HP-UX 11i Version 2 December 2007 Release Notes

— HP-UX Processor Sets: The psrset command enhanced to display Locality Domain
information. Kernel now supports Real Time Extension (RTE) to processor sets.
— HP-UX Workload Manager version A.02.01.01: Offers greater functionality and ease of
use.
— HP-UX Workload Manager Toolkits version A.01.04.01: Now has a toolkit for BEA
WebLogic Server.
— nPartition Provider: New product with HP-UX 11i v2, used by Partition Manager and
partition commands to configure and manage both local and remote HP systems that
support nPartitions.
— Partition Manager version B.11.23.01.00: Incorporates major enhancements to the user
interface, as well as support for Cell Local Memory (CLM).
• HP WBEM Services for HP-UX version A.01.05.05: Supports strong SSL encryption;
simultaneous support of both SSL and non-SSL connections; local connections enhanced to
use UNIX Domain Sockets; four additional providers added.
• HP-UX Kernel Configuration: The kcweb application incorporates changes and new features.
The maxusers tunable obsoleted. Kernel Configuration (KC) commands replaced by a new
set of commands. Changes made in kernel location, boot-time selection, and automatic
backup creation.
• HP-UX Peripheral Devices: New tool; replaces the peripheral devices functionality of SAM
and introduces two new commands, pdweb and waconf.
• Ignite-UX version B.5.0: Supports the new HP-UX Service Partition, incorporates enhanced
support for dual media recovery, and incorporates enhancements to support new
/stand/system syntax.
• Interrupt Migration: New feature; can be used to view and modify the interrupt configuration
of the system.
• MC/ServiceGuard version A.11.15.00: Updated with new features, including support for
VxVM 3.5, Quorum Server 2.0, ServiceGuard Manager 3.0, and IPv6 (with restrictions).
Operation with IPFilter requires specific IPFilter rules to ensure proper operation of
ServiceGuard clusters.
• MC/ServiceGuard Extension for SAP R/3 version B.03.09: Provides same functionality as
B.03.08 for PA-RISC. B.03.09 also provides means to use Secure Shell as a communication
method between nodes running mySAP components.
• MC/ServiceGuard NFS Toolkit version A.11.23.01: Enhanced for better performance and
easier troubleshooting. NFS-related control functions and variables now in separate
NFS-specific control script. Supports VxVM 3.5 and NFS high availability over NFS TCP
and NFS UDP.
• MC/ServiceGuard Quorum Server version A.2.0: Runs on both HP-UX and Linux. Supports
multiple HP-UX and/or Linux clusters. Can be configured in a package in a cluster.
• MySQL version 3.23: Used instead of NDS by Servicecontrol Manager 3.0 for the repository.
• SAM - Nodal Network Communication: Supports DHCPv6.
• Scalable Boot: Reduces boot time by 5 to 95%, depending on the I/O configuration.
• Servicecontrol Manager version 3.0: Provides new features, including Linux-based central
management server, certified HP ProLiant Linux agents, XML file format, and improved
user interface and ease-of-use.
• ServiceGuard Extension for RAC version A.11.15.00: Provides new features, including fast
detection of Oracle instance crash and rolling upgrade. ServiceGuard Manager will show
RAC instances in property sheet.
• ServiceGuard Manager version A.03.00: Provides new features, including availability in five
languages, support for clusters on different subnets, ability to display several sessions, and
Alerts icon to show the most critical problem.
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