ONCplus B.11.31.01 Release Notes

Announcement
This version of ONCplus (B.11.31.01) is supported on systems running the HP-UX 11i v3 operating
system.
Availability of ONCplus as an ISU
Prior to the HP-UX 11i v3 release, ONC was delivered as a core product (called NFS). Core
products cannot be released independent of the release of the operating system. Any changes
(for example, defect fixes) to core products are only available to customers by installing HP-UX
patches.
For HP-UX 11i v3, ONCplus is available as an Independent Software Unit (ISU). With the ONCplus
ISU, both defect fixes and new features can be made available to customers by installing newer
versions of ONCplus.
The ONCplus ISU will be updated on an ongoing basis and will include the latest ONC updates
and defect fixes. When looking for ONC updates, customers are encouraged to review the content
of the latest ONCplus ISU and consider updating to the most recent ONCplus ISU version.
NOTE: All ONCplus ISU versions, both past and current, are available at:
http://software.hp.com.
NIS+ Obsolescence Notice
Network Information Service Plus (NIS+) is a distributed database system that enables the
maintenance of commonly used configuration information on a master server and propagates
the information to all the hosts in the network. Starting with HP-UX 11i v3, NIS+ is no longer
supported. HP recommends that users migrate to LDAP.
NOTE: For information on how to migrate from NIS+ to LDAP, see NIS+ to LDAP Migration
Guide available at:
http://docs.hp.com/en/J4269-90054/J4269-90054.pdf
NIS Protocol Version 1 Deprecation Notice
NIS protocol version 1 (NISv1) is deprecated on the NIS client starting with HP-UX 11i v3, and
will be removed in a future version of NIS. However, the NIS server, ypserv, will continue to
support NISv1.
The NISv1 protocol deprecation impacts an NIS client application that uses the NISv1 protocol
in the following scenarios:
• The NIS client uses the -v1 option of the ypwhich or the ypset command.
• An application directly communicates with the ypbind Remote Procedure Call (RPC)
version 1.
• An application includes the ypv1_prot.h header file.
HP recommends that you migrate to the next version of the NIS protocol, NIS version 2 (NISv2),
because NISv2 supports all the functionalities that NISv1 supports.
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