Read Before Installing or Updating HP-UX 11i v2 June 2007
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Contents Welcome to HP-UX 11i v2 June 2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Media Kit Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 What’s New in This Release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 HP-UX 11i v2 Operating Environments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 Known Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26 Web Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Welcome to HP-UX 11i v2 June 2007 HP-UX 11i v2 (B.11.23) June 2007 offers a full range of HP-UX Operating Environments, including systems management and high-availability software products. This DVD booklet provides the following information: • Contents of the HP-UX 11i v2 media kit. • New features and enhancements in this release. See the HP-UX 11i v2 Release Notes for details. • Descriptions of the Operating System and Operating Environments.
Media Kit Contents For new systems, the HP-UX 11i v2 media kit includes the following DVDs and documentation. For the update service, you only receive those components that change from one release to the next. • HP-UX 11i v2 (B.11.23) 2-DVD set — Contains the HP-UX Operating System, Operating Environments, networking software, Update-UX, Ignite-UX, standard HP-UX patch bundles, online diagnostic tools, and the FEATURE11i patch bundle. • HP-UX 11i v2 (B.11.
• HP-UX 11i v2 Software Pack DVD — Contains optional core enhancements for HP-UX 11i v2, such as Node and Host Name Expansion, Portability Package, and Standard Mode Security Extensions. • Read Before Installing or Updating to HP-UX 11i v2 — (this document) Provides last-minute information for HP-UX 11i v2. Read this booklet before cold-installing or updating HP-UX. • HP-UX 11i v2 Release Notes — Describes new features and functionality changes for HP-UX 11i v2.
HP-UX 11i v2 Operating Environments Operating Environments (OEs) are tested and integrated application bundles designed to work with the operating system and provide the functionality needed for your system’s purpose. For more information about the contents of the OEs, see the HP-UX 11i v2 Installation and Update Guide, or see the HP-UX 11i v2 Release Notes. Note HP-UX 11i v2 May 2005 was the last release that included the Minimal Technical OE (MTOE). After May 2005, the MTOE was no longer delivered.
The following list details the currently available HP-UX 11i v2 OEs: • HP-UX 11i v2 Foundation OE (FOE) — Designed for the demands of Web servers, content servers, and front-end servers, this OE includes applications such as HP-UX Web Server Suite, Java, and Mozilla Application Suite. This OE is bundled as HPUX11i-OE.
HP OnlineJFS 4.1 and 3.5 Always Installed on EOE and MCOE HP-UX 11i v2 September 2006 and Later For the HP-UX 11i v2 September 2006 release and later releases, the OnlineJFS 4.1 product is always installed with the HP-UX 11i v2 Mission Critical Operating Environment (MCOE) and Enterprise Operating Environment (EOE). However, when you install the March 2006 or the June 2006 release of the MCOE or EOE from media, you must select which OnlineJFS version to install: 3.5 or 4.1.
What’s New in This Release This section provides a quick overview of what is new, has changed, and has been deprecated or obsoleted in the HP-UX 11i v2 June 2007 release. For detailed product information, see the HP-UX 11i v2 Release Notes on the Instant Information DVD and the HP Technical Documentation Web site: http://docs.hp.com Note HP-UX 11i v2 is not supported on PA-RISC Workstations. HP recommends that PA-RISC Workstation customers use HP-UX 11i v1.
New Products in HP-UX 11i v2 This section lists the new products included in the HP-UX 11i v2 June 2007 release. For a list of the associated bundle tags, refer to the HP-UX 11i v2 Installation and Update Guide. For information on these products, refer to the HP-UX 11i v2 Release Notes. New Product Description FibrChanl-02 (Fibre Channel Mass Storage Driver for HP-UX 11i v2) Supports a new set of PCIe fibre channel host bus adapters, starting with the AD299A.
New Product Description HP Application Discovery Application Discovery agent (AppDiscAgent) is default-installed on the OE media. The agent securely supplies data to Application Discovery server at intervals that can be set by a system administrator. HP-UX WBEM File System Provider Makes available file system information.The FSProvider instruments the HPUX_HFS, HP_LOFS, HP_CDFS, HP_VxFS, HP_NFS, HP_MountPoint and HPUX_Mount classes.
New Product Description HP-UX Software Assistant A command-line based tool that consolidates and simplifies patch management and security bulletin management on HP-UX systems. Incorporates key functionality from Security Patch Check, ITRC patch assessment, and more. LoginNLS Version B.11.23.01. Provides Native language support for login (1). Available on Software Pack. TRUFGREP Provides a new command - trufgrep (1), which searches the input text files for a pattern.
Updated Products in HP-UX 11i v2 This section lists products that have changed, and have been deprecated or obsoleted in the HP-UX 11i v2 June 2007 release. For a list of the associated bundle tags, refer to the HP-UX 11i v2 Installation and Update Guide. For detailed information on these products, refer to the HP-UX 11i v2 Release Notes. Updated Product Description CommonIO bundle Updated with quality improvements.
Updated Product Description FibrChanl-01 (Fibre Channel Mass Storage Driver for HP-UX 11i v2) Updated to incorporate defect fixes. IEther-00 PCI Express (PCIe) technology enabled on HP-UX 11i v2. New lanadmin option to enable writing VPD asset_tag on eeprom. HP strongly recommends that the default value of the following four tunables not be changed: send_max_bufs, recv_max_bufs, send_coal_ticks, recv_coal_ticks. RAID-01 Updated with quality improvements and support for Instance Provider.
Updated Product Description Distributed Systems Administration Utilities Updated to version 1.4 to incorporate defect fixes. Enterprise Cluster Master Toolkit Updated to version B.04.01. Enhanced Oracle toolkit, README file of each toolkit in the ECMT bundle. Includes support for HP Apache, HP CIFS and Oracle 9i and 10g with Cluster File System (CFS) 5.0, and more. Event Monitoring Services Enhanced to support Web Based Enterprise Management (WBEM) notifications. Also includes defect fixes.
Updated Product Description HP OpenView GlancePlus Pak Updated to version 4.60 with enhancements including (for OVPA) support for HP Virtual Machine 2.0, configurable logging intervals, additional logging thresholds, flush interval, and (for GlancePlus) gpm has been renamed as xglance, ability to monitor HP Virtual Machine 2.0 from the HPVM host system, and more. HP Global Workload Manager Updated to version A.03.00.00.
Updated Product Description PRMKernelSW Formerly PRM Libraries, now known as PRMKernelSW, which contains only the PRM kernel fileset, PRM-Sw-Krn. PRMLibraries: Now contains PRM API. Previous content of this product is now in the PRMKernelSW product. Utilization Provider Updated to version A.01.06.xx.xx to include defect fixes and support for new features of the VSE Management Software. Now provides support for Application Discovery and ServiceGuard failover.
Updated Product Description HP System Management Homepage for HP-UX Updated to version A.2.2.6.x to incorporate defect fixes. HP Systems Insight Manager Updated with support for HP VSE Management Software 3.0 products; enhancement to better identify associations between systems when those systems convert to a different subtype; and change in the name of orphan systems. HP WBEM Services for HP-UX Updated to version A.02.05.x, which is a major update to version A.02.00 and is based on OpenPegasus 2.
Updated Product Description HP-UX WBEM LVM Provider Updated to version 11.23.008 to incorporate defect fixes. HP-UX WBEM SCSI Provider Updated to version 11.23.0706. Supports Consolidated Status Provider feature and contains defect fixes. Ignite-UX Bundle name changed from B5725AA to IGNITE. Contains significant changes to the default system configuration for HP-UX 11i v2. Introduces the ability to block I/O paths and protocols during inventory.
Updated Product Description Quality Pack Patch Bundles Updated for the HP-UX 11i v2 (B.11.23) June 2007 release. Software Distributor Updated to incorporate defect fixes. Software Package Builder Updated to incorporate defect fixes, including quality improvements to the manpage and graphical user interface (GUI).
Updated Product Description Firefox and FirefoxSrc Updated to version 1.5.0.8. Fixes several security vulnerabilities reported by the Mozilla Foundation. HP-UX Apache-based Web Server Updated to version 2.0.58.01 as primarily a security/defect fix release. HP-UX Tomcat-based Servlet Engine Tomcat upgraded to version 5.5.20.00. HP-UX Webmin-based Admin Updated as primarily a defect fix release. Webmin upgraded to 1.070.09. HP-UX XML Web Server Tools XML Web Server tools upgraded to version 2.03.
Updated Product Description Thunderbird and ThunderbirdSrc Updated to 1.5.08.00. Fixes several security vulnerabilities reported by the Mozilla Foundation. HP-UX Bastille Version 3.0.x, improves ease of regulatory compliance by adding security, reporting, and security-configuration drift detection. In addition, Bastille is now able to generate a “config” file from a template system, which can be used on a similar system. Bastille also introduced additional lock-down features.
Updated Product Description Install-Time Security Includes the bundles Sec00Tools, Sec10Host, Sec20MngDMZ, and Sec30DMZ. Updated to version 1.4.x with new questions/configuration, diagnostic daemon configure to local-only use (not network), and syslog local-only. OpenSSL Updated to version A.00.09.07l.003. Incorporates defect fixes. If OpenSSL A.00.09.08d is enabled, additional security features are available. HP-UX Role-based Access Control Updated to version B.11.23.
Updated Product Description HP MPI Updated to version 2.2.5 with MPI-2 name publishing support, new mpirun option -netaddr, and new environment variables. HP-UX JDK and HP-UX JRE for the Java 2 Platform Standard Edition (JDK/JRE) Versions 1.4 and 5.0 (1.5) of the JDK/JRE, Add-ons, and Plugins updated to incorporate defect fixes. Perl Updated to version 5.8.8 build 817.1 with improvements to performance, changes to several commands, defect fixes, and much more.
Known Problems This section contains critical, late-breaking information that was not included in the HP-UX 11i v2 Installation and Update Guide. Before cold-installing or updating to HP-UX 11i v2, make sure you read this entire section and Appendix A in the HP-UX 11i v2 Installation and Update Guide. For information and patches for other known problems, go to the HP IT Resource Center Web site: http://itrc.hp.
LAN Indication Provider Causes Critical Resource Analysis to Return Data Critical Result When the LAN Indication Provider is enabled, a Critical Resource Analysis (CRA) of an Ethernet interface will return a data critical result. The CRA is executed before replacing the PCI online card through SAM, olrad, or the PCI attention button. What To Do Install the Data Link Provider Interface (DLPI) patch PHNE_35545. With this patch installed, CRA results will not be impacted by the LAN Indication Provider.
Older Version of Availability Product May Initiate a Core Dump When updating to the HP-UX 11i v2 June 2007 release, it is possible that an older version of the Availability product (bundled with ISEEPlatform) may initiate a call to the file MC3/hpssidgen, which then initiates a core dump. The core dump does not affect the update or installation process; but a core file might be left in /.
sapmap File Not Included in T2803BA Bundle The sapmap file is not included in the T2803BA bundle, which impacts the functionality of the WLM/SAP toolkit. The sapmap file was not found in either of the following locations: • /opt/cmcluster/sap/contrib/wlm • /opt/cmcluster/sap/bin The WLM/SAP toolkit cannot map different SAP instance processes to the appropriate workload groups due to the missing map file, which is created by sapmap.
Patch Needed for FibrChanl-02 (fclp) Fibre Channel Mass Storage Driver Install all driver software and dependent patches before you install the FibrChanl-02 (fclp) adapter. For more information, see the Fibre Channel Mass Storage Driver for HP-UX 11i v2 Release Notes available at: http://docs.hp.com/en/netcom.
Web Resources For additional help when cold-installing or updating HP-UX 11i v2 and related products, go to the Web: • HP Software Releases & Media: http://www.hp.com/softwarereleases/ \ releases-media2/index.html • Guides in various languages: http://docs.hp.com • Latest HP-UX 11i v2 guides and white papers: http://docs.hp.com/hpux/os/11iv2 • For a complete listing of all HP publications: http://www.hp.
• HP-UX patches and patch information: http://itrc.hp.com Select maintenance and support (hp products), then select the appropriate patching tools. To receive HP Security Bulletins, under maintenance and support (hp products), select subscribe to security bulletins & patch digests. • HP-UX server information: http://www.hp.com/go/Integrity http://www.hp.
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