Read Before Installing or Updating HP-UX 11i v2 September 2006
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Contents Welcome to HP-UX 11i v2 September 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Media Kit Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 HP-UX 11i v2 Operating Environments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 HP-UX 11i v2 Operating Environments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 Known Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 Web Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Welcome to HP-UX 11i v2 September 2006 HP-UX 11i v2 (B.11.23) September 2006 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 is 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.
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 September 2006 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.
HP OnlineJFS 4.1 and 3.5 Always Installed on HP-UX 11i v2 September 2006 EOE and MCOE For the September 2006 release, 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.
New Products in HP-UX 11i v2 Table 1 lists the new products included in the HP-UX 11i v2 September 2006 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 September 2006 Release Notes. Table 1: New Products in HP-UX 11i v2 New Product Description PCIMUX-00 Supports the AD278A and AD279A cards. Firefox/Firefox Source Web browser includes Firefox 1.5.0.
Updated Products in HP-UX 11i v2 Table 2 lists products that have changed, and have been deprecated or obsoleted in the HP-UX 11i v2 September 2006 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. Table 2: Updated Products in HP-UX 11i v2 Updated Product Description CommonIO Bundle Updated with packaging changes.
Table 2: Updated Products in HP-UX 11i v2 Updated Product Description RAID-01 Updated with quality and diagnostic improvements, and defect fixes. scsiU320-00 Updated with quality and diagnostic improvements for Ultra320 SCSI solutions. SerialSCSI-00 Updated with quality improvements. USB-00 Updated to version C.01.04.00 with quality improvements. HP Instant Capacity Updated to version B.11.23.08.00.01 to incorporate defect fixes related to powered-off cells and remote complexes.
Table 2: Updated Products in HP-UX 11i v2 Updated Product Description HP Integrity Virtual Machines Provider (VMProvider) Updated to version A.02.00 with support for Windows on Integrity as well as HP-UX guests. HP Integrity VM Support Library (VMGuestLib) Updated to version A.02.00 to incorporate defect fixes. HP Global Workload Manager Updated to version A.02.50.00.
Table 2: Updated Products in HP-UX 11i v2 Updated Product Description HP-UX Workload Manager Toolkits Updated to version A.01.10 with the removal of Pay per use Toolkit, including its utilitydc command. Bundle name has changed from T1302AA to WLMToolkits. nPartition Provider Updated to version B.23.01.06.02 with the ability to enable and disable Hyper-Threading for nPartitions whose cells have processors that are Hyper-Threading-capable.
Table 2: Updated Products in HP-UX 11i v2 Updated Product Description HP Systems Insight Manager Updated with support for HP BladeSystem C-Class blade and enclosure, delivery of the HP BladeSystem Integrated Manager 2.1, and defect fixes. HP WBEM Services for HP-UX Updated to version A.02.00.11 to incorporate defect fixes. HP-UX IPQoS Will be removed by the Obsolescence Bundle upon update from HP-UX 11i v1 to HP-UX 11i v2. You can download the IPQoS product at www.hp.
Table 2: Updated Products in HP-UX 11i v2 Updated Product Description Ignite-UX Updated to version C.6.9.x with support for system recovery and system cloning of systems using VxFS 5.0 and VxVM 5.0 (cold install of systems with VxFS 5.0 and VxVM 5.0 not supported); compression of install kernels on B.11.23; support for new hardware enabled by the HP-UX release. Obsolescence Bundle Will remove HP-UX IPQoS upon update from HP-UX 11i v1 to HP-UX 11i v2.
Table 2: Updated Products in HP-UX 11i v2 Updated Product Description Utilization Provider Updated to version A.01.04.x to incorporate defect fixes. Disks and File Systems Updated to provide defect fixes and an improved GUI. EnableVxFS Bundle Now supports VxFS 5.0 as well as VxFS 4.1. HP CIFS Client Updated to version A.02.02 with support for MS Distributed File System (DFS), the DLKM feature, and new configuration parameters. HP CIFS Server Updated to 3.0e (version A.02.02.
Table 2: Updated Products in HP-UX 11i v2 Updated Product Description PAM Kerberos Now delivered on the HP-UX 11i v2 Operating Environments. Version 1.24 contains additional error messages for pamkrbval (1m), better troubleshooting, and other defect fixes. Bundle name has changed from J5849AA to PAMKerberos. HP-UX Secure Shell Updated to version A.04.03.006/007 to incorporate defect fixes.
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.
Missing Patch Bundle ReadMe Files on OE Media The HP-UX 11i v2 OE media sets are missing Readme files in the DOCS/PATCH directory. These Readme files contain information about changes in the HP-UX patch bundles that are delivered on the HP-UX 11i v2 OE media. Specifically, the bundle.readme files are missing for the HWEnable11i and FEATURE11i bundles. What To Do You may download the missing bundle.readme files from the HP IT Resource Center Web site: http://itrc.hp.
File Missing Messages after Performing a swverify If you perform a swverify on your system once you have cold-installed or updated to the HP-UX 11i v2 September 2006 release, you may encounter the following messages: * [140108] Checking files for product "PHCO_33081,l=/,r=1.0". * [140112] Checking files for fileset "PHCO_33081.VEA-FILESET,l=/,r=1.0". NOTE: [40252] Volatile file "/opt/VRTSob/jre.tar" missing. NOTE: [40252] Volatile file "/opt/VRTSob/jre_ia.tar" missing.
Potential System Panic on HP Integrity Servers The HP networking tests have found a system panic on some HP Integrity servers using HP-UX changes from the HP-UX 11i v2 September 2006 OE release. Affected servers will include a panic: Bad News! message followed by a stack trace that includes a tcp_rput+0x22a0 entry. What To Do Install the PHNE_34671 s700_800 11.23 cumulative ARPA Transport patch and the required dependent PHNE_33732 s700_800 11.23 cumulative STREAMS patch.
Removing HP Servicecontrol Manager If you are updating your system to the latest version of HP-UX 11i v2, and HP Servicecontrol Manager is installed on your current system and you do not want to run it in the future, you can remove the HP Servicecontrol Manager product after the update process.
Automated Management of nPartitions and Virtual Partitions On rx8640 and rx7640 systems running HP-UX 11i v2, the library call routine confstr(_CS_PARTITION_IDENT, buf, sizeof(buf)); will not return the correct value for the partition ID in npars mode or in vpars mode.
Performance Degradation with Patch PHCO_33675 and PHCO_34718 If you installed patch PHCO_33675 or the newer libpthread patch PHCO_34718 on your HP-UX 11i v2 system, applications on a loaded system holding shared mutexes for a longer duration may see a performance degradation. This problem is due to high spinning by threads contending for shared mutex. What to Do Set the environment variable PTHREAD_SHARED_MUTEX_OLDSPIN to "1 " to restore your system performance.
System Fault Management Installation Failure When cold-installing the HP-UX 11i v2 September 2006 release, the installation of System Fault Management (SysFaultMgmt) may fail and you may encounter the following error messages in the swagent.log file: NOTE: Registering SFM Provider module. ERROR: Error reading version of HP_FilterManager in namespace root/cimv2./var/adm/sw/products/SFM-CORE/FMD_PRO_COREIA/configur e[58]: connection: not found. ERROR: The "configure" script for "SFM-CORE.
What To Do After cold-installing the HP-UX 11i v2 September 2006 release, check the swagent.log file. If the error messages shown above are present, remove the System Fault Management (SysFaultMgmt) product from your system and reinstall it as a stand-alone component. 1. Log in as superuser. 2. To uninstall System Fault Management, enter the following at the command prompt: # /usr/sbin/swremove SysFaultMgmt 3.
EMS and CIM Server May Fail to Start If you are updating from the HP-UX 11i v2 December 2005 release to the HP-UX 11i v2 September 2006 release, the EMS Hardware Monitors in the Online Diagnostics product and the CIM server in the WBEM Services product may fail to start. This problem prevents WBEM Services, Online Diagnostics, and System Fault Management from working properly. Symptoms of this problem include the following: 1.
If no monitors are returned by the ps command then the problem exists and you must remap your hardware and restart the CIM server as described below. If monitors are returned from the ps command, enter cstm at the cstm command prompt and then enter map. If the output of the map command displays "Unknown" for all devices other than for the System device and the Memory device, then the problem exists and you must remap your hardware and restart the CIM server as described below.
4. Exit cstm: cstm>exit To restart the CIM server, complete the following steps: 1. Log in as superuser. 2. Enter the following command at the HP-UX prompt to stop the cimserver: # cimserver -s 3.
Inefficient Memory Use in CIM Server Daemon In earlier versions of libc on PA-RISC systems, libc used a single lock in the malloc routines to make them thread-safe. In a multi-threaded application, there may be contention on this single lock if multiple threads are calling malloc and free at the same time. On HP-UX 11i Version 1.5 (B.11.20), libc provides multiple arenas, malloc can allocate space from, and a lock for each arena. Threads are distributed among the arenas.
In general, the more threads in an application, the more arenas should be used for better performance. By default, eight (8) arenas are assigned to multi-threaded applications. However, for certain types of multi-threaded applications, the use of multiple arenas can lead to inefficient memory use. In particular, configuring the CIM Server process, cimserver, to use more than one arena can cause the process to grow extremely large.
To implement this fix in earlier releases of HP WBEM Services execute the following steps: 1. Create a new directory /opt/wbem/lbin. 2. Verify that the /opt/wbem/lbin directory has the same permissions as the /opt/wbem/sbin directory. 3. Move the file /opt/wbem/sbin/cimserver to /opt/wbem/lbin. 4. Create a new /opt/wbem/sbin/cimserver file that contains the following script.
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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