STM Release Notes for HP-UX 11i v2 January 2011 Release

Table Of Contents

Release Notes for STM B.11.23.14.02 on HP-UX 11i v2

(January 2011)

Contents

Overview........................................................................................................................1

Pre-requisites...................................................................................................................1

Defect Fixes.....................................................................................................................1

Known Problems...............................................................................................................1

Documentation.................................................................................................................2

Online Help....................................................................................................................2

SD Product Structure.....................................................................................................2

Reporting Defects.............................................................................................................3

This release notes discuss the HP-UX 11i v2 (January 2011) release of the Support Tools Manager

(STM).

Overview

The Support Tools Manager (STM) provides a set of online support tools for the HP-UX system,

enabling you to verify and troubleshoot system hardware, and to examine system logs.

STM offers several tool types, including Information tools, Verifiers, Exercisers, Expert tools, Firmware

Update tools, Diagnostics and Utilities.

Pre-requisites

Following is the software pre-requisite for installing Diagnostics and Support Tools:

• EMS version A.04.20.23 or later

Note: The requirements are available on the Operating Environment (OE) media.

Defect Fixes

The following defects are fixed for the HP-UX 11i v2 December 2009 release and is supported on

both HP Integrity and HP 9000 systems:

• QXCR1001038436

EMSHw: disk_em keeps restarting after dying with SIGSEGV. disk_em aborting at startup due

to heap corruption. This issue is now fixed.

Known Problems

Following is the known problems and workarounds for the HP-UX 11i v2 January 2011 release:

• Known Problem:

Starting with HP-UX 11i v2 May 2005 release of Online Diagnostics, the format of the contents

in the System Activity Log file is enhanced. As a result, the System Activity Log file from an

earlier release of Online Diagnostics may not be supported.

Workaround:

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Remove the unformatted System Activity Log files from the /var/stm/logs/sys/ directory. The System Activity Log files are created dynamically during the next system activity in the upgraded environment. • Symptom: System port scan software can cause diagmond process to exit. Problem: The port which diagmond uses should be explicitly used for diagmond. If other applications try to access this port, the diagmond process exits.
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FILESET: STM-SHLIBS Description: S800/S700 STM Shared Libraries FILESET: STM-UI-RUN Corequisite Filesets: STM-SHLIBS Description: S800/S700 STM User Interface FILESET: STM-UUT-RUN Corequisite Filesets: STM-SHLIBS Description: S800/700 STM Unit Under Test Runtime Reporting Defects You can report defects and send suggestions to diag.onlinediag.docs using QUIX. If you do not have access to QUIX, contact your local HP representative to file a defect on your behalf. http://www.hp.