HP-UX 11i Version 2 June 2007 Release Notes

What is New at a Glance
What is New in the May 2005 Release?
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• HP Partitioning:
— New Product: HP Global Workload Manager (gWLM): Allows you to centrally
define resource-sharing policies that you can use across multiple HP servers.
Now delivered with HP-UX 11i v2.
— HP Process Resource Manager (PRM) version C.03.00: Includes integration with
HP-UX 11i Security Containment and HP Systems Insight Manager, as well as
support for 256 PRM groups and other changes.
— New to HP-UX 11i v2: HP-UX Virtual Partitions (vPars) A.04.01: Will be
available as a separate product that can be purchased at
http://software.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?produc
tNumber=T1335BC. The vPars product enables multiple instances of a selected
HP-UX 11i v2 OE to run simultaneously on one server or within one nPartition,
with each OE instance hosting its own set of applications in an isolated
environment. The FEATURE11i patch bundle, delivered on the OE media,
includes required patches for the installation of this product.
— HP-UX Workload Manager: Updated to version A.03.00 with more flexibility in
resource management and more secure environments.
— HP-UX Workload Manager Toolkits: Pay Per Use Toolkit and its utilitydc
command now deprecated.
— nPartition Provider: Upgraded to version B.11.23.01.04.00.x to incorporate
defect fixes and performance improvements.
— Partition Manager: Now runs as an application under HP System Management
Homepage, which has several effects.
— PRM Libraries: Bundle updated to version C.03.00. PRM-Sw-Krn fileset updated
to version C.01.03. When upgrading HP Process Resources Manager, you will
need to reboot the system.
— New Product: vPar Provider: Extracts information about virtual partitions on a
system. Now delivered with HP-UX 11i v2.
• HP Servicecontrol Manager: Replaced by HP Systems Insight Manager.
• HP Serviceguard: Unchanged for this release. Support for HP-UX Virtual Partitions
and HP-UX 11i Security Containment tested and confirmed. Current Serviceguard
products certified by HP for coexistence with Shadow Passwords. Limit of 31 bytes
for hostname within Serviceguard clusters. Note that Serviceguard uses ports and
services which may be disabled or blocked in certain Bastille configurations, security
levels, or firewall configurations. Thus Serviceguard is incompatible with those
specific configurations.
• HP Serviceguard NFS Toolkit: Updated to version A.11.23.03 with improved failover
performance for rpcbind failures, as well as defect fixes.
• New Product: HP System Management Homepage (bundle SysMgmtWeb): A
Web-based interface that consolidates and simplifies single system management for
HP servers, now available for HP-UX 11i v1 and v2.
• New to HP-UX 11i v2 OEs: HP Systems Insight Manager: Replaces HP
Servicecontrol Manager. Updated to version 4.2 with support for System
Management Homepage and other products.