HP-UX Workload Manager A.03.05.xx Release Notes for HP-UX 11i v3 (B8843-90051, February 2011)
Table Of Contents
- HP-UX Workload Manager A.03.05.xx Release Notes
- Table of Contents
- 1 Announcement
- 2 New in this version
- 3 Known problems and workarounds
- System panic when PRM is enabled; install failure in absence of PRM when certain kernel patches are present
- Capping issue
- WLM uses only the assigned CPU resources even with utilitypri set
- Temporary Instant Capacity (TiCAP) expires while WLM is managing nPartitions
- Automatic activation of Instant Capacity core without authorization
- Partition management affected when cores are deactivated with iCAP on fully owned system
- Application hangs in FSS group
- Shutdown slow; “Waiting for shutdown confirmation” and “Shutdown initiated; however, ... unable to acquire confirmation” messages displayed
- Unable to get CPU allocation due to number of processes
- Collectors abort when updated while running
- GlancePlus/OpenView Performance Agent and processor sets
- GlancePlus may not correctly identify processes’ PRM groups
- glance Adviser memory consumption increases continually
- WLM enables/disables SLOs at end of interval
- No metrics on startup or reconfiguration
- WLM configurations cannot be activated with fewer than 100 Mbytes of memory available
- Secure Resource Partitions: Blocked port on a virtual network interface
- Reaching the system V semaphore limit
- Configuration wizard requires PRM
- Processes in transient FSS groups appear unexpectedly in other workload groups
- Modifying a managed partition requires WLM and the global arbiter be stopped
- Performing online cell operations
- WLM GUI is not compatible with different versions of WLM
- "Message violation" error
- Upgrading or installing PRM before upgrading WLM can cause failed swverify checks
- 4 Compatibility information and installation requirements
- Disk and memory requirements
- Network operating environment
- Compatibility with other software
- Compatibility with long hostnames
- Compatibility with X Windows
- Compatibility with GlancePlus
- Compatibility with HP Integrity Virtual Machines
- Compatibility of WLM virtual partition management and Instant Capacity / PPU
- Compatibility of WLM virtual partition management and certain CPU bindings
- Compatibility of WLM partition management and PSETs
- Compatibility of psrset and PSETs
- Compatibility with PRM
- Compatibility with gWLM
- Compatibility with Java
- Installation procedure
- 5 Patches and fixes in this version
- 6 Software availability in native languages
- 7 Security
- 8 Available manuals
- 9 WLM toolkits
- 10 Providing feedback
- 11 Training
1. Verify that HP-UX is up-to-date
HP suggests that as part of your systems’ ongoing maintenance and support, the systems
be kept up-to-date through the HP IT Resource Center’s Support Plus program. This program
delivers quarterly patch bundles via the web and as part of the quarterly AR media. To
register, go to the following location:
http://itrc.hp.com
Select the patch/firmware database link and register to create an account and log in, as
instructed. After logging in, scroll down to the “find standard patch bundles” section and
select “HP-UX patch bundles”. The bundles of interest are “Quality Pack” and “Support
Plus”.
For HP-UX 11i v1 (B.11.11), the recommended bundles are described in the following table:
Table 4-2 HP-UX 11i v1 (B.11.11) general support patches
DescriptionHP-UX 11i v1 patch
Defect-fix patches for HP-UX 11i v1 on HP 9000 workstations and serversGOLDQPK11i
(When placed in your local depot, this bundle appears with the names
GOLDBASE11i and GOLDAPPS11i.)
Required hardware enablement patches for all HP-UX 11i v1 workstations and
servers
HWEnable11i
If you are using HP-UX 11i v1 (B.11.11) and are interested in using processor sets (PSETs),
you can download software (to support processor sets) from the following location:
http://www.hp.com/go/wlm
Select the Patches/support link and search for “processor sets”. This software also corrects
several problems (see the section “System panic when PRM is enabled; install failure in
absence of PRM when certain kernel patches are present” (page 13)).
NOTE: Install GOLDQPK11i before installing the processor sets software—unless you are
using a depot to install them at the same time.
Processor sets are included with HP-UX 11i v2 (B.11.23) and HP-UX 11i v3 (B.11.31).
For HP-UX 11i v2 (B.11.23), install the following patches:
Table 4-3 HP-UX 11i v2 (B.11.23) general support patch
DescriptionHP-UX 11i v2 patch
Bundle of patches (Installing this bundle updates your system to HP-UX 11i v2
Update 2.)
BUNDLE11i patch bundle
a. Determine which patch bundles are already on the system
Run the swlist command, which will list the bundle if found:
# /usr/sbin/swlist -l bundle patch_bundle
where patch_bundle is GOLDBASE11i, GOLDAPPS11i, or HWEnable11i
b. Download any missing patch bundles from the following location: http://www.hp.com/
go/softwareinfo/SUPPORT_PLUS/ to /tmp
NOTE: Do not install these patch bundles at this point.
Related support sites include:
• HP Software Depot (http://www.hp.com/go/softwaredepot)
Refer to the “enhancement releases” link.
26 Compatibility information and installation requirements