HP-UX 11i v3 March 2012 Release Notes

– HP Insight Virtualization Manager
– Virtual Server Environment Configuration Assistant (vseassist)
– HP Global Workload Manager Agent LTU
– HP Virtualization Manager for HP-UX LTU
– HP Capacity Advisor for HP-UX LTU
– HP VSE Suite for HP-UX 11i LTU
◦ HP Integrity Virtual Machines (Integrity VM): Version 4.2 includes several features, including
the ability to automatically start virtual machines with the start type "Auto"; Online VM
migration with shared LVM backing stores; support for additional guests; expanded AVIO
support; ability to migrate an Integrity Virtual Machine from a source VM Host to a target
VM Host without service interruption; and much more.
◦ HP Integrity Virtual Machines (VMGuestLib): Version 4.2 includes support for the new
features of HP Integrity Virtual Machines V4.2, which supports HP-UX 11i v3 as a VM
Host.
◦ HP Integrity Virtual Machines (VMGuestSW): Updated to include in the V4.2 versions of
VMProvider and VMGuestLib.
◦ HP Integrity Virtual Machines (VMKernelSW): No longer sets the base_pagesize on
the VM host.
◦ HP Integrity Virtual Machines Manager: Extends management capabilities to include
migration of virtual machines from one host to another, enhanced support for virtual
machines configured as Serviceguard packages, creating a file as a virtual storage device
that backs a disk, and removing I/O devices from a virtual machine.
◦ HP Integrity Virtual Machines Provider (VMProvider): Upgrade to V4.2 supports the new
features of HP Integrity Virtual Machines V4.2, including support for Online VM Migration.
◦ HP-UX nPartition Configuration Commands: Delivers fixes for internally found defects.
◦ HP-UX Virtual Partitions: You can now put the monitor bootpath at the beginning of the
EFI Boot Manager menu so that, on the next boot, you will be able to do an unattended
boot from the changed bootpath. You will also be able to see from the monitor prompt
the default boot path from which the monitor has booted. Bundle changed from T1335CC
to T1335DC.
◦ New: Integrity VM Online Migration Software (OVMM): Provides support for online
migration of Integrity Virtual Machines from one VM Host to another VM Host without
service interruption. Newly added as optional software in VSE-OE and DC-OE. Bundle
T8718AC.
◦ Partition Manager: Delivers fixes for internally found defects.
◦ Utilization Provider for HP-UX 11i v3: Updated to version A.01.08.04.01 to support HP
Insight Dynamics version 6.0.
◦ vPar Provider: Provides a defect fix and a new property that obtains the virtual partition
ID.
• HP Serviceguard NFS Toolkit: Version A.11.31.05 delivers defect fixes.
• HP System Management Homepage: Provides information about the actions performed on
HP SMH. CLI now available.
• HP Systems Insight Manager: Version 6.0 provides enhancements in all functionality areas,
including Scalability, Reporting, Firmware Updates, License Manager, Heterogeneous support,
and other changes.
• HP-UX Accounts for Users and Groups (ugweb): Delivers defect fixes.
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