HP-UX ProviderSvcsBase Release Notes (5900-2119, November 2011)

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This document discusses the most recent product information on HP-UX ProviderSvcsBase
product, which is supported on HP-UX 11i v3 operating system. Table 1 (page 4) lists the product
versions for which the document is applicable.
Table 1 Documentation Support for ProviderSvcsBase
VersionOperating System
C.06.00.05.02HP-UX 11i v3
Announcement
The ProviderSvcsBase product provides functionality to support WBEM providers delivered in
other product bundles, like SysFaultMgmt bundle and ProviderDefault bundle. The
ProviderSvcsBase product support the following functionalities:
• Reads MCA logs from EFI disks.
• Reads firmware and hardware error logs.
• Infrastructure for running health tests.
Provides an infrastructure to include health tests for system devices.◦
◦ The infrastructure supports both CLI and SMH GUI interface to run, configure, and view
the system device health test validation.
Health Test
This product supports the following features on HP-UX 11i v3 OS:
• Provides an infrastructure to include health tests for system devices. Infrastructure of the current
version of the product supports CPU health validation, Memory health validation, and Directly
attached disk health validation.
• The infrastructure supports both CLI and SMH GUI interface to run, configure, and view the
system device health test validation.
For more information about running, configuring, and viewing the test results, see the HP-UX
ProviderSvcsBase Administrator's Guide available at the following location:
http://www.hp.com/go/hpux-wbem-docs
What's New in This Release
Support for vPar6.0, a virtualization technology for installed base virtual partitions
• The product ProviderSvcsBase contains a new daemon called diagtxd. On a Virtual Partition
setup, this daemon transfers error logs from the Virtual Partition to the Virtualization Services
Platform for analysis and the corresponding event will get generated from Virtual Services
Platform upon error analysis. The error logs from virtual partition and virtual services platform
is treated at par and events are generated based on common analysis of the same.
NOTE: For complete diagnostic functionality, vpar 6.0 needs to be installed on virtual
platform and all the virtual partitions.
Defect Fixes
• QXCR1001011151
Oserlogd daemon does not log any MCA logs
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