HP-UX 11i Version 2 Release Notes (October 2003)
General System Administration
HP WBEM Services for HP-UX
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HP WBEM Services for HP-UX, version A.01.05.01, supports HP-UX 11i v2 and is
included as a component in the HP-UX 11i v2 OE.
This product is based on The Open Group (TOG) Pegasus Open Source Software (OSS)
project (http://www.opengroup.org/pegasus/).
Summary of Change
This release of HP WBEM Services for HP-UX supports the HP-UX 11i v2
IntelItanium processor family. Major features in this release include:
• This version of the product supports strong SSL encryption.
• The CIM Server can now be configured to simultaneously support both SSL and
non-SSL connections.
• Local connections have been enhanced to use UNIX Domain Sockets, offering
increased security and improved performance.
• Four additional providers have been added to the HP-UX WBEM Services product:
HP-UX Network Time Protocol (NTP) CIM Provider, HP-UX Domain Name System
(DNS) CIM Provider, HP-UX Network Information Service (NIS) CIM Provider and
HP-UX Internet Protocol (IP) CIM Provider.
Impact
No significant change with the exception of access to the new features listed above.
Compatibility
With the HP-UX 11i v2 release of HP WBEM Services, the default value for the
configuration parameter, enableRemotePrivilegedUserAccess, has been changed to
true. This means that, by default, an authenticated user, with privileged access to the
system running WBEM Services, will be allowed to issue requests to WBEM Services
from a remote system. For more information about this parameter, refer to the WBEM
documentation available at http://www.docs.hp.com.
Performance
There are no performance issues.
Documentation
The manpage for cimconfig has been updated. Manpages are packaged with the
product and are placed in the directory /opt/wbem/share/man.
For further information, see the HP WBEM Web site at
http://www.hp.com/large/infrastructure/management/wbem/hpux/index.html.
Additional information may be found in HP WBEM Services for HP-UX System
Administrator's Guide and HP WBEM Services for HP-UX Version A.01.05 Release
Notes. Both can be found at http://www.docs.hp.com/hpux/netsys/index.html.