Read Before Installing or Updating HP-UX 11i v3 September 2007
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Contents Welcome to HP-UX 11i v3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Media Kit Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 HP-UX 11i v3 Operating Environments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 Use Subscriber’s Choice for Latest Firmware Updates . . . . . . . .9 What’s New in This Release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 Known Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Welcome to HP-UX 11i v3 HP-UX 11i v3 delivers the highest level of integrated virtualization and automation. HP-UX 11i v3 dynamically reduces complexity and cuts deployment times to maximize return on investment. This DVD booklet provides the following information: • Contents of the HP-UX 11i v3 media kit. • Descriptions of the Operating System and Operating Environments. • New and updated products included in this release. See the HP-UX 11i v3 Release Notes for details.
Media Kit Contents This guide is part of the HP-UX 11i v3 media kit, which includes the following DVDs and documents: • HP-UX 11i v3 (B.11.31) DVD (2-DVD set) — Contains the HP-UX Operating System (OS), Operating Environments (OEs), required networking software, Update-UX, Ignite-UX, and online diagnostics. • HP-UX 11i v3 (B.11.31) Application DVD — Contains HP-UX application software. • HP-UX 11i v3 Instant Information DVD — Contains HP-UX manuals, release notes, and white papers.
• HP-UX 11i v3 Release Notes — Describes new features and functionality changes for HP-UX 11i v3. Release Notes are available on the Instant Information DVD and the HP Technical Documentation Web site: http://docs.hp.com/en/oshpux11iv3 • Configuring HP-UX for Different Languages — This book is provided in localized media kits. The English version of this manual is on the Instant Information DVD and the HP Technical Documentation Web site: http://docs.hp.
HP-UX 11i v3 Operating Environments Operating Environments (OEs) are tested and integrated application bundles designed to work with the OS and provide functionality needed for your system. The HP-UX 11i v3 OEs include the following: • HP-UX 11i v3 Foundation OE (FOE) — Designed for the demands of Web servers, content servers, and front-end servers, this OE includes applications such as HP-UX Web Server Suite, Java™, and Mozilla Application Suite. It is bundled as HPUX11i-OE.
• HP-UX 11i v3 Mission Critical OE (MCOE) — Designed for application servers and database servers, this OE contains the Enterprise OE bundles, plus applications such as HP Serviceguard and Workload Manager to enable a mission-critical server. It is bundled as HPUX11i-OE-MC. • HP-UX 11i v3 Technical Computing OE (TCOE) — Designed for server applications, this OE contains extensive graphics applications and Math Libraries. It is bundled as HPUX11i-TCOE.
Use Subscriber’s Choice for Latest Firmware Updates HP recommends that you sign-up for Subscriber’s Choice so you can automatically receive email notices for the latest firmware updates. Make sure you register all your products to receive the appropriate firmware update notices. You can also go to the Business Support Center Web site at http://www.hp.com/go/bizsupport for the latest HP-UX 11i firmware updates. The IT Resource Center (ITRC) Web site at http://itrc.hp.
This site provides a searchable database for various products or you can follow the Server link to select the latest firmware download for your specific server product. Make sure you read the Release Notes for the firmware to ensure a successful update. In general, HP recommends that you update to the latest firmware available before installing or updating to HP-UX 11i v3.
What’s New in This Release This section provides a quick overview of what is new, has changed, and has been deprecated or obsoleted in the HP-UX 11i v3 September 2007 release. For detailed product information, see the HP-UX 11i v3 Release Notes on the Instant Information DVD and the HP Technical Documentation Web site: http://docs.hp.
New Products in HP-UX 11i v3 This section lists the new products included in the HP-UX 11i v3 September 2007 release. For a list of the associated bundle tags, refer to the HP-UX 11i v3 Installation and Update Guide. For information on these products, refer to the HP-UX 11i v3 Release Notes. New Product Description 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.
New Product Description Dynamic Root Disk (DRD) An HP-UX system administration toolset used to clone an HP-UX system image to an inactive disk for software maintenance and recovery. System administrators use DRD to manage system images on HP PA-RISC and Itanium®-based systems. Dynamic nPartitions Cell online activation and deactivation. HP Application Discovery Application Discovery agent (AppDiscAgent) is default-installed on the OE media.
New Product Description HP-UX Mobile IPv4 Provides mobility support for mobile devices to migrate from their home network to other networks, either within the same administrative domain or to other administrative domains on the Internet. Printer Management (Web-based) A new Web-based printer management tool available on the HP System Management Homepage (HP SMH). Multimedia Streaming Protocols Enables you to stream audio and video files. Delivered on the OEs as an optional feature.
New Product HP-UX Software Assistant (SWA) Description A command-line based tool that consolidates and simplifies patch management and security bulletin management on HP-UX systems. Includes Security Patch Check (SPC) and is the HP-recommended utility to use to maintain currency with HP-published security bulletins for HP-UX software.
Updated Products in HP-UX 11i v3 This section lists products that have changed, and have been deprecated or obsoleted in the HP-UX 11i v3 September 2007 release. For a list of the associated bundle tags, refer to the HP-UX 11i v3 Installation and Update Guide. For detailed information on these products, refer to the HP-UX 11i v3 Release Notes. Updated Product Description Software Pack (SPK) No SPK content delivered on media in the HP-UX 11i v3 September 2007 release.
Updated Product Description 10GigEthr-00 Updated to support UDP traffic over the destination port-based multi-queues and to display vital product data (vpd) by using the nwmgr command. DLKM-enabled. GigEther-00 DLKM-enabled and defect fixes. GigEther01 DLKM-enabled. IEther-00 and Gigabit Ethernet PCI-Express is now supported; iether is DLKM-enabled. 100BT (btlan) DLKM-enabled. InfiniBand Clustering System Supports additional PCIe cards; DLKM-enabled.
Updated Product Description scsiU320–00 DLKM-enabled. SerialSCSI-00 DLKM-enabled. USB-00 The USB-00 driver version, as stated in the HP-UX 11i v3 September 2007 Release Notes, is incorrect. The USB-00 driver has been updated to version C.01.05.03 to incorporate defect fixes. iCAP (Instant Capacity) GiCAP disaster recovery, changes to TiCAP transfer and consumption; changes to icapstatus output; defect fixes. Enterprise Cluster Master Toolkit Updated to version B.04.
Updated Product Description HP-UX IPQoS HP-UX IPQoS for earlier HP-UX releases (HP-UX 11i v1 and v2) is incompatible with HP-UX 11i v3 and so is removed by ObsIPQoS. However, a new, HP-UX 11i v3-compatible version of HP-UX IPQoS is now available on the Application Release (AR) media for September 2007, as well as on Software Depot at: http://www.hp.com/go/softwaredepot LVM and MirrorDisk/UX Parallel re-sync; parallel opens; alternate link behavior; defect fixes.
Updated Product Description Ignite-UX Supports new hardware for HP-UX 11i v3, plus other changes. Update-UX and SW-GETTOOLS Updated to incorporate defect fixes. Software Distributor Updated to incorporate defect fixes. Software Package Builder Updated to incorporate defect fixes. nPartition Configuration Commands New parolrad command for Dynamic nPartitions operations. nPartition Provider Interpretation of Dynamic nPartitions capability bit is changed.
Updated Product Description HP Process Resource Manager Provides an interface within HP SIM (System Insight Manager). PRMKernelSW (formerly known as PRM Libraries) Changes in fileset. PRMLibraries Changes in product and fileset encapsulation. Now contains the PRM API. HP Integrity Virtual Machines Provider (VM Provider) Supports the new features of VM A.03.00. HP Integrity Virtual Machines (VMGuestLib) Supports the new features of VM A.03.00. Utilization Provider Updated to version A.01.06.02.
Updated Product Description Network Configuration (ncweb) Support for IPv6; support for specifying additional modules to be pushed among IPv6, IPv4, and DLPI; more information for tunnels. Disks and File Systems (fsweb) 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 (ugweb) Supports managing POSIX users and groups from LDAP database. HP-UX Kernel Configuration (kcweb) Defect fixes.
Updated Product Description HP-UX WBEM Online Operations Service Provider (OLOS) Supports cell online activation and deactivation. HP-UX SCSIProvider Supports Consolidated Status Provider feature and defect fixes. HP CIFS Server Updated to 3.0g version A.02.03.02 to incorporate defect fixes and enhancements. No longer maintains the LDAP management scripts, smbldap-tools. LDAP-UX Integration Updated to version B.04.
Updated Product Description HP-UX XML Web Server Tools Upgraded to version 2.03; Xerces upgraded to version 2.8.0. HP-UX Auditing and Security Attributes Configuration (secweb) Supports new GUI as part of the security attributes tool in HP SMH (System Management Homepage). HP-UX Bastille and Install Time Security Now works with Software Assistant (SWA). HP-UX Host Intrusion Detection System Updated to version 4.1.
Updated Product Description HP-UX Java Development Kit and HP-UX Java Runtime Environment for the Java® 2 Platform Standard Edition (JDK/JRE) Updated to versions Java 1.4.2.13 and Java 5.0.8 to incorporate defect fixes. Perl Updated to version 5.8.8 build 817.1 to incorporate defect fixes.
Known Problems This section contains critical, late-breaking information that was not included in the HP-UX 11i v3 Installation and Update Guide. Before cold-installing or updating to HP-UX 11i v3, make sure you read this entire section and Appendix A, Known Problems and Troubleshooting, in the HP-UX 11i v3 Installation and Update Guide. For information and patches for other known problems, go to the HP IT Resource Center Web site: http://itrc.hp.
Problem When Igniting a System to Use VxVM When igniting a system to use VxVM, the initialization of the Ignite environment may take up to 1 or 2 hours. This is due to a defect in VxVM start up code, and is limited to systems with very large SAN configurations (for example, a SAN configuration that contains thousands of LUNs). This issue will be fixed in a future version of Ignite UX.
Cannot Find Boot Device If you install the HP-UX 11i v3 media or a media image using an iLo-2 vMedia USB DVD device, it may be necessary to interactively indicate the device after boot to continue with the installation. In some cases the USB Mass Storage driver may not by able to detect the device as the boot source due to a late simulated device attach. If this occurs Ignite-UX will display the following warning: WARNING: Could not find Q_BOOT device. Cannot determine what the boot device was.
What To Do The I/O configuration listing will not normally include the vMedia device. After the USB driver indicates device attach via the messages above, use the "r" rescan option to rescan the I/O configuration. This will result in the system displaying the message and prompt again. This time the vMedia USB DVD device will be listed. Select the vMedia device using the I/O configuration index number. For example, in the output below the response to the prompt would be ‘7’.
USB Mass Storage Device Not Configured If no USB mass storage device is attached to your HP-UX system at installation, the USB mass storage driver will not be configured into the kernel. If a USB mass storage device is subsequently attached to the system, HP-UX will not be able to communicate with it because the driver has not been configured.
Boot Disk Must Be at Least 9 GB for HP-UX 11i v3 HP-UX 11i v3 requires more space on the HP-UX boot disk than prior HP-UX releases. The disk chosen as the boot/root disk must be at least 9 GB to fit the volumes that must reside on the root/boot disk. More than 9 GB will be required in the root disk group in order to load the required and recommended operating environment components (typically 18 GB depending on swap space and software selections.
Performance Degradation with Single-Threaded Applications Single-threaded applications linked with libpthread shows performance degradation because of thread safe libraries having to acquire and release mutex locks. What To Do Install patch PHCO_36551. The new libpthread patch PHCO_36551 reduces the overhead of calling pthread_mutex_lock(3T) and pthread_mutex_unlock(3T) in a single threaded application.
Install PHCO_36356 to Avoid OLRAD or kcmodule failures Critical Resource Analysis (CRA) may fail during a dynamic unload of a Mass Storage driver module, or the Online Replacement (OLR) or Online Deletion (OLD) of a Mass-Storage I/O adapter. • OLR occurs when doing a replacement operation with either the olrad command, PCI attention button, or the Systems Management Homepage (SMH) on systems with this OLR feature.
If the CRA fails in this way during a swinstall or swremove operation the system will automatically reboot to complete the requested operation. If the CRA fails during a kcmodule mod=unused operation, the unload action will not occur until the system is manually rebooted. What To Do Install PHCO_36356 to fix this problem. For availability of the patch, please check the HP IT Resource Center site at: http://itrc.hp.
Kernel Build Error Message If a golden image is created on a system without USB ports and that image is used to install HP-UX on a system that has USB ports, the install will fail with a kernel build error: ld: Unsatisfied protected symbol "usb_isc" in file "/usr/conf/mod/ehci" ld: Unsatisfied protected symbol "usb_isc" in file "/usr/conf/mod/hcd" 2 errors. ERROR: The kernel build failed. ERROR: Could not make an executable kernel.
Cold Install Slow or Fails with 1.5 GB or Less of RAM Cold installs on systems with 1.5 GB or less of RAM may take very long to complete, or may fail with an ERROR. The minimum amount of supported memory on HP-UX 11i v3 is 1.5 GB and is intended only to be used with the Foundation OE and minimal applications. Installing all the OE Recommended applications, or other OEs, may require more than 1.5 GB of memory.
System Hangs When RAID-01 and RAIDSAProvider Depots are Installed From AR Media or Web Download When the RAID-01 and RAIDSAProvider depots are installed together from the Application Release media or web download, on each subsequent boot the system hangs at: Configuring all unconfigured software filesets This condition does not occur during a full installation of HP-UX from the Operating Environment media.
System Hangs When SerialSCSI-00 and SASProvider Depots are Installed From AR Media or Web Download When the SerialSCSI-00 and SASProvider depots are installed together from the Application Release media or web download, on each subsequent boot the system hangs at: Configuring all unconfigured software filesets This condition does not occur during a full installation of HP-UX from the Operating Environment media.
Web Resources For additional help when cold-installing or updating HP-UX 11i v3 and related products, go to the Web: • HP Software Releases & Media: http://www.hp.com/softwarereleases/ \ releases-media2/index.html • Guides in various languages: http://docs.hp.com • Latest HP-UX 11i v3 guides and white papers: http://docs.hp.com/en/oshpux11iv3.html • For a complete listing of all HP publications: http://www.hp.com/hpbooks • HP-UX server information: http://www.hp.com/go/Integrity http://www.hp.
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