HP-UX 11i Version 3 March 2013 Release Notes Operating Environments Update Release Abstract This document provides an overview of what is new, changed, deprecated, or obsoleted in the HP-UX 11i v3 Operating Environments since the previous update release of HP-UX 11i v3. It also provides an overview of the changes in previous releases. Administrators are expected to have knowledge of operating system concepts, commands, and configuration.
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Table 2 Previous Documents in This Series (continued) Document Title Document manufacturing part number Supported operating systems Edition Publication date HP-UX 11i Version 3 September 2009 Release Notes 5992-6561 HP-UX 11i v3 Edition 1 (retired) September 2009 HP-UX 11i Version 3 March 2009 Release Notes HP-UX 11i v3 Edition 1 March 2009 HP-UX 11i Version 3 September 2008 Release Notes 5992-4174 HP-UX 11i v3 Edition 1 September 2008 HP-UX 11i Version 3 March 2008 Release Notes 5992-3373
Contents 1 How to use this document............................................................................6 The purpose of the HP-UX 11i Version 3 Release Notes..................................................................6 Where you should begin...........................................................................................................6 2 Introduction to HP-UX 11i version 3...............................................................
Documentation................................................................................................................120 Obsolescence.................................................................................................................120 HP-UX 11i v3 Quality Pack Patch Bundles.................................................................................120 Summary of Change........................................................................................................
1 How to use this document The purpose of the HP-UX 11i Version 3 Release Notes This document is part of a series. Each document in the series describes what is new, changed, deprecated, or obsoleted since the previous release of the HP-UX 11i v3 Operating Environments. (In the case of the initial release HP-UX 11i v3 release in February 2007, the HP-UX 11i Version 3 Release Notes describes what has changed since the September 2005 release of HP-UX 11i v1 and the June 2006 release of HP-UX 11i v2.
2 Introduction to HP-UX 11i version 3 HP-UX 11i v3 is an enterprise release delivering the highest level of integrated virtualization and automation. HP-UX 11i v3 dynamically reduces complexity and cuts deployment times to maximize return on investment. An overview of the HP-UX 11i v3 Operating Environments can be found in this Release Notes document at “HP-UX 11i v3 Operating Environments” (page 7). Abundant information about the HP-UX 11i v3 release is available.
Table 4 HP-UX 11i v3 OE descriptions HP-UX 11i v3 Operating Environment Description HP-UX 11i v3 Base OE (BOE) Provides integrated HP-UX functionality for customers requiring less complex installations. The BOE contains all the applications included in the Foundation OE, and improves the bundle set by adding much-requested products such as HP Process Resource Manager (PRM) and APA. This OE is bundled as HPUX11i-BOE.
Table 5 HP-UX 11i v3 software installation types (continued) Installation Type Description CAUTION: HP recommends that you do not deselect recommended software bundles or remove them from your system unless you know for certain that the software contained in these bundles is not required for your operating environment. Software might have unstated dependencies. Deselecting software might prevent products with dependencies on the software you deselected from functioning correctly.
environments, plus selected non-HP servers that have a support obligation with HP. It is integrated with HP Systems Insight Manager. A dedicated server is recommended to host both HP Systems Insight Manager and HP Insight Remote Support Advanced. Details for both versions are available at http://www.hp.com/go/insightremotesupport To download the software, go to Software Depot: http://hp.com/go/softwaredepot Select Insight Remote Support from the menu on the right.
3 What is new This chapter provides a quick overview of what is new, changed, deprecated, or obsoleted in each HP-UX 11i v3 release. NOTE: About defect fixes and patches In general, detailed information about defect fixes is not provided in the HP-UX 11i v3 Release Notes. For details of defect fixes, refer to the product's own documentation, such as product release notes.
• HP Instant Capacity: Version B.11.31.10.06.01.XX delivers defect fixes. See iCAP Release Notes and User Guide at http://hp.com/go/hp-icap-docs. • Networking and Mass Storage Drivers ◦ 10GigEthr-02: Contains the iexgbe driver, which supports stand-up, mezzanine, and LAN on motherboard (LOM) technologies for a variety of platforms. Updated with quality and performance improvements. See 10GigEthr-02 (iexgbe) B.11.31 Ethernet Driver Release Notes.
March 2013 Release Notes, General system administration • Distributed Systems Administration Utilities (DSAU): Delivers defect fixes. See Distributed Systems Administration Utilities V2.7 Release Notes at http://hp.com/go/hpux-core-docs. • Dynamic Root Disk (DRD): Provides reduced downtime in HP-UX with DRD and SoftReboot. See DRD Release Notes at http://www.hp.com/go/drd.
• System Fault Management: Support for managing SFM configuration and log files from the common location, /var/opt/psb/diags, has been provided by ProviderServicesBase for easier management of diagnostic provider configuration and log files. Also provides new slview manpage and GUI help page for the IPMI Event Viewer. See SFM Release Notes at www.hp.com/go/hpux-diagnostics-sfm-docs. • Utilization Provider: Updated to version A.01.08.08.00 to support the latest release of the Matrix Operating Environment.
◦ HP-UX WBEM IOTree Indication Provider: The output of the IOTreeIndication provider in /var/adm/syslog/syslog.log will be logged in the following format: ProviderName = XXX, PerceivedSeverity = XXX, EventID = XXX. Configuration files and log files have been moved to different directories. See HP-UX WBEM IOTree Indication Provider Release Notes. ◦ HP-UX WBEM RAIDSA Provider: The loggerconfig file, DB connection config files, configuration files, and log files have been moved to different directories.
• HPUX-Nameserver (BIND): Delivers defect and security fixes. See BIND 9.3.2.14.0 Release Notes at www.hp.com/go/hpux-networking-docs. (Select HP-UX 11i v3 Networking Software.) • HP-UX FTP Server (WU-FTPD): Version 2.6.1 delivers two defect fixes. See WU-FTPD 2.6.1 Release Notes at www.hp.com/go/hpux-networking-docs. (Select HP-UX 11i v3 Networking Software.) • HP-UX Web Server Suite • ◦ HP-UX Apache-based Web Server: Primarily a defect fix and security release. See HP-UX Apache-based Web Server v.
March 2013 Release Notes, Commands and system calls • PAX-Enh: Version 11.31.14 delivers defect fixes and features originally documented for 11.31.13. See the product website at https://h20392.www2.hp.com/portal/swdepot/ displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=PAX-Enh. March 2013 Release Notes, Libraries and programming • Java products Documents for the following Java products are located at http://www.hp.com/go/ hpux-java-docs. • ◦ JDK/JRE version 7.0.x: Version 7.0.
September 2012 Release Notes, Hardware-specific information 18 • CommonIO: Packages multiple products which support SAS and Fibre Channel adapters, and is always installed. Updated with quality and performance improvements. See HP CommonIO B.11.31.1209 Release Notes at http://www.hp.com/go/common-io-docs. • HP Insight Control power management: Version 7.1 includes Intelligent Power Discovery (IPD) support for Gen8 servers through HP Intelligent PDU (iPDU).
◦ RAID-01: Contains the ciss driver, which supports HP Smart Array controllers. Updated with quality and performance improvements. See RAID-01 (ciss) B.11.31.1209 Mass Storage Driver Release Notes at http://www.hp.com/go/smart-array-raid-docs. ◦ SATADVD-00: Supports SATA DVD drives on HP Integrity servers. Updated with quality and performance improvements. See SATADVD-00 (satadvd) B.11.31.1209 Mass Storage Driver Release Notes at http://www.hp.com/go/general-io-docs.
• HP-UX Peripheral Devices Manager (pdweb): Delivers defect fixes. See HP System Management Homepage 3.2.4 Release Notes at http://hp.com/go/hpux-core-docs. (Select HP-UX System Administration.) • Ignite-UX: Version C.7.15 provides support for archive and recovery of systems in agile-DSF mode that use SASD driver-based disks. Delivers support for archiving and restoring the ACLs of files in an archive. Also includes defect fixes. See Ignite-UX Release Notes at http:// www.hp.com/go/ignite-ux-docs.
Operating Environment for HP-UX can be used for advanced lifecycle management of your HP Integrity servers, visit the CloudSystem Matrix with HP-UX website at http:// www.hp.com/go/matrixoe/integrity. • ◦ HP-UX GUID (globally unique identifier) Manager (GUIDMgr): Delivers defect fixes. See HP-UX GUID Manager Administrator Guide at http://www.hp.com/go/ virtualization-manuals. ◦ HP-UX nPartition Configuration Commands: Delivers defect fixes.
September 2012 Release Notes, Disk and file management • FileSystem-SRP: Delivers a defect fix. See the product website at https:// h20392.www2.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=FsSrp. • HP CIFS Server: Version A.03.01.05 is a defect fix release based on Samba 3.4.3. See HP CIFS Server Release Notes version A.03.01.05 at www.hp.com/go/hpux-networking-docs. (Select HP-UX Common Internet File System (CIFS) Client/Server Software.
• HP-UX Web Server Suite Information for the following Web Server Suite products is in HP-UX Apache-based Web Server v.3.24 release notes at https://h20392.www2.hp.com/portal/swdepot/ displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=HPUXWSATW324. • ◦ HP-UX Apache-based Web Server: Primarily a defect fix and security release. ◦ HP-UX Tomcat-based Servlet Engine: Primarily a defect fix and security release. Note: This product has been deprecated.
◦ JDK/JRE version 5.0.x: Version 5.0.25 of JDK/JRE has been updated to include the Oracle 5u31 - 5u34 releases' functionality and to incorporate defect and security fixes. See JDK/JRE 5.0.25 Release Notes. ◦ SDK/RTE version 1.4.x: Version 1.4.2.28 of the HP-UX 11i Java Software Development Kit (SDK) and Java Runtime Environment (RTE) has been updated to include the Oracle 1.4.2u29 - 1.4.2u36 releases' functionality and to incorporate defect and security fixes. See SDK/RTE 1.4.2.28 Release Notes.
(iocxgbe) B.11.31.1203 Ethernet Driver Release Notes at http://www.hp.com/go/ 10-gigabit-ethernet-docs. ◦ FibrChanl-01: Contains the driver fcd for use with Qlogic Fibre Channel HBAs. Updated with quality improvements. For further information, see FibrChanl-01 (fcd) Fibre Channel Mass Storage Driver for HP-UX 11i v3 Release Notes. For information on supported cards, see the respective HP Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter Support Matrix. Both documents are available at http://hp.com/go/hpux-iocards-docs.
B.11.31.1203 Mass Storage Driver Release Notes at http://www.hp.com/go/ sas-hba-docs. ◦ • USB-02: Patch delivered to enable ANSI v2 compliance for USB. Utility Pricing Solutions ◦ HP Instant Capacity: Version 10.05.00.03 provides Dynamic cores and GiCAP support on HP Integrity Superdome 2, as well as a defect fix. See iCAP Release Notes and User Guide at http://hp.com/go/hp-icap-docs.
• HP System Management Homepage: Delivers defect and security fixes. See HP System Management Homepage 3.2.3 Release Notes at http://hp.com/go/hpux-core-docs. (Select HP-UX System Administration.) • HP-UX 11i v3 Feature Enablement (FEATURE11i): Updated for HP-UX 11i v3 with patches that enhance or provide new or improved core features.
• Virtualization continuum ◦ New: HP 9000 Containers: Provides a mechanism to re-host the complete HP 9000 user space environment without the need to re-compile and re-install individual applications, and with minimal re-configuration and application inventory preparation effort. Hosts the transitioned HP 9000 environment inside a chroot directory. Uses HP-UX Containers (SRP) for isolated execution environments (containers) and HP ARIES dynamic binary translator as underlying execution layer.
• ◦ Partition Manager: Delivers defect fixes. See HP System Management Homepage 3.2.3 Release Notes at http://hp.com/go/hpux-core-docs. (Select HP-UX System Administration.) ◦ Utilization Provider for HP-UX 11i v3: Updated to version A.01.08.06.02 to support the latest release of the Matrix Operating Environment (formerly HP Insight Dynamics - VSE for Integrity). WBEM Services and Providers Documents for the following WBEM products are located at http://hp.com/go/ hpux-networking-docs.
hpux-networking-docs. (Select HP-UX Common Internet File System (CIFS) Client/Server Software.) • HP-UX Disks and File Systems (fsweb): Enhanced to ensure that the same minor number %s exists across all nodes while creating or distributing cluster VG. See HP System Management Homepage 3.2.3 Release Notes at http://hp.com/go/hpux-core-docs. (Select HP-UX System Administration.
March 2012 Release Notes, Security Unless otherwise noted, documents for the following security products are located at http:// www.hp.com/go/hpux-security-docs. Select the link appropriate for the product. • New: Restricted Root: Provides new security options that extend password and login policies to the root account. This shadow mode enhancement allows implementation of stricter security policies that were previously only available on trusted mode systems. • HP-UX Role-Based Access Control: Version B.
March 2012 Release Notes, Internationalization • There are no changes in March 2012 for the products or features that are normally documented in this section. March 2012 Release Notes, Other functionality • There are no changes in March 2012 for the products or features that are normally documented in this section.
For more information, see FibrChanl-02 (fclp) Fibre Channel Mass Storage Driver for HP-UX 11i v3 Release Notes. For information on supported cards, see the respective HP Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter Support Matrix. Both documents are available at http:// hp.com/go/hpux-iocards-docs. • ◦ FibrChanl-03: Contains the driver fcoc for use with Fibre Channel Over Ethernet HBAs. Updated with quality improvements.
• HP Insight managed system setup wizard: Supports new hardware and supports upgrading from previous releases of the wizard. See Insight Managed System Setup Wizard 7.0 Getting Started Guide at http://www.hp.com/go/insightsoftware/docs. • New: HP Serviceguard Extension for RAC (formerly known as Serviceguard OPS Edition or MC/LockManager): Provides the framework for using Oracle Real Application Cluster (RAC) software with Serviceguard on HP 9000 and HP Integrity servers.
• System Fault Management (SFM): Enhanced to provide common error messages for sfmconfig command. Evweb is enhanced to include slot-id for IOTreeIndicationProvider in event details and to support effective UIDs with root access for sudo-based systems. See SFM Release Notes at http://hp.com/go/hpux-diagnostics-sfm-docs.
• ◦ HP-UX nPartition Configuration Commands: Includes Japanese localized manpages. ◦ Utilization Provider for HP-UX 11i v3: Updated to version A.01.08.06.01 to support the latest release of the Matrix Operating Environment (formerly HP Insight Dynamics - VSE for Integrity). WBEM Services and Providers Documents for the following WBEM products are located at http://hp.com/go/ hpux-networking-docs. (Select HP-UX 11i WBEM Software.) ◦ HP WBEM Services for HP-UX: Version A.02.09.
• Logical Volume Manager (LVM): Updated with quality improvements. See Logical Volume Manager and MirrorDisk/UX Release Notes at http://www.hp.com/go/hpux-LVM-VxVM-docs. • ONCplus: Includes enhancement to support HP-UX Containers (SRP) A.03.00. All versions of the NFS client protocol, namely NFSv2, NFSv3, and NFSv4, can now operate in the HP-UX Containers environment. See ONCplus B.11.31.12 Release Notes at http://hp.com/go/ hpux-networking-docs. (Select HP-UX 11i v3 Networking Software.
• HP-UX Web Server Suite For information about the products in the HP-UX Web Server Suite, see HP-UX Apache-based Web Server v.3.17 Release Notes at https://h20392.www2.hp.com/portal/swdepot/ displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=HPUXWSATW317. • ◦ HP-UX Apache-based Web Server: Primarily a defect fix and security release. ◦ HP-UX Tomcat-based Servlet Engine: Primarily a defect fix and security release. ◦ HP-UX Webmin-based Admin: Primarily a defect fix release.
September 2011 Release Notes, Commands and system calls • PAX-ENH: Updated to version 11.31.11 to deliver defect fixes. See the product website at https://h20392.www2.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do? productNumber=PAX-ENH. September 2011 Release Notes, Libraries and programming • Dynamic System V Semaphore Tunables: Version B.11.31.02 provides virtualization support for HP-UX Containers (SRP) A.03.00. See the product website at https:// h20392.www2.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.
March 2011 Release Notes, Hardware-specific information 40 • CommonIO: Packages multiple products which support SAS and Fibre Channel adapters, and is always installed. Updated with quality and performance improvements. See the HP CommonIO B.11.31.1103 Release Notes at http://hp.com/go/hpux-iocards-docs.
web), as it delivers an important fix. For more information, see FibrChanl-03 (fcoc) Fibre Channel Mass Storage Driver for HP-UX 11i v3 Release Notes. For information on supported cards, see the respective HP Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter Support Matrix. Both documents are available at http://hp.com/go/hpux-iocards-docs. ◦ GigEther-01: Version B.11.31.1103 includes defect fixes. See GigEther-01 (igelan) Gigabit Ethernet Driver Release Notes at http://hp.com/go/hpux-iocards-docs.
• Feature Enablement Patch Bundle (FEATURE11i): Updated for HP-UX 11i v3 with patches that enhance or provide new or improved core features. Includes performance improvements in the kernel, filesystem improvements, Internationalization improvements, and early support for new virtualization and security features. • High Availability Monitors (HA Monitors): Version upgraded to A.04.20.31.07 to support the update of EMS A.04.20.31.07. HA Monitors has been deprecated.
◦ HP Integrity Virtual Machines VMGuestLib: Subset of the HP Integrity Virtual Machines API Library used by WBEM Provider. Delivers defect fixes. See HP Integrity Virtual Machines 4.3: Release Notes at http://hp.com/go/virtualization-manuals. ◦ HP Integrity Virtual Machines VMGuestSW: Delivers defect fixes. See HP Integrity Virtual Machines 4.3: Release Notes at http://hp.com/go/virtualization-manuals. ◦ HP Integrity Virtual Machines VMProvider: Delivers defect fixes.
upgrade for management processor and Onboard Administrator. See HP Systems Insight Manager Readme at http://h18013.www1.hp.com/products/servers/management/hpsim/ infolibrary.html. 44 • HP-UX Accounts for Users and Groups (ugweb): Includes a fix related to display of last login time. Also includes fixes for internally found defects. • HP-UX Kernel Configuration (kcweb): A memory leak in kcmond is resolved, and internally found issues are fixed.
◦ HP-UX WBEM RAIDSA Provider: Version B.11.31.1103 delivers defect fixes. See HP-UX WBEM RAIDSA Provider Release Notes at http://hp.com/go/hpux-networking-docs. ◦ HP-UX WBEM SAS Provider: Version B.11.31.1103 delivers defect fixes. See HP-UX WBEM SAS Provider Release Notes at http://hp.com/go/hpux-networking-docs. ◦ HP-UX WBEMP LAN Provider: Version B.11.31.1103 delivers defect fixes. See HP-UX WBEM LAN Provider Release Notes at http://hp.com/go/hpux-networking-docs.
• Thunderbird (TBIRD): Includes Thunderbird 2.0.0.24 changes from the Mozilla Foundation. See Thunderbird 2.0.0.24 Release Notes at http://www.hp.com/go/hpux-java-docs. For details of fixes for security vulnerabilities in Firefox and Thunderbird, see the “Known Vulnerabilities in Mozilla Products” page at http://www.mozilla.org/security/ known-vulnerabilities/. • WU-FTPD: Version C.2.6.1 delivers defect fixes. See WU-FTPD C.2.6.1 Release Notes at http://hp.com/go/hpux-networking-docs.
March 2011 Release Notes, Libraries and programming • JDK/JRE version 6.0.09: Is a new version of the HP-UX 11i Java Development Kit (JDK) 6.0.x that has been updated to include the Oracle 6.0u22 release's functionality and incorporate defect and security fixes. Additionally, an experimental version of G1 is provided (initially supported in our 6.0.08 release). JDK 6.0.09 Release Notes at http://www.hp.com/go/ hpux-java-docs or http://www.hp.com/go/hpux-java-docs . • JDK/JRE version 5.0.
11i v3 Release Notes (p/n 5991-0462). For information on supported cards, see HP Fibre Channel (fcd and fclp) Host Bus Adapter Support Matrix. Both documents are at http://hp.com/go/hpux-iocards-docs. • ◦ 10GigEthr-02: Contains the iexgbe driver. Updated with quality and performance improvements. For further information, including the products supported by this bundle, see 10GigEthr-02 (iexgbe) B.11.31.1003 Ethernet Driver Release Notes at http://hp.com/ go/hpux-iocards-docs.
(WBEM) based providers. See High Availability Monitors Version A.04.20.31.06 Release Notes at http://hp.com/go/hpux-ha-monitoring-docs. • HP GlancePlus Pak: HP Performance Agent version 5.00 includes the RC enhancement feature and supports only http(s) data communication. HP GlancePlus version 5.00 introduces a daemon (perfd) and a set of clients (cpsh, padv, and mpadv) to access data locally and remotely. See the HP GlancePlus 5.00 Release Notes and HP Performance Agent 5.
◦ Partition Manager: Extends support to newer servers. See HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Release Notes at http://hp.com/go/hpux-npars-docs. (Click HP-UX 11i v3 and go to the Getting Started category.) ◦ Utilization Provider: Updated to version A.01.08.05.02 to support HP Insight Dynamics version 6.0.1. • HP Serviceguard: Updated to version A.11.20.
• Network Interfaces Configuration and Network Services Configuration: Includes fixes for internally found issues. • Online Diagnostics: Several monitors will be replaced by corresponding native providers, which will be available on newer servers. Starting with HP-UX 11i v3 March 2009 release, OnlineDiag (including STM) is in support mode. OnlineDiag is not supported on newer platforms, and SysFaultMgmt is the default monitoring mode on both older and newer platforms.
◦ HP-UX WBEM IOTree Indication Provider: Not supported on HPVM guest OS. Includes defect fixes. See HP-UX WBEM IOTree Indication Provider Release Notes at http:// hp.com/go/hpux-networking-docs. ◦ HP-UX WBEM nPartition Provider: Delivers defect fixes. See the product release notes at http://hp.com/go/hpux-networking-docs. ◦ HP-UX WBEM RAIDSA Provider: Not supported on HPVM guest OS. Indication provider supports System GUID and Network address properties. Includes defect fixes.
• HP-UX NSA HTTP: Starting with version 11.31.01.03, NSA HTTP is not automatically activated. You must manually activate it using the procedure discussed in HP-UX NSA HTTP B.11.31.01.03 Release Notes at http://hp.com/go/hpux-networking-docs. • HP-UX Web Server Suite • ◦ New: HP-UX Apache-based Web Server: hpuxwsApache has been replaced by hpuxws22Apache (Apache 2.2.8.09), which combines Apache with numerous popular modules from other Open Source projects and provides HP value-added features for HP-UX.
and security fixes. NUMA Collector enhancements, ThreadDumpPath support, and a fix for the Transport Layer Security renegotiation issue are also provided. See JDK 6.0.06 Release Notes at http://www.hp.com/go/hpux-java-docs. • JDK/JRE version 5.0.19: New version of the HP-UX 11i Java Development Kit (JDK) 5.0.x that has been updated to include the Sun 5.0u21 and 5.0u22 releases' functionality and incorporate defect and security fixes. ThreadDumpPath support is also provided. See JDK 5.0.
◦ FibrChanl-01: Updated with quality improvements. ◦ FibrChanl-02: Updated with quality improvements. ◦ GigEther-01: As part of the performance improvements in RC scripts for improved reboot time, the Igelan RC script has been enhanced for reducing the time it takes in start-up path. ◦ IB4X-00: Delivers defect fixes. ◦ IEther-00: Updated with quality improvements. ◦ RAID-01: Updated with quality improvements. ◦ SerialSCSI-00: Updated with quality improvements.
in the VSE-OE and DC-OE. AVIO Storage – Includes defect fixes. HostAvioStor bundle now delivered only in the VSE-OE and DC-OE. 56 ◦ AppDiscAgent: Version A.6.0.0 incorporates defect fixes. ◦ HP Global Workload Manager (gWLM) and HP-UX Workload Manager Toolkits (WLM-TK): Updated to support newer HP Integrity servers. ◦ HP Insight Dynamics - VSE for Integrity: The following components have been updated.
service interruption. Newly added as optional software in VSE-OE and DC-OE. Bundle T8718AC. ◦ Partition Manager: Delivers fixes for internally found defects. ◦ Utilization Provider for HP-UX 11i v3: Updated to version A.01.08.04.01 to support HP Insight Dynamics version 6.0. ◦ vPar Provider: Provides a defect fix and a new property that obtains the virtual partition ID. • HP Serviceguard NFS Toolkit: Version A.11.31.05 delivers defect fixes.
• Update-UX: Updated to support changes to Software Distributor. • WBEM services and providers ◦ HP WBEM Services for HP-UX: The output of wbemassist tool available in Japanese locale. Also delivers defect fixes. ◦ HP-UX WBEM Direct Attached Storage Provider (DASProvider): A new provider fetches information regarding error records logged in the DISKPROVDB database. A new health test functionality supports diagnosing the health of hard disks available on newer HP Integrity systems.
• • HP-UX Web Server Suite ◦ HP-UX Apache-based Web Server: Updated to v.2.0.59.12 as primarily a security/bug fix release. ◦ HP-UX Tomcat-based Servlet Engine: Upgraded to 5.5.27.03. Implements the Servlet 2.4 and JavaServer Pages 2.0 specifications. Designed to run on JDK 1.5 (5.0) and later versions. IPv6 Upgrade for HP-UX 11i v3: Version B.11.31.0907 provides Advanced Sockets API for IPv6, Configurable Policy Table support, and Anycast Address support.
applications using libmallocng library for heap allocation management; enhanced info shared command; and much more. • HP-UX Linker and HP Dynamic Loader: Improved usability and performance of HP-UX Linker, HP Dynamic Loader, and particular tools from the Linker tool chain. • Java JDK/JRE for HP-UX 11i: Besides the defect and security bulletin fixes in JDK/JRE 6.0.05, GC log-rotation support is provided. JDK/JRE 5.0.18 contains defect fixes. SDK/RTE 1.4.2.x version is no longer included on the OE media.
• ◦ FibrChanl-00: Updated to version B.11.31.0909 to incorporate defect fixes. ◦ FibrChanl-01: Updated with quality improvements. ◦ FibrChanl-02 Updated with quality improvements. ◦ GigEther-01: Updated to incorporate defect fixes. ◦ IB4X-00 Driver for InfiniBand: Supports the Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS) protocol for Oracle RAC environments. Only on AH304A and 448262-B21. ◦ IEther-00: Updated with quality improvements. ◦ PCIMUX-00: Updated to version B.11.31.
• HP Serviceguard NFS Toolkit: Enhanced to provide Modular Package support. • HP System Management Homepage: Now supports IPv6, Internet Explorer v8, and long-length passwords in shadow password mode. Also incorporates defect fixes. • HP Systems Insight Manager: Includes new hardware support and enhanced providers support. • HP-UX Accounts for Users and Groups (ugweb): Supports long passwords up to 255 characters when in shadow password mode.
• Update-UX: Updated to incorporate defect fixes. No new features or functionality in update-ux. • WBEM services and providers ◦ HP WBEM Services for HP-UX: Now based on OpenPegasus 2.9 source base and CIM Schema 2.17.1; a command-based troubleshooting utility, wbemassist, is introduced; CIM repository is now a database. ◦ Direct Attached Storage Provider (DAS Provider): Requires ProviderSvcsBase product. Incorporates defect fixes.
• HP-UX IPSec: Version A.03.00 includes changes to the areas of IKE Policy, Authentication Record, Host and Tunnel Policy, and much more. Mobile IPv6 support and Gateway Policies are obsolete. • HP-UX Secure Shell: Version A.05.20 is linked with OpenSSL A.00.09.8k instead of OpenSSL A.00.09.8j. Incorporates new features introduced in OpenSSH5.2p1. • HP-UX Software Assistant: Includes improvements in the integration with HP-SIM. • OpenSSL: Updated to incorporate defect fixes.
indicated chapters in the HP-UX 11i Version 3 March 2009 Release Notes, available in its most current version at http://www.hp.com/go/hpux-core-docs-11iv3 March 2009 Release Notes, Chapter 2: “Introduction to HP-UX 11i Version 3” • Software Pack (Optional HP-UX 11i v3 Core Enhancements): Several new and updated Software Pack products are available in the Operating Environments as optional products.
and keep your original image as backup. Defect fixes and packaging changes involving run time checks and dependencies are also being introduced. 66 • Enterprise Cluster Master Toolkit: Version B.05.00 includes support for Modular Packages, Oracle 11g R1, Oracle 10g R2 ASM on Itanium servers, and more. • Event Monitoring Service: Updated to incorporate defect fixes.
– HP Partition Manager – Virtual Server Environment Configuration Assistant – HP Process Resource Manager For information about the above components and about licensing requirements, see the VSE section. ◦ New: HP-UX nPartition Configuration Commands: New command parconfig(1M) runs a set of the Locality-Optimized Resource Alignment (LORA) rules and provides recommended configuration of the nPartition that is LORA compliant. (LORA will be released in the future.
• Ignite-UX: Updated to version C.7.8. Includes improved Ignite and vPars interaction on 11i v3, ability to avoid use of TFTP networking, ability to use Ignite on a network that has IPV6 enabled, and more. • Network Interfaces Configuration and Network Services Configuration: You can now use the HP SMH web interface for managing IPv6 neighbor discovery cache. • Obsolescence Bundle: Used during an update when obsolete software on the system needs to be removed. Is automatically selected for updates.
◦ HP-UX WBEM RAIDSA Provider: System Management Homepage (HP SMH) web page display is enhanced to provide detailed information about Smart Array HBAs installed on the system. And more. ◦ HP-UX WBEM SAS Provider: System Management Homepage (HP SMH) web page display is enhanced to provide detailed information about SAS HBAs installed on the system. And more.
March 2009 Release Notes, Chapter 8: “Security” • HP-UX Auditing and Security Attributes Configuration (secweb): Updated to incorporate defect fixes. • HP-UX Bastille: Updated to version B.3.1.01. Expanded security hardening choices in this major revision of Bastille allow you to further lockdown your systems in order to align with the latest CIS Benchmark for HP-UX (or other similar security hardening standards). • HP-UX IPFilter: Updated to version A.11.31.16.
• Perl: Has moved from ActivePerl to OpenSource Perl on HP-UX. • pthread Library: New API, pthread_yield(3T), is provided. Enables the unbound thread to yield in user space (yielding between user threads). • MallocNextGen: Applications that allocate many large blocks of size greater than 128 KB may see improved memory utilization.
• Networking and Mass Storage Drivers ◦ 10GigEthr-00: Updated to include accelerated virtual I/O (AVIO). ◦ 10GigEthr-01: Newly added as an optional product to the Operating Environments and includes accelerated virtual I/O (AVIO). ◦ CommonIO: Updated with quality improvements. ◦ FibrChanl-00: Updated to incorporate defect fixes. ◦ FibrChanl-01: To see what's changed from one release to the next, see the driver's release history. ◦ FibrChanl-02: Updated to incorporate defect fixes.
• Feature Enablement Patch Bundle (FEATURE11i): Updated for HP-UX 11i v3 with new patches that enhance or provide new core features (including performance improvements) and enable support for base page sizes larger than 4 KB on Itanium, Numeric User Group Name, Integrity VM (HPVM) support, FIFO performance improvements, Internationalization improvements, and many other enhancements. • New: FIFOENH: Provides high and low thresholds on buffered data in the pipe.
◦ Partition Manager: v2.0, version B.31.02.04.01. Updated to incorporate defect fixes. ◦ PRMKernelSW: Version number has changed in support of the update to HP PRM. ◦ PRMLibraries: Version number has changed in support of the update to HP PRM. ◦ Utilization Provider for HP-UX 11i v3: Updated to version A.01.07.14.01 to support VSE Management Software version 4.0. ◦ New: VMKernelSW: One of the software bundles that is used with HP Integrity Virtual Machines (HPVM) V4.0.
• New: Tune-N-Tools: Delivers the tool tuneserver(1m). When executed, sets kernel tunables to values appropriate for major customer business application workloads. • Update-UX and SW-GETTOOLS: Updated to incorporate defect fixes. • Virtual Server Environment Configuration Assistant (VseAssist): Extended with additional checks supporting new features of VSE Management Software version 4.0, including updated licensing checks and a new iCAP status check.
September 2008 Release Notes, Chapter 7: “Internet and Networking” • HP-UX Auto Port Aggregation: Supports improved HP Integrity Virtual Machine support. • HP-UX Web Server Suite ◦ HP-UX Apache-based Web Server: Updated to v.B.2.0.59.07. Primarily a security/defect fix release. ◦ HP-UX Tomcat-based Servlet Engine: Tomcat version upgraded to 5.5.23.02. Tomcat version 5 implements the Servlet 2.4 and JavaServer Pages 2.0 specifications. Tomcat 5.5.x is designed to run on JDK 1.5 and later versions.
September 2008 Release Notes, Chapter 10: “Libraries and Programming” • New: Decimal Floating-Point Arithmetic: Includes support for decimal floating-point (decimal FP) arithmetic for C on HP-UX 11i v3 (11.31) September 2008 Update for Integrity servers, following the current draft revision of the IEEE 754 floating-point standard and ISO/IEC Technical Report 24732.
indicated chapters in the HP-UX 11i Version 3 March 2008 Release Notes, available in its most current version at http://www.hp.com/go/hpux-core-docs-11iv3 March 2008 Release Notes, Chapter 2: “Introduction to HP-UX 11i Version 3” • Original HP-UX 11i v3 Operating Environments (OEs): The March 2008 release of HP-UX 11i v3 is the last full Operating Environments Update Release (OEUR) release provided for the original HP-UX 11i OEs.
◦ SerialSCSI-00: Updated with quality improvements. ◦ USB-00: Updated to version C.01.05.08. Install kernel for the HP-UX 11i March 2008 release contains an EHCI driver (USB 2.0 hi-speed capability) which significantly decreases the time necessary for installs from local USB devices. Includes defect fixes. • New: Proximity Topology: Provides a mechanism to programmatically determine a system's proximity topology in order to make informed decisions to minimize cache-to-cache latency.
◦ HP-UX nPartition Configuration Commands: Updated to incorporate defect fixes. ◦ New: HP-UX Virtual Partitions: Version A.05.03 enables multiple instances of the HP-UX 11i v3 OE to run simultaneously on one server or within one nPartition, with each OE instance hosting its own set of applications in a isolated environment. Newly added as an optional product to the HP-UX 11i v3 VSE-OE and DC-OE. ◦ New: HP-UX Workload Manager: Newly delivered as a recommended product in the VSE-OE and DC-OE.
• Software Distributor: Updated to incorporate defect fixes. • Software Package Builder: Updated to incorporate defect fixes. • System Fault Management: Now the default monitoring mode. Supports PCI Express interface events on selected systems. New providers are introduced; MP Provider is enhanced. More enhancements are included, as well as defect fixes. • Update-UX: Supports the new OEs: BOE, VSE-OE, HA-OE, DC-OE. No new features or functionality in update-ux.
• • HP-UX Web Server Suite ◦ HP-UX Apache-based Web Server: Updated as primarily a security/defect-fix release. ◦ HP-UX Tomcat-based Servlet Engine: Updated to version 5.5.23.00. Implements the Servlet 2.4 and JavaServer Pages 2.0 specifications. ◦ HP-UX Webmin-based Admin: Primarily a defect-fix release. Internet Services: Select Internet Services now updated through OEURs. ◦ HP-UX FTP Server (WU-FTPD): Updated to version 2.6.1 to incorporate defect fixes.
• mpsched(1) Command: Enhanced so you can now change the affinity of a thread/light weight process to a particular SPU or locality domain. You can also query the binding of a light-weight process or unbind the same. • rmsf(1M) Command: Enhanced to support Critical Resource Analysis (CRA) on a node or special file before deleting it, and to support specifying a stale I/O node by hardware path.
March 2008 Release Notes, Chapter 11: “Internationalization” • Korean iconv Codeset Converters: The iconv converters for converting data between Korean EUC encoding and Unicode are updated to align the character mappings to match that of Microsoft Windows and other UNIX platforms. March 2008 Release Notes, Chapter 12: “Other Functionality” • There are no changes in March 2008 for the products or features that are normally documented in this chapter.
◦ – 100BT (btlan): DLKM-enabled. – Ultra160 SCSI (c8xx): Driver is DLKM-enabled, but not all modules in patch are DLKM compliant. Optional Networking Drivers – ◦ • InfiniBand Clustering System: Supports additional PCIe cards; DLKM-enabled. Required Mass Storage Drivers – CommonIO bundle: Support for additional FC HBAs; delivers SAS-COMMON, which contains utilities for managing specific SAS HBAs; delivers FC-COMMON, which contains utilities for managing specific FC HBAs.
• HP Serviceguard: New package-creation process and enhanced support for package dependencies and multi-node packages; additional support for cluster parameters, APA and VLAN, Integrity VM (HPVM), and more. • Ignite-UX: Supports new hardware for 11i v3, plus other changes. • Update-UX and SW-GETTOOLS: Updated to incorporate defect fixes. • Software Utilities: • 86 ◦ Software Distributor: Updated to incorporate defect fixes. ◦ Software Package Builder: Updated to incorporate defect fixes.
• ◦ Disks and File Systems: Support for Volume Group creation for Serviceguard clusters and automatic distribution of LVM changes to all cluster nodes. ◦ HP-UX Accounts for Users and Groups: Supports managing POSIX users and groups from LDAP database. ◦ HP-UX Kernel Configuration: Defect fixes. ◦ HP-UX Peripheral Devices Manager: Defect fixes. ◦ New: Printer Management tool: A new Web-based printer management tool available on the HP System Management Homepage (HP SMH).
• • Web Browsers ◦ New: Firefox and Firefox Source: Web browser sets a new standard for internet browsing by providing an easier and more personal way to use the Internet. ◦ New: GTK and GTK Source: Open-source windowing toolkit used by Firefox and Thunderbird. ◦ New: Thunderbird and Thunderbird Source: Email application provides convenient, customizable, rich-featured email access. Web Servers: ◦ New: HP-UX NSA HTTP: Updated to version B.11.31.01.02; enables NSA (Network Server Accelerator).
September 2007 Release Notes, Chapter 11: “Internationalization” • There are no changes in September 2007 for the products or features that are normally documented in this chapter. September 2007 Release Notes, Chapter 12: “Other Functionality” • There are no changes in September 2007 for the products or features that are normally documented in this chapter.
• I/O Subsystem: Several new I/O commands help manage the I/O subsystem, and existing commands have new options and functionality to support the next generation mass storage stack. • New: The Next Generation Mass Storage Stack manages I/O devices, such as SCSI logical units (LUNs). In this release, the mass storage stack delivers functionality designed to enhance server scalability, adaptability, and performance while retaining backward compatibility.
Initial (February 2007) Release Notes, Chapter 5: “General System Administration” • asyncdsk Driver Kernel Tunable max_async_ports: max_async_ports is now a dynamic tunable; default value changed to 4096 and maximum value is 4194304. • New: Concurrent Dump: You can now configure your machine to perform a distributed parallel dump, thereby improving the dump throughput and reducing dump time. • Daylight Savings Time (DST). Changes for US DST rules.
◦ Integrity VM Note: The host for Integrity VM is not supported on 11i v3. However, the virtual machines of the host can run 11i v3. ◦ HP-UX Workload Manager: Updated to version A.03.02.02. Changes include Process Resource Manager no longer included in bundle; supports HP Integrity Virtual Machines; communications now secure by default; supports finer granularity for minimum allocations to FSS groups; supports a maximum of 256 FSS groups; and several other changes.
• New: HP-UX Large PID: The range of Process Identifiers (PID) the kernel can generate in a stand-alone HP-UX system has been expanded from 0 ~ 30,000 to 0 ~ 2^^30-1 (1,073,741,823). • HP-UX Peripheral Devices Manager: Enhanced to support the Agile Hardware Path Addressing and Persistent Device Special Files; enhanced to allow for Online deletion of OLRAD cards; now reads the detailed CRA report from the log file in which the report is logged after the change in the CRA behavior; and more.
software deployment tools such as Software Manager, update-ux, and future tools. Includes defect fixes. • Software Package Builder: Added new policy files that include the expansion of the acceptable category tags, the addition of the is_oe attribute, and changes to the architecture and os_release attribute rules. • System Administration Manager (SAM): Deprecated. The smh command is recommended, but sam command will continue to be available. Some functional areas previously available are obsoleted.
• Open Network Computing (ONC) ◦ AutoFS/Automounter: Updated with support for LDAP name service to store AutoFS maps; the ability to browse the list of potential mount points in an indirect AutoFS map without mounting the filesystems; the ability to configure AutoFS through the /etc/default/ autofs file; and other features. ◦ Cache File System (CacheFS): New features include long file name support, cachefspack, and support for large files and large file system.
• HP-UX VLAN: New features include support for HP-UX VLANs over APA aggregates and LAN-monitor failover groups, SMH-Network Interface Configuration support for Web-based VLAN configuration, and nwmgr support for HP-UX VLAN. • HP-UX Web Server Suite HP-UX Apache-based Web Server: Updated to version 2.0.58.00 as primarily a bug fix release. ◦ HP-UX Tomcat-based Servlet Engine: Upgraded to 5.5.9.04. Implements the Servlet 2.4 and JavaServer Pages 2.0 specifications. Designed to run on JDK 1.
shared data, such as user and group identification, server identification, and access control information. • STREAMS: NOSYNC feature allows multiple instances of a put procedure for a queue and the service routine for that queue to run concurrently. All references to the global variable uniprocessor have been removed.
EVP, the library of which provides a high-level interface to cryptographic functions. Other provided versions include other features. • PAM Kerberos: Enhanced to issue a warning if rc_host_0 is owned by anyone other than root when a user tries to rlogin into a system; will also issue a warning if the keytable entry is not found for the host service principal on the client but present at the KDC. • New: Security Patch Check: Analyzes the currency of a system with respect to security bulletins.
• pax Command: Enhanced to conform to the UNIX 2003 Standard. You will now be able to use pax to archive files having a size greater than or equal to 8GB; long user name/group name; large UID/GID greater than 2097151; long pathname or link name. • PFS Commands: Obsolete. • pipcs Command: Enhanced to provide details regarding processes using the various POSIX Message Queues, as well as creation time and last modification time of the POSIX Message Queues.
• usermod has been modified to selectively prevent the movement of home directories with -m option. • UNIX 2003 Compliance: All commands are modified/enhanced to conform to UNIX 2003 Standards. The UNIX 2003 changes which do not affect HP-UX compatibility are available by default. Otherwise, in order to get UNIX 2003 behavior, the variable UNIX_STD has to be defined in the environment.
• New: libIO Library: libIO.so (for Itanium®-based systems) or libIO.sl (for PA-RISC systems) is a shared library, which provides APIs for accessing the HP-UX I/O subsystem information. The library will reduce the dependency on other HP-UX commands for I/O information. • libpthread Library: Added new API, pthread_setschedprio(), to set scheduling priority of target thread. • Link Editor (ld): Additional options and other changes since patch PHSS_32864, September 2005.
• Asian Printing: Asian lp model files and filters have been enhanced to support important Asian national standards and ISO 10646. • TrueType Fonts for European Codesets: Provides additional TrueType fonts support to cover the glyph patterns for ASCII, Latin-1 Supplement, Latin Extended-A, Latin-Extended-B, Greek, Cyrillic, and currency symbols. • Asian TrueType Fonts: Enhanced to support the latest national standards and ISO10646.
• New: The Next Generation Mass Storage Stack manages I/O devices, such as SCSI logical units (LUNs). In this release, the mass storage stack delivers functionality designed to enhance server scalability, adaptability, and performance while retaining backward compatibility. New features include agile addressing, native multi-pathing, and increased parallelization.
• Daylight Savings Time (DST). Changes for US DST rules. • Detect and Strobe: Disabled when any system configuration altering activity is in progress. Functionality enabled by default (value set at 80%). • Disks and File Systems ( fsweb): Provides a web-based GUI and TUI for File System and Disks system administration tasks. • New: Distributed Systems Administration Utilities: Includes an interface expansion, providing long username and long hostnames.
◦ HP-UX Workload Manager Toolkits: Updated to version A.01.10.01. Product label changed from T1302AA to WLMToolkits. PPUTK obsoleted; SASTK and DMTK deprecated. ◦ Partition Manager: Updated to v2.0 (version B.31.02.03.01) with the ability to enable and disable Hyper-Threading for nPartitions whose cells have processors that are Hyper-Threading capable. ◦ nPartition Provider: Updated to version B.31.01.07.01 with support for WBEM Services version 2.5.
• HP-UX System V IPC Message Queues: Enhanced with dynamic tuning capabilities. Tunables msgmax, msgssz, msgmap, msgseg are obsolete. Added new dynamic tunable msgmbs; indicates maximum kernel memory to be used for messages waiting to be received. Tunables msgmni, msgtql are made dynamic. • HP-UX WBEM Fibre Channel Provider: Updated to version 11.31.01. All functionalities for association classes are now implemented.
• System Administration Manager (SAM) Auditing and Security Functional Area: System Security Policies subarea of SAM is replaced with the HP--UX Security Attributes Configuration tool; Audited NIS+ Users subarea is obsolete. • System Administration Manager (SAM) Printers and Plotters Functional Area: Launch point in X/ObAM-based GUI mode is now via the HP System Management Homepage.
◦ Library RPC: Library routines support several new datatypes, add support for IPv6, and more.
• BIND: BIND 9.3 includes many new features, including transition support for IPv4 and IPv6. With HP-UX 11i v3, NAMED and NAMED ARGS variables are moved to /etc/rc.config.d/ namesvrs. • DHCPv4 (bootpd): New option sa configures the tftp server, providing control of the siaddr field of the dhcp packet. New configuration option for the subnet selection option in the /etc/dhcptab file allows bootpd to assign a network address even if bootpd is not part of that network. Support for PXE clients is added.
down, additional usability improvements, and a new ability for Bastille to check a given system against a security baseline or report on the security-configuration state of a system. • HP-UX IPFilter: Updated to version A.03.05.13 with defect fixes and enhancements including filtering on X.25 interfaces, filtering on 10GigE interfaces; IPFilter not plumbed into the networking stack by default; no reboot required to enable IPFilter. • New: HP-UX IPSec: Previously only available on the AR media.
• getgroups(), setgroups(): no longer limited by the NGROUPS_MAX. • getty Command: Enhanced to configure the default setting for special control characters (erase, kill, etc.) by the user.
• sigblock(2), sigsetmask(2), sigstack(2), sigvector(2), bsd_signal(3C): Manpages are obsolete. • spray Command: Provides two new options: -d, which specifies how many microseconds to pause between sending each packet, and -t, which specifies class of transports. • New: swapctl() System Call: Allows you to configure primary swap to take effect on the next boot. Previously this could only be done via the commands lvlnboot and vxvmboot. swapon() system call is deprecated.
• Java 2 Platform ◦ Java JDK/JRE for HP-UX: HP-UX 11i v3 does not include Java 1.3 and Java 3D (J3D 1.4). SDK/RTE version 5.0 has been updated to incorporate defect fixes. ◦ Java Out-of-Box: Updated to incorporate defect fixes. • New: libIO Library: libIO.so (for Itanium®-based systems) or libIO.sl (for PA-RISC systems) is a shared library, which provides APIs for accessing the HP-UX I/O subsystem information. The library will reduce the dependency on other HP-UX commands for I/O information.
• New: Messaging Commands: mkcatdefs, dspmsg, and dspcat . Added to HP-UX for compatibility with Tru64 UNIX. • New: Iconv Codeset Converter Config File Changes: system.config.iconv. New system.config.iconv file provided to separate the HP-UX core OS iconv mapping table information from the layered third-party and user-specific iconv mapping table information. • Japanese Mainframe Character Set: iconv now supports an extended area of Japanese mainframe character sets.
4 Hardware-specific information NOTE: For other changes to products and features related to this chapter, see “What is new in the HP-UX 11i v3 March 2013 release” (page 11). Hardware Enablement Patch Bundle for HP-UX 11i v3 The Hardware Enablement Patch Bundle for HP-UX 11i v3 (HWEnable11i) provides patches required for new systems and for add-on hardware supported on HP-UX 11i v3, including I/O adapters and devices.
require an HP Passport Login. See the FAQs at http://h20195.www2.hp.com/V2/ GetPDF.aspx/c02761338.pdf. • • Documents ◦ Patch Management User Guide for HP-UX 11.x Systems (http://hp.com/go/ patchmgmt-docs) ◦ HP-UX 11i v3 Installation and Update Guide (http://www.hp.com/go/ hpux-core-docs-11iv3) Other ◦ The patch bundle readme document can be found on the OE media under the root directory (/HWEnable11i.readme and /HWEnable11i.readme.html) or at the HPSC (http://hp.com/go/hpsc).
• HP Integrity cx26xx Servers http://www.hp.com/go/integrity_cx2620_servers-docs • HP Integrity Servers http://www.hp.com/go/Integrity_Servers-docs • HP Proliant Servers http://www.hp.com/go/proliant_servers-docs Receiving firmware alerts To automatically receive email notices for the latest firmware updates, sign up for Driver, Patch, Security, and Support alerts: 1. Go to http://www.hp.com/go/myhpalerts. 2. Follow the instructions to register each of your products.
5 General system administration NOTE: For other changes to products and features related to this chapter, see “What is new in the HP-UX 11i v3 March 2013 release” (page 11). Enhanced boot capability Previously, the maximum boot disk size supported with LVM was 2 TB. With this enhancement, the maximum boot disk size supported with Logical Volume Manager (LVM) is 16 TB.
IMPORTANT: When SAS boot disk size is greater than 2 TB, HP-UX boot might fail on HP Integrity servers After the successful installation of HP-UX on volumes greater than 2 TB, BOOT might fail with the following message: Press Any Key to interrupt Autoboot \EFI\HPUX\AUTO ==> boot vmunix Seconds left till autoboot - 0 AUTOBOOTING...> System Memory = 65383 MB loading section 0 Error - efi_disk_read returned (Invalid Parameter) offset:0xf4e00000, ma:0x80040000, len: 262144 pausing temporarily...
HP-UX 11i v3 Feature Enablement Patch Bundle The HP-UX 11i v3 Feature Enablement (FEATURE11i) patch bundle consists of patches that enhance core features or are required to meet dependencies for new or updated software products. This patch bundle gets updated with new patches as-needed for support of software products. Summary of Change For the March 2013 (1303) release, the FEATURE11i bundle is updated for HP-UX 11i v3 with patches that enhance or provide new or improved core features.
Summary of Change The Quality Pack bundles is released every 6 months for HP-UX 11i v3 (B.11.31) with a sizable increase in the number of defect fix patches included. A defect-repair patch is included in the Quality Pack only after it has successfully completed comprehensive internal testing as well as achieved 300 customer downloads. Compatibility There are no known compatibility issues.
6 Disk and file management NOTE: For changes to products and features related to this chapter, see “What is new in the HP-UX 11i v3 March 2013 release” (page 11).
7 Internet and networking NOTE: For changes to products and features related to this chapter, see “What is new in the HP-UX 11i v3 March 2013 release” (page 11).
8 Security NOTE: For changes to products and features related to this chapter, see “What is new in the HP-UX 11i v3 March 2013 release” (page 11).
9 Commands and system calls NOTE: For changes to products and features related to this chapter, see “What is new in the HP-UX 11i v3 March 2013 release” (page 11).
10 Libraries and programming NOTE: For changes to other products and features related to this chapter, see “What is new in the HP-UX 11i v3 March 2013 release” (page 11). libIO(3X) library The libIO(3X) library provides APIs to access the I/O subsystem through the dev_config driver. Summary of Change The libIO(3X) library provides a new Application Programming Interface (API) named as io_dev_to_cluster_dsf() in order to convert a persistent dev_t to a corresponding cluster-wide device special file.
11 Internationalization NOTE: For changes to other products and features related to this chapter, see “What is new in the HP-UX 11i v3 March 2013 release” (page 11). Unicode 6.1 support by locale HP-UX 11i v3 includes Unicode 6.1 support, which is an extension to the previously supported Unicode 5.0 character set standard. It includes an additional 10,436 new characters from the Unicode 5.0 version. This release provides a fundamental level of support for Unicode 6.1 by the locale(1) interface.
Table 6 (continued) Codepoint Affected API U+19DE iswpunct() U+19DF iswpunct() U+1D62 iswlower() U+1D63 iswlower() U+1D64 iswlower() U+1D65 iswlower() U+1D66 iswlower() U+1D67 iswlower() U+1D68 iswlower() U+1D69 iswlower() U+1D6A iswlower() U+2071 iswlower() U+207F iswlower() U+10102 iswpunct() • If any of the above mentioned characters are not used by applications, there will be no compatibility break with the new Unicode 6.1 locales.
Documentation • Manpages ◦ charmap(4) ◦ locale(1) ◦ wcwidth(3c) ◦ wcswidth(3c) Obsolescence Not applicable. Unicode 6.
12 Other functionality NOTE: For changes to other products and features related to this chapter, see “What is new in the HP-UX 11i v3 March 2013 release” (page 11). VFS-SHWRSPL-ENH The VFS-SHWRSPL-ENH bundle contains the product VfsShwrsplEnh (revision B.11.31.01), which uses new lock interfaces from the SyncShwrspl product to enhance the pathname traversal component of the HP-UX kernel to reduce vnode spinlock contention on Superdome servers. Summary of Change VFS-SHWRSPL-ENH version 1.
13 Support and other resources Contacting HP Before you contact HP Be sure to have the following information available before you call contact HP: • Technical support registration number (if applicable) • Product serial number • Product model name and number • Product identification number • Applicable error message • Add-on boards or hardware • Third-party hardware or software • Operating system type and revision level HP contact information For the name of the nearest HP authorized reselle
Websites for HP-UX 11i v3 information • HP-UX 11i v3 Core Documentation http://hp.com/go/hpux-core-docs • HP-UX Software Deployment Documentation http://hp.com/go/sw-deployment-docs • QuickSpecs: HP-UX 11i v3 http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/12079_div/12079_div.PDF • HP-UX Server Support Matrix http://www.hp.com/go/hpuxservermatrix • HP_UX_Docs Twitter account http://www.twitter.
• HP Software Depot http://hp.com/go/softwaredepot • HP Support Center NOTE: The HP IT Resources Center (http://itrc.hp.com) portal has been retired and was migrated to the HP Support Center (http://hp.com/go/hpsc) in June 2011. You can find the latest patch status information on the HP Support Center website. To access the HP Support Center, you will require an HP Passport Login. See the FAQs at http://h20195.www2.hp.com/ V2/GetPDF.aspx/c02761338.pdf. • HP Software Releases and Media http://www.hp.
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