HP-UX 11i v3 March 2012 Release Notes

• HP Process Resource Manager (PRM): Updated to version C.03.06 to deliver defect fixes.
PRMKernelSW and PRMLibraries updated to support PRM. See HP Process Resource
Manager Release Notes at http://www.hp.com/go/hpux-PRM-docs.
• New: HP Serviceguard Toolkit for Integrity Virtual Servers (SG IVS Toolkit): Facilitates seamless
integration of HP Integrity Virtual Machines with HP Serviceguard. Has a set of shell scripts
that aid in creating Serviceguard packages for VM and helps to start, stop, and monitor VM
on VM Hosts. Enables you to configure a VM as a package and provides high availability to
virtual machines configured in HP-UX servers. New features for the March 2012 release include
support for Online VM migration for VM-as-SG-node, support for vPar, and support for Direct
I/O (DIO) LAN and NPIV disk monitoring on the VM/vPar guest. Added as a recommended
(default-installed) product in the DC-OE, HA-OE, and VSE-OE. See HP Serviceguard Toolkit
for Integrity Virtual Servers Release Notes at http://www.hp.com/go/hpux-serviceguard-docs.
(Select HP Serviceguard Toolkit for Integrity Virtual Servers.)
• HP System Management Homepage: Delivers defect and security fixes. See HP System
Management Homepage 3.2.3 Release Notes at http://hp.com/go/hpux-core-docs. (Select
HP-UX System Administration.)
• HP-UX 11i v3 Feature Enablement (FEATURE11i): Updated for HP-UX 11i v3 with patches
that enhance or provide new or improved core features. Includes performance improvements
in the kernel, support for the latest Intel Itanium processors in currently shipping HP Integrity
systems, and features like SoftReboot and new virtualization. See “HP-UX 11i v3 Feature
Enablement Patch Bundle” (page 105).
• HP-UX 11i v3 Quality Pack Patch Bundles (QPKBASE and QPKAPPS): Updated with additional
defect-fix patches for the March 2012 release. See “HP-UX 11i v3 Quality Pack Patch Bundles”
(page 106).
• New: HP-UX GUID (globally unique identifier) Manager (GUIDMgr): Is a client-server based
product that allocates and manages unique World-Wide Names (WWNs) for N_Port ID
Virtualization (NPIV) Host Bus Adapters (HBAs), so you do not have to perform these tasks
manually. Integrated with the HP-UX vPars and Integrity VM v6.1 product to support NPIV.
Also integrated with HP Integrity Virtual Server Manager to support managing the database.
Added as an optional (selectable) product to all OEs. See HP-UX GUID Manager Administrator
Guide at http://www.hp.com/go/virtualization-manuals.
• HP-UX Kernel Configuration (kcweb): Delivers defect fixes. See HP System Management
Homepage 3.2.3 Release Notes at http://hp.com/go/hpux-core-docs. (Select HP-UX System
Administration.)
• HP-UX Software Assistant: Version C.02.90 includes updates to support the migration of the
HP IT Resource Center (http://itrc.hp.com) to the HP Support Center (http://hp.com/go/hpsc).
Minimum Java revisions updated to 1.5.0.20.00 for JRE1.5 (5.0) and 1.6.0.07.00 for JRE
6.0. See HP-UX Software Assistant Release Notes at http://www.hp.com/go/swa-docs.
• Ignite-UX: Version C.7.14.264 provides support for HPVM Direct I/O, HP-UX vPars and
Integrity VM v6.1, PAX block size enhancement, Oracle ASM Disk, Queen's card, and parallel
ignition through setboot changes. Ensures VxFS 5.0.1 components are always installed.
Also includes defect fixes. See Ignite-UX Release Notes at http://www.hp.com/go/
ignite-ux-docs.
• Logical Volume Manager (LVM): Delivers a new feature, "half dead disk" detection, that avoids
performance impacts caused by media-corrupted disks. Also delivers quality enhancements
and defect fixes. See Logical Volume Manager and MirrorDisk/UX Release Notes at http://
www.hp.com/go/hpux-LVM-VxVM-docs.
• Online Diagnostics: Delivers defect fixes. Is in support mode and is not supported on newer
platforms. See EMS Release Notes for HP-UX 11i v3 March 2012 Release and STM Release
Notes for HP-UX 11i v3 March 2012 Release at http://hp.com/go/
hpux-diagnostics-online-docs.
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