SFM Release Notes for HP-UX 11i v3 March 2012 web release

SFM is the default monitoring mode. However, you can switch to the OnlineDiag monitoring mode.

For information on how to switch to the OnlineDiag mode, see the SFM Administrator's Guide at

http://www.hp.com/go/hpux-diagnostics-docs

NOTE: OnlineDiag monitoring mode is not supported on HP Integrity BL860c i2, BL870c

i2 & BL890c i2 Server Blades, rx2800 i2, and HP Integrity Superdome 2.

Therefore, switching between modes will not be available on these HP Integrity Servers.

The Event Monitoring Service (EMS) wrapper provider receives events generated by the EMS

hardware monitors. The following EMS hardware monitors are supported on HP 9000 servers

running the HP-UX 11i v3 operating system:

• LPMC (now CPU) (lpmc_em)

• Memory (dm_memory)

• Core HW (dm_core_hw)

• Chassis Code (dm_chassis)

• IPMI Forward Progress Log Monitor (fpl_em)

The following EMS hardware monitors are supported on HP Integrity servers running the HP-UX

11i v3 operating system:

• Corrected platform error monitor (cpe_em)

• IPMI forward progress log monitor (fpl_em)

• CMC monitor (cmc_em)

• Itanium core hardware monitor (ia64_corehw)

• Itanium memory monitor (memory_ia64)

NOTE: All of EMS hardware monitors are not supported by EMS wrapper provider included in

SFM product. For information on other providers like I/O and Storage, see HP WBEM providers

at http://www.hp.com/go/hpux-wbem-docs

Defect fix

• QXCR1001195932

Upgrade of SFM fails if the machine has very low memory.

Problem: Upgrade of SFM fails on a machine that has a database with large number of record

set and the system runs out of memory while executing the query to fetch all records. The

upgrade fails with the following errors.

ERROR: database "LOGDB" already exists

ERROR: Operation : createdb LOGDB failed

Resolution: This problem is fixed.

• QXCR1001191571

Data access issue

Problem: The data access issue with SFM C.07.06.03.01 version is resolved in this release.

Resolution: This issue is resolved.

EVWEB

This section describes EVWEB.

What Is EVWEB

EVWEB is a tool that can be used to view and administer WBEM indications generated on the

HP-UX 11i v3 system.

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