ONCplus B.11.31.07 Release Notes

ONC consists of the following components:
• Network File System
The Network File System (NFS) is a distributed filesystem that provides transparent access
to files and directories that are shared on remote systems.
• AutoFS
AutoFS is a client-side service that enables automatic mounting and unmounting of
filesystems.
• CacheFS
The Cache Filesystem (CacheFS) is a general purpose filesystem caching mechanism that
improves the performance of client side applications when working with NFS servers.
CacheFS client performance is improved by caching data to a fast local file system instead
of going over the wire. Caching data results in reduced server and network load because
the clients have already cached a copy of the data and send fewer requests to the server.
• Network Information Service
Network Information Service (NIS), previously called “Yellow Pages,” 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.
Related Information
For more information about ONCplus, see the following documents, available at:
http://docs.hp.com/en/netcom.html#NFS%20Services
• NFS Services Administrator’s Guide
• NIS Administrator’s Guide
• Managing NFS and KRPC Kernel Configurations in HP-UX 11i v3
• Introducing Network File Systems Version 4 on HP-UX 11i v3
What's New in ONCplus B.11.31.07
ONCplus B.11.31.07 is a defect fix release and does not include any new features. All features
introduced in previous ONCplus versions are supported in ONCplus B.11.31.07.
Fixes in ONCplus to date
This section lists the fixes for ONCplus and also specifies the version number of ONCplus in
which the defect was fixed.
Table 1-1 describes the problems that are fixed to date and incorporated into ONCplus.
Table 1-1 ONCplus Software Fixes
ONCplus VersionDescriptionCR ID
B.11.31.07
System panics while renaming a file located on a local filesystem mounted
with nfs4deleg stackable module.QXCR1000869504
B.11.31.07Performance improvement in rpc.statd to improve the crash recovery.QXCR1000833665
B.11.31.07
Under certain circumstances, NFS client with tcp mount fails to connect to
the server, even when the server is available on the networkQXCR1000886408
B.11.31.07Numerous ypserv processes waiting for lockf() on map lock.QXCR1000890608
B.11.31.07NFSv3 does not fully support large filesQXCR1000898226
B.11.31.07
Support for chained mblks to avoid any data corruption during a read
operation.QXCR1000893901
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