HP-UX 11i Version 2 May 2005 Release Notes

What is New at a Glance
What is New in the September 2004 Release?
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• 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.
• HP Serviceguard A.11.16: Now supports clusters with mixed servers (HP Integrity
and HP 9000).
• HP Serviceguard Quorum Server: Supported on both PA-RISC and Itanium-based
systems.