HP-UX WBEM Direct Attached Storage (DAS) Provider release notes HP-UX 11i v3 HP Part Number: 5900-0179 Published: September 2009
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Table of Contents 1 HP-UX WBEM Direct Attached Storage Provider release notes.................................5 Announcement.......................................................................................................................................6 HP-UX WBEM DAS Provider.................................................................................................................7 What's New in This Release.......................................................................................
List of Tables 1-1 1-2 1-3 1-4 4 DAS Provider Supported Platform and OS Requirement..............................................................9 DAS Provider Disk Space Requirement..........................................................................................9 September 2009 Defect Fixes for HP-UX 11i v3 OS.......................................................................10 WBEM Provider Related Documents....................................................................................
1 HP-UX WBEM Direct Attached Storage Provider release notes This document discusses the most recent product information on HP-UX WBEM DAS provider, which is supported on HP-UX 11i v3 operating systems and addresses the following topics: • • • • • • • “Announcement” (page 6) “HP-UX WBEM DAS Provider” (page 7) “Installing HP-UX WBEM DAS Provider” (page 9) “Defects Fixed in This Version” (page 10) “Known Problems, Workarounds, Limitations” (page 11) “Related Documentation” (page 12) “Software Availability in
Announcement Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM) is an industry wide initiative to unify the management of system, networks, and applications across multiple and diverse vendor environments. The WBEM clients use the mass storage providers to gather information about various subsystems. The WBEM standard enables the WBEM clients to subscribe to indications, and indication consumers to receive indications on the occurrence of events of interest on the managed system.
HP-UX WBEM DAS Provider This product is used to diagnose the hardware using the industry standard WBEM format. The provider enables WBEM client applications to retrieve information about Direct Attached Storage systems.
What's New in This Release This version of the DAS provider is supported on the latest HP-UX 11i v3 Integrity Superdome systems. This version also includes resolutions for a few defects. For more information on defect fixes, see “Defects Fixed in This Version” (page 10).
Installing HP-UX WBEM DAS Provider The latest WBEM DAS provider depot is available for download on the OE media. It is also available on the Web for download at: http://h20392.www2.hp.com/portal/swdepot/ displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=WBEMP-Storage. The product depot can also be downloaded from the mega bundle available at the following location: http://h20392.www2.hp.com/portal/swdepot/ displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=DiagProdCollection.
Defects Fixed in This Version The following defects are fixed in the DAS provider for September 2009 release. Table 1-3 September 2009 Defect Fixes for HP-UX 11i v3 OS Defect ID QXCR1000896835 Description In the previous release, the getwbemstatus function in the XML page uses the class HP_DiskDrive to get the consolidated status of the disks, but the consolidated status is provided by the class HP_DiskCollection.
Known Problems, Workarounds, Limitations The product has the following known problem in the current release: Problem: Warning messages are logged in the system log file as the DAS provider thread spawns over a period of time.
Related Documentation Table 1-4 lists the available documentation for the WBEM providers: Table 1-4 WBEM Provider Related Documents Description CIM Tutorial Location http://www.dmtf.org/education/cimtutorial.php Information about HP WBEM Services http://software.hp.com and http://www.hp.com Overview of the Indication Schema http://www.openpegasus.org/uploads/40/3452/WBEMIndications.
Software Availability in Native Languages The DAS provider documentation is available in English language only.
