HP-UX 11i v3 March 2012 Release Notes

• PropPlus (SysMgmtPlus): Delivers defect fixes. See SysMgmtPlus Release Notes at http://
hp.com/go/hpux-diagnostics-sysmgmtplus-docs.
• New: SCSI Persistent Reservation Utilities: Command utilities allow querying and changing
Persistent Reservations and Registrations on a disk. Added as a recommended (default-installed)
product in all OEs. See SCSI Persistent Reservation Utilities Release Notes at http://
www.hp.com/go/hpux-core-docs-11iv3.
• New: SoftRebootEnh: Reduces OS reboot time experienced during routine system maintenance.
Achieves downtime reduction by skipping the platform hardware reset and booting the next
kernel directly from the current OS instance. Available on SD32B/64B nPar systems only.
Added as an optional (selectable) product in all OEs. See the SoftReboot documentation at
http://www.hp.com/go/hpux-core-docs-11iv3.
• Software Distributor (SD): Provides support for SoftReboot during the software installation and
removal (available on SD32B/64B nPar systems only). Also provides support for parallel
installation/removal/configuration on local containers (applicable only on HP-UX Containers
[SRP] enabled systems). See “Software Distributor (SD)” (page 106).
• System Fault Management (SFM): Provides support for the HP-UX vPars and Integrity VM v6.1
product, as well as future hardware. See SFM Release Notes for HP-UX 11i v3 March 2012
at http://www.hp.com/go/hpux-diagnostics-sfm-docs.
• Virtualization continuum
New: HP 9000 Containers: Provides a mechanism to re-host the complete HP 9000 user
space environment without the need to re-compile and re-install individual applications,
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and with minimal re-configuration and application inventory preparation effort. Hosts the
transitioned HP 9000 environment inside a chroot directory. Uses HP-UX Containers
(SRP) for isolated execution environments (containers) and HP ARIES dynamic binary
translator as underlying execution layer. Provides two types of containers: HP 9000
system (file system isolation, multiple containers on same kernel); and HP 9000 classic
(shared file system, trusted mode support). Added as an optional (selectable) product in
all OEs. See HP 9000 Containers A.03.01 Release Notes at http://www.hp.com/go/
hp9000-containers.
◦ HP Integrity Virtual Server Manager (formerly HP Integrity Virtual Machines Manager):
Version 6.1 supports features provided by the HP-UX vPars and Integrity VM v6.1 product.
Modified to include Virtual Partitions Manager GUI functionality for managing virtual
machines and virtual partitions. Depending on the version of HP Integrity VM installed,
Virtual Server Manager can manage either virtual machines or virtual partitions. Supports
DIO features. See HP Integrity Virtual Server Manager v6.1 Release Notes and HP Integrity
Virtual Server Manager v6.1 User Guide at http://www.hp.com/go/matrixoe/docs.
◦ HP-UX Containers (formerly HP-UX Secure Resource Partitions [SRP]): Version A.03.01.003
offers new features and enhancements to support multiple HP 9000 containers, create a
new container by copying an existing one, configuring multiple IP addresses for a container
using Container Manager, and support the update-ux command. See HP-UX Containers
(SRP) A.03.01.001 Release Notes at http://hp.com/go/virtualization-manuals. (Select
HP-UX Containers (SRP) Software.)
◦ HP-UX nPartition Configuration Commands: Includes manpage changes to support dynamic
core feature along with localized Japanese manpages. See HP-UX nPartition Configuration
Commands Release Notes at http://hp.com/go/hpux-npars-docs.
◦ HP-UX Virtual Partitions v5 (T1335DC): vPars manpages are updated to include content
about changes in the HP Integrity Superdome 2 servers. Also delivers defect fixes for
software and documentation. See HP-UX Virtual Partitions Release Notes A.05.09 at
http://hp.com/go/hpux-core-docs. (Select HP-UX 11i v3 and go to the Getting Started
category.)
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