HP-UX 11i v3 March 2011 Release Notes (Edition 3)

• Logical Volume Manager: Includes new command (vgmove), enhancements to pvmove, and
command enhancements for shared volume groups, plus support for forced deactivation.
• Network Interfaces Configuration and Network Services Configuration: Two additional attributes
are included for modifying IP attributes in the NIC area.
• Online Diagnostics: Starting from September 2009, OnlineDiag will not be supported on
newer platforms. System Fault Management (SysFaultMgmt) will be the default monitoring
mode on both older and newer platforms. This release includes defect fixes.
• Printer Management (web-based): Updated with defect fixes.
• PropPlus (SysMgmtPlus): New command line tool, cprop, provides equivalent information of
GUI. New "Health Test" feature is supported when ProviderSvcsBase is installed.
• ProviderSvcsBase: Provides an infrastructure for running health tests as a functionality support
for WBEM Providers. Also enables the providers to update, retrieve, and archive events from
postgress database.
• Quality Pack Patch Bundles: Updated for September 2009.
• New:: RC Enhancement (boot time improvement in HP-UX commands and rc scripts): By
installing specific products, you may see improved boot time.
• Software Distributor: IPv6 support is enabled along with defect fixes.
• Software Package Builder: Enhanced to enforce HP-UX Packaging Policy Rules related to
requisites.
• System Fault Management: Introduces new providers, includes Logviewer enhancement, new
property pages, health test, and more.
• Tune-N-Tools: Added another tunable maxssiz to the list of kernel parameters. Added new
prebind(1M) tool, which can be used to improve the startup time of frequently used shared
executables.
• 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.
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◦ Direct Attached Storage Provider (DAS Provider): Requires ProviderSvcsBase product.
Incorporates defect fixes.
◦ HP-UX WBEM Fibre Channel Provider: Updated to incorporate a defect fix.
◦ HP-UX WBEM Online Operations Service Provider: Updated to incorporate defect fixes.
◦ HP-UX WBEM RAIDSA Provider: Requires ProviderSvcsBase product to be installed on
Integrity systems to obtain Smart Array HBA attribute details.
◦ HP-UX WBEM SAS Provider: A native indication provider is supported on the latest HP
Integrity system.
◦ HP-UX WBEMP-LAN Provider: Enhanced to provide additional information through HP
SMH. Also incorporates defect fixes.
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