HP-UX 11i Version 2 September 2006 Release Notes

General System Administration
HP Partitioning
Chapter 5
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Summary of Change
vPars A.04.03 provides tape device support on PA-RISC servers. This tape feature was
previously unavailable on version A.04.02. For detailed information, please see the
HP-UX Virtual Partitions Release Notes for A.04.03, available at
http://docs.hp.com/en/hpux11iv2.html#Virtual%20Partitions.
Impact
Tape devices are now supported on vPars A.04.03.
Compatibility
There are no known compatibility issues.
Compatibility
There are no known performance issues.
Documentation
For further information, refer to the vPars documents available at
http://docs.hp.com/en/hpux11iv2.html#Virtual%20Partitions.
In addition, see the following site at the Software Depot:
http://software.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=T1335BC
Obsolescence
Not applicable.
HP-UX Workload Manager
HP-UX Workload Manager (WLM) A.03.02 provides goal-based workload management.
This management enables automatic resource allocation and application performance
management through the use of prioritized service-level objectives (SLOs). It provides
this functionality by automating features of HP-UX Virtual Partitions, nPartitions,
Processor Sets, and HP Process Resource Manager (PRM).
Summary of Change
WLM has been updated to version A.03.02 with the following features:
• Ability to map UNIX groups to workload groups
• Extended regular expressions in alternate names for application records
• Enhancements to wlminfo output
• New keyword utility_reserve_threshold enables you to configure the minimum
number of days of Temporary Instant Capacity that must be available for WLM to
use that capacity
Impact
WLM A.03.02 provides more flexibility in process placement.