HP-UX 11i Version 2 September 2006 Release Notes

What is New at a Glance
What is New in the September 2004 Release?
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• 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.
• HP-UX 11i v2 Required Patch Bundle (BUNDLE11i): Delivered with this release.
Consists of patches for HP-UX 11i v2 that are required to install and update the
operating system (OS).
• HP-UX Kernel Configuration: The kcweb application incorporates changes and new
features. The maxusers tunable obsoleted. Kernel Configuration (KC) commands
replaced by a new set of commands. Changes made in kernel location, boot-time
selection, and automatic backup creation. The /stand/system/ file enhanced.
• The Peripheral Device Tool (pdweb) B11.23.02: New for customers migrating from
HP-UX 11i v1.
• Ignite-UX, version B.6.0.x: Includes ability to install and recover the HP-UX releases
11.0, B.11.11, B.11.22, B.11.23 PA-RISC, and B.11.23 Itanium-based clients from a
single Ignite-UX server. Also includes booting of both PA-RISC and Itanium-based,
known as dual boot, from a single media source; and installing one unified
PA-RISC/Itanium-based core HP-UX operating system bundle.
• Improved Database Startup and Shutdown Times: Database startup and shutdown
times have been drastically reduced.
• Interrupt Migration: New for customers migrating from HP-UX 11i v1, this feature
can be used to view and modify the interrupt configuration of the system.
• MySQL: Updated with tightened security. Product has been deprecated.