HP-UX Containers (SRP) A.03.01.007 Release Notes (766153-002, May 2014)

• Enhancements for Container Manager, formerly SRP Manager, to support configuration of
multiple IP addresses for a container.
• Support to update the HP-UX operating system in an HP-UX Containers enabled system to a
newer version using the update-ux(1M) command. The update-ux command was not
supported with HP-UX Containers A.03.00.x.
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. For produce version requirements,
and details on how to configure and manage an HP 9000 container, see HP 9000 Containers
documentation (http://www.hp.com/go/hp9000-containers
).
NOTE: HP 9000 Containers version A.01.0x requires HP-UX SRP version A.02.02. HP 9000
Containers version A.03.0x requires HP-UX Containers version A.03.01 or later.
1.4 What’s new in HP-UX Containers A.03.01.007
This is a defect fix release of HP-UX Containers. For more information about defect fixes, see Fixes
and Enhancements in HP-UX Containers.
1.5 Acquiring and installing HP-UX Containers
HP-UX Containers A.03.01.007 is available free of charge from HP Software Depot
(http://software.hp.com
).
1.5.1 Installation requirements
The HP-UX Containers A.03.01.007 product requires one of the following operating environments on
HP 9000 and HP Integrity Servers:
• HP-UX 11i v3 March 2014 (B.11.31.1403)
• HP-UX 11i v3 March 2013 (B.11.31.1303)
• HP-UX 11i v3 September 2012 (B.11.31.1209)
• HP-UX 11i v3 March 2012 (B.11.31.1203)
NOTE:
• Review the compatibility issues described in 1.10 Compatibility with other products before
installing the HP-UX Containers product.
• Ensure that the VxFS patch PHKL_43475 or later is installed on the HP 9000 and HP Integrity
servers.
1.5.2 Configuration requirements
The shared system container has the following file system configuration requirement:
The global directories /stand, /usr, and /sbin are mounted using read-only LOFS mounts into the
container. The root directory of the container (/var/hpsrp/container_name) is required to be on a
different file system than the LOFS read-only mounted directories. Typical file system layouts that use
separate file systems for /, /var, /usr, /home, /stand, and /tmp adhere to this requirement and pose
no problem for shared file system containers. For systems with a file system layout that do not have
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