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

General System Administration
HP Partitioning
Chapter 4
72
• “HP-UX nPartition Configuration Commands” on page 73
• “HP-UX Processor Sets” on page 75
• “HP-UX Workload Manager” on page 76
• “nPartition Provider” on page 78
• “Partition Manager” on page 79
HP Process Resource Manager
HP Process Resource Manager (PRM) version C.02.01.01 enables system administrators
to guarantee CPU, real memory, and disk bandwidth resources to users and applications
on a system.
Summary of Change
PRM now supports VERITAS Volume Manager (VxVM)
1
for disk bandwidth
management.
Various PRM utilities now have a wide-column option -w available for better display of
group names.
Impact
There are no impacts.
Compatibility
There is a new /etc/rc.config.d/prm file. If you've modified your
/etc/rc.config.d/prm file, the new file is placed in
/usr/newconfig/etc/rc.config.d/prm.]
Performance
PRM enhances performance by allowing the administrator to isolate applications that
might otherwise overuse resources
Documentation
The following manpages have been revised:
• prmconfig (1)
• prmlist (1)
• prmmonitor (1)
• prmmove (1)
• prmrun (1)
• xprm (1)
For further information, go to the PRM Web site at http://www.hp.com/go/prm. See
also the Process Resource Manager User's Guide at
http://www.docs.hp.com/hpux/ha/#Process%20Resource%20Manager.
1. For further information about VxVM, see “VERITAS Volume Manager (VxVM)
3.5” on page 119.