HP-UX 11i Version 2 June 2007 Release Notes

General System Administration
HP Partitioning and Virtual Server Environment
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Obsolescence
Not applicable.
HP Process Resource Manager
HP Process Resource Manager (PRM) C.03.03.01 provides an efficient and flexible way
to manage resource allocation at times of peak system load. It gives the system
administrator the ability to group users or processes together and guarantee each group
minimum amounts of the total CPU, real memory, and disk bandwidth available.
Summary of Change
HP PRM has been updated to version C.03.03.01 with the following changes:
• Now provides an interface inside HP Systems Insight Manager
• xprm interface has been removed
Impact
You must now use the SMH interface or the SIM interface instead of xprm.
Compatibility
There are no known compatibility issues.
Performance
PRM is designed to set resource allocations (CPU, memory, disk bandwidth) for
applications. Misconfiguration can result in degradation.
Documentation
For further information, see the following:
•Manpages:
prm (5) manpage provides an overview of PRM and points to all the other manpages
•Web site:
http://www.hp.com/go/prm (“Information library” provides white papers)
• Documentation (available at
http://docs.hp.com/hpux/ha/index.html#Process%20Resource%20Manager):
— HP Process Resource Manager User’s Guide
— HP PRM Version C.03.03.01 Release Notes
Obsolescence
Not applicable.