HP-UX 11i Version 2 Release Notes (October 2003)

General System Administration
Virtual Memory Kernel Tunable physical_io_buffers (Deprecated)
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Summary of Change
The update-ux command is new with HP-UX 11i v2. For details about usage of
update-ux, see the HP-UX 11i v2 Installation and Update Guide at
http://www.docs.hp.com and the manpage update-ux (1M).
Impact
Update-UX allows you to update an HP-UX 11i v1.6 system to HP-UX 11i v2.
Compatibility
Update-ux itself does not affect compatibility for source files, scripts, makefiles,
executables, data, etc. In the process of updating a system, the software installed might
have compatibility issues. However, those issues are described with the products
themselves.
Performance
There are no performance issues.
Documentation
Update-UX and the update process is described in the HP-UX 11i v2 Installation and
Update Guide at http://www.docs.hp.com. The update-ux command has a manpage,
update-ux (1M).
Obsolescence
Not applicable.
Virtual Memory Kernel Tunable physical_io_buffers
(Deprecated)
The Virtual Memory kernel tunable physical_io_buffers is used to size a shared
buffer pool for physical I/O operations in the kernel.
The Virtual Memory kernel tunable physical_io_buffers has been deprecated and
will be obsoleted post-HP-UX 11i v2.