HP-UX WBEM Services Release Notes (B8465-90045, March 2011)

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1 HP WBEM Services Version A.02.09.06 Release Notes...................................4
Announcement.........................................................................................................................4
What is in this version?.............................................................................................................4
Security ..................................................................................................................................6
Security considerations.........................................................................................................6
SSL support.........................................................................................................................6
Local user authentication.......................................................................................................7
Remote user authentication....................................................................................................7
Using HTTP Basic Authentication.......................................................................................7
Using Certificate Based Authentication...............................................................................8
Certificate verification...........................................................................................................8
CIM Client.....................................................................................................................8
Using wbemexec command..............................................................................................8
Managing certificates......................................................................................................9
Importing server certificates to trust store........................................................................9
Standard conformance............................................................................................................10
Compatibility information........................................................................................................10
Compatibility for WBEM providers.......................................................................................10
Additional compatibility information.....................................................................................12
Installation information............................................................................................................13
Prerequisites for installing HP WBEM Services.......................................................................13
Installing HP WBEM Services..............................................................................................14
Running the CIM Server......................................................................................................16
Removing HP WBEM Services.............................................................................................17
Patches and fixes in this version................................................................................................17
Required and recommended patches ...................................................................................17
Fixes in this release............................................................................................................17
Known problems and workarounds.......................................................................................19
Users and groups of HP WBEM Services conflict with users and groups of NIS, LDAP and other
network services............................................................................................................19
Failure to configure WBEM-CORE fileset (Updating from A.02.00.08 and earlier to A.02.05
and later).....................................................................................................................20
cimserver becomes unstable due to swverify command.......................................................20
Related documentation............................................................................................................21
Localized Version of the Software..............................................................................................21
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