software Distributor
Software Distributor (SD) is the HP-UX administration tool set used to deliver and
maintain HP-UX operating systems and layered software applications. Delivered as part
of HP-UX, SD can help you:
• Manage your OS, patches, and application software on HP-UX systems.
• Organize, standardize, and distribute software to your customers.
• Handle complex delivery challenges such as testing complete solutions for the
commercial and technical desktop.
Summary of Change
SD has been updated to incorporate defect fixes only.
Impact
There are no impacts beyond added capability and increased performance.
Compatibility
SD is backward compatible.
Performance
There are no known performance issues.