HP-UX Containers (SRP) A.03.01.003 Release Notes (5900-2312, May 2012)

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Table of contents

HP-UX Containers ................................................................................................................................ 2

HP-UX Containers documentation....................................................................................................... 2

1 HP-UX Containers ............................................................................................................................. 2

1.1 HP-UX Containers overview......................................................................................................... 2

1.2 HP-UX Containers features........................................................................................................... 2

1.3 HP 9000 Containers product....................................................................................................... 4

1.4 What’s new in HP-UX Containers A.03.01.003............................................................................. 4

1.5 Acquiring and installing HP-UX Containers.................................................................................... 4

1.5.1 Installation requirements....................................................................................................... 4

1.5.2 Configuration requirements................................................................................................... 4

1.5.3 Products included in the HP-UX Containers depot .................................................................... 4

1.5.4 Installing HP-UX Containers product....................................................................................... 5

1.5.5 Removing (un-installing) HP-UX Containers product .................................................................. 6

1.6 Upgrading to HP-UX Containers A.03.01.003 .............................................................................. 6

1.6.1 Upgrade requirements ......................................................................................................... 6

1.6.2 Upgrade instructions for HP-UX SRP A.02.02.......................................................................... 7

1.6.3 Upgrade instructions for HP-UX Containers A.03.00................................................................ 7

1.7 Fixes and Enhancements in HP-UX Containers ............................................................................... 9

1.8 Limitations for HP-UX Containers A.03.01.003............................................................................ 10

1.9 Known issues in HP-UX Containers A.03.01.003......................................................................... 10

1.10 Compatibility with other products............................................................................................. 11

1.11 Restrictions on system containers.............................................................................................. 12

1.11.1 Disallowed operations in system containers ........................................................................ 12

1.11.2 Disallowed privileges in system containers.......................................................................... 13

1.11.3 Disallowed commands in system containers........................................................................ 14

1.11.4 Write restrictions on shared files in system containers .......................................................... 14

1.11.5 Restricted HP products in system containers ........................................................................ 14

1.11.6 Features not supported in system containers........................................................................ 14

UX Containers (SRP) A.03.01.003

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HP-UX Containers (SRP) A.03.01.003 Release Notes Table of contents HP-UX Containers ................................................................................................................................ 2 HP-UX Containers documentation ....................................................................................................... 2 1 HP-UX Containers ............................................................................................................................. 2 1.
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HP-UX Containers The information in this document is for HP-UX Containers A.03.01.003 only. HP-UX Containers documentation For more information on HP-UX Containers, refer to these documents:  HP-UX Containers (SRP) Administrator's Guide  HP-UX Containers (SRP) White Papers  CMGR Administrator's and Developer's Guide These documents are located at: www.hp.com/go/virtualization-manuals Select the HP-UX Containers (SRP) Software product. 1 HP-UX Containers 1.
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 IP addresses  file system, networking, and IPC, and other isolation policies o Per container init processing - defines startup and shutdown activities per container. o Status reporting provides details on the various containers deployed on a system, including resource utilization and state.  Import and export a container o Copy a container from one system to another. o Pre-configure a container on multiple-systems for Serviceguard to enable fast autorestart upon failure.
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1.3 HP 9000 Containers product HP 9000 Containers provides a binary emulation environment for HP-UX PA-RISC workloads. The HP 9000 Containers product is installed separately from the HP-UX Containers (SRP) product. Once the HP-UX Containers (SRP) and HP 9000 Containers products are both installed, you can use the srp(1M)command to create and manage HP 9000 containers.
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are included in the HP-UX Containers A.03.01.003 depot. All the product bundles listed in the following table are installed on the system when the HP-UX Containers bundle is installed. Bundle name Version number Product name HP-UX-SRP A.03.01.003 HP-UX Secure Resource Partition and Configuration Manager AccessControl B.11.31.05 HP-UX Role-Based Access Control Infrastructure AuditExt B.11.31.04 HP-UX Audit Extensions ContainmentExt B.11.31.
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1.5.5 Removing (un-installing) HP-UX Containers product Use the following steps to remove (un-install) HP-UX Containers product from your HP-UX 11i v3 March 2012 (or later) system: 1. Logon to the system as the root user. 2. Stop all configured containers: # srp -stop container_name 3. Remove all configured containers: # srp -delete container_name 4. Disable HP-UX Containers : # srp_sys -disable 5.
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 HP-UX SRP A.02.02 SRPs can only be migrated to HP-UX Containers A.03.01 and later workload containers. 1.6.2 Upgrade instructions for HP-UX SRP A.02.02 After installing HP-UX Containers A.03.01.003, the product will be disabled. You can migrate existing HP-UX SRP A.02.02 containers as follows: 1. You must first enable HP-UX Containers using the srp_sys command. You can either use the –enable or the –setup option to enable HP-UX Containers.
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# srp –stop –batch Get the size of /var/hpsrp in KB (for example, 13,775,048 KB): # du –sk /var/hpsrp 2) Create a new file system where you can migrate the container content. Determine the existing volume group and available space for the new logical volume: # vgdisplay –v Assume that the new FS size requirement is 13500 MB, and that the available logical volume lvol4 is on /dev/vg00.
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1.7 Fixes and Enhancements in HP-UX Containers This section lists the enhancements and fixes for HP-UX Containers. It also specifies the version number of HP-UX Containers in which the new feature was introduced and the issue was fixed. The following table describes the new features and issues that are fixed and incorporated into HP-UX Containers A.03.01 and later.
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1.8 Limitations for HP-UX Containers A.03.01.003 When the HP-UX Containers A.03.01.003 bundle is installed on the system, the following features will not be available: 1. Installation from a remote network registered SD depot is not supported for software installation. See the HP-UX Containers (SRP ) A.03.01 Administrator’s Guide for alternative options. 2. Only the non-interactive command line interface (CLI) for the SD commands is supported when one or more system containers are configured. 3.
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2) Use the ipsec_config command to configure HP-UX IPSec to encrypt and authenticate IP packets between the secondary IP addresses and a remote IP address.  The srp –import command may reassign file ownership on file restoration when there are collisions with user or group names in the global view.
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Enabling HP-UX Containers will set the value of the system tunable cmpt_restrict_tl to 1 to restrict communication between containers using the STREAMS local transport drivers. This setting will also affect communication between compartments that are not associated with HPUX Containers. Refer to cmpt_restrict_tl(5) and compartments(5) for more information. 1.
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1.11.2 Disallowed privileges in system containers A set of privileges is disallowed in each system container to prevent users from performing administrative tasks that might have an impact on system wide resources or operations. Commands and system calls performing the administrative tasks that are disallowed in a system container will return an error. The following privileges (see privileges(5)) are disallowed within a system container: ACCOUNTING Allows a process to control the process accounting system.
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PSET Allows change to the system pset configuration. RDEVOPS Allows a process to do device specific administrative operations such as tape or disk formatting. REBOOT Allows a process to perform system reboot. Example: reboot(1M) RULESCONFIG Allows a process to add and modify compartment rules. Example: setrules(1M) SPUCTL Allows a process to perform certain administrative operations in the Instant Capacity product. SWAPCTL Allows a process to manage and configure system swap space.
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   HP-UX Boot authentication feature is not supported in system containers. Setting the BOOT_AUTH or the BOOT_USERS parameter in the container’s local /etc/default/security file has no effect. NFS server, CacheFS, CIFS client, and CFSM products are not supported in system containers. The HP-UX Accounting product is not supported in system containers.
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