HP-UX 11i September 2005 Release Notes

Workstation- and Server-Specific Information

Utility Pricing Solutions (formerly On Demand Solutions)

Chapter 4

— There is a new warning message to indicate that temporary capacity will expire.

By default, the message will warn users when temporary capacity is projected to

be exceeded in 15 days. However, the warning message can be configured to

specify a shorter or longer value for 15 as the warning period. This is

accomplished with the new -w option on the icod_modify command.

— If temporary capacity is exceeded and the value goes negative (unlicensed

processors continue to be used), then on the next reboot of the system, the

Instant Capacity software will automatically deactivate one or more unlicensed

processors in order to bring the system into closer licensing compliance. The

Instant Capacity software will deactivate as many processors as is necessary to

either stop consumption of temporary capacity or to bring the partition to the

minimum number of required active processors. You must purchase additional

temporary capacity or purchase the appropriate number of (RTU) processor

licenses to be in full compliance.

Impact

On HP-UX 11i v1, HP Instant Capacity (iCAP) version B.11.11.07.01 supersedes Instant

Capacity on Demand (iCOD) version 6.50.

Compatibility

While the name of the product has changed to HP Instant Capacity (iCAP), many of the

commands, warning, and error messages still refer to the software as iCOD. Commands

such as icod_modify do not change their name in this version.

HP recommends installing from the latest HP-UX Operating Environment Update

Release (OEUR) or Application Release (AR) distribution.

If you must install individual components, you might encounter issues due to mutual

corequisite products. For example, HP Instant Capacity requires a certain version of the

nPartition Provider

, and vice versa. To simultaneously satisfy both prerequisites, you

must install both bundles from the same depot (as on an OEUR or AR distribution).

Performance

There are no known performance issues.

Documentation

For further information, refer to the following:

•Manpages:

— icod (5)

— icod_modify (1M)

— icod_notify (1M)

— icod_stat (1M)

•Web Sites:

HP Software Depot: http://hp.com/go/softwaredepot

1. See “nPartition Provider” on page 104.