HP-UX 11i Version 2 December 2007 Release Notes

A5159B not supported. OLAR of A6828A and A6869A cards supported. Interrupt
migration supported.
— Selectable Mass Storage Drivers:
◦ HP-UX iSCSI Software Initiator: Now available on HP-UX 11i v2.
• Online Addition and Replacement (OL* or OLAR): The rad command no longer available.
SAM no longer used for OL*. The olrad command now used; performs a critical resource
analysis to ensure system integrity will not be compromised.
• On Demand Solutions:
— Instant Capacity on Demand (iCOD) 6.03: Incremented from version 6.02 for support
on HP-UX 11i 2.
— Pay Per Use B.07.00: Updated so that either pricing model can be used as the metric
and so that a processor cap can be specified, as well as other changes.
• Supported Servers and Workstations: Many 64-bit PA-RISC servers are supported on this
release. No 32-bit servers are supported. PA-RISC workstations are not supported.
• Technical System Configuration (TechSysConf): TC-OpenSource tools removed. Remaining
TC-SysSetup alters kernel configurable parameters, as well as selected system configuration
files, for improved system performance.
What is New in September 2004 for Customers Migrating from HP-UX 11i v1
September 2004 Release Notes, Chapter 5: “General System Administration”
• Compressed Dump: New feature with HP-UX 11i v2. Speeds up the crash dump process.
• Enterprise Cluster Master Toolkit B.02.11: DB2, Informix, and Sybase not supported. Mixed
IA-PA failover for the Oracle9i package not supported.
• Event Monitoring Services: Framework and GUI available as 32-bit native applications on
PA-RISC and Intel® Itanium ®. 64-bit EMS Itanium ®-based native libraries also available.
Deprecated. Will be replaced post HP-UX 11i v3 with WBEM.
• GlancePlus Pak C.03.85: Contains enhancements to OVPA and GlancePlus, including new
parm file parameters and new process-level metrics, as well as updated default adviser
symptoms and alarms.
• High Availability Monitors: Available as 32-bit native binaries on PA-RISC & Itanium
®-based platforms. Deprecated. Will be obsoleted post HP-UX 11i v3.
• HP Partitioning:
— HP Process Resource Manager C.02.03: Installing this or later versions of PRM will not
result in a reboot. Installing PHKL patches will.
— HP-UX nPartition Configuration Commands: Management scope of commands extended
to remote partitions and complexes. Additional enhancements added.
— HP-UX Processor Sets: Once an optional product for the HP-UX 11i v1 release, now
part of the HP-UX 11i v2 core kernel.
— HP-UX Virtual Partitions (vPars) A.04.01: Will not release simultaneously with the
September 2004 HP-UX 11i v2 release. Targeted to release in the middle of 2005.
— HP-UX Workload Manager A.02.03: In most cases, installing this version (or later) will
not result in a reboot. Installing PHKL patches will.
— HP-UX Workload Manager Toolkits A.01.07: the utilitydc command, part of the Pay
Per Use Toolkit, has been modified.
— nPartition Provider B.01.03.00. x: Now supported on both PA-RISC and Itanium®-based
systems.
— Partition Manager 2.0: Features now brought to PA-RISC partitionable systems (as well
as Itanium ®-based), including improved GUI, support for CLM, and ability to configure
nPartitions on remote complexes.
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