HP-UX 11i Version 3 September 2011 Release Notes Operating Environments Update Release Abstract This document provides an overview of what is new, changed, deprecated, or obsoleted in the HP-UX 11i v3 Operating Environments since the previous update release of HP-UX 11i v3. This document is intended for system administrators responsible for managing HP-UX 11i v3. Administrators are expected to have knowledge of operating system concepts, commands, and configuration.
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Table 2 Previous Documents in This Series (continued) Document Title and Edition Document Supported manufacturing part operating number systems Edition Publication date HP-UX 11i Version 3 March 2009 Release Notes 5992-5804 HP-UX 11i v3 Edition 1 March 2009 HP-UX 11i Version 3 September 2008 Release Notes 5992-4174 HP-UX 11i v3 Edition 1 September 2008 HP-UX 11i Version 3 March 2008 Release Notes 5992-3373 HP-UX 11i v3 Edition 1 March 2008 HP-UX 11i Version 3 September 2007 Release Notes 5
Contents 1 How to use this document............................................................................7 The purpose of the HP-UX 11i Version 3 September 2011 release notes............................................7 Where you should begin...........................................................................................................7 2 Introduction to HP-UX 11i version 3...............................................................8 HP-UX 11i release names and release identifiers.....
Documentation..................................................................................................................98 Obsolescence...................................................................................................................98 HP-UX 11iv3 Quality Pack Patch Bundles....................................................................................98 Summary of Change..........................................................................................................
8 Security.................................................................................................107 HP-UX Auditing and Security Attributes Configuration (secweb) ..................................................107 Summary of Change........................................................................................................107 Compatibility..................................................................................................................107 Performance..................
1 How to use this document The purpose of the HP-UX 11i Version 3 September 2011 release notes This document is part of a series. Each document in the series describes what is new, changed, deprecated, or obsoleted since the previous release of HP-UX 11i v3 (or, in the case of the initial, February 2007, release, since the September 2005 release of HP-UX 11i v1 and the June 2006 release of HP-UX 11i v2).
2 Introduction to HP-UX 11i version 3 HP-UX 11i v3 is an enterprise release delivering the highest level of integrated virtualization and automation. HP-UX 11i v3 dynamically reduces complexity and cuts deployment times to maximize return on investment. With the March 2008 release, HP began offering new HP-UX 11i v3 Operating Environments. The new Operating Environments, which offer a richer set of products, are available only for version 3 of HP-UX 11i.
structure, see the HP-UX 11i Version 3 Installation and Update Guide (http://hp.com/go/ hpux-core-docs). Table 4 HP-UX 11i v3 software installation types Installation Type Description Required (always-installed) Software and administration tools needed to create a minimally bootable and maintainable system. Only the drivers for basic hardware are included in this category. You might need to install additional drivers to use all hardware components. Software in this category cannot be deselected.
Table 5 HP-UX 11i v3 OE descriptions (continued) HP-UX 11i v3 Operating Environment Description virtualization by combining the robust product selection in the VSE-OE and HA-OE in one integrated and tested bundle. This OE contains all the products included in the BOE, VSE-OE, HA-OE (and the original MCOE) and is bundled as HPUX11i-DC-OE. Electronic Delivery The HP-UX 11i v3 electronic software delivery model includes Americas, Europe, Middle East, and Asia. The download consists of ISO images of each OE.
proactive notification, but do not need proactive service delivery and integration with a management platform. • HP Insight Remote Support Advanced: This software provides comprehensive remote monitoring and proactive service support for nearly all HP servers, storage, network, and SAN environments, plus selected non-HP servers that have a support obligation with HP. It is integrated with HP Systems Insight Manager.
3 What is new This chapter provides a quick overview of what is new, changed, deprecated, or obsoleted in each HP-UX 11i v3 release.
September 2011 Release Notes, Hardware-specific information • CommonIO: Packages multiple products which support SAS and Fibre Channel adapters, and is always installed. Updated with quality and performance improvements. See HP CommonIO B.11.31.1109 Release Notes at http://www.hp.com/go/common-io-docs. • Hardware Enablement Bundle for HP-UX 11i v3 (HWEnable11i): Includes new HP-UX 11i v3 patches for support of the latest HP Integrity systems with new Core I/O and chipsets.
• ◦ GigEther-01 (igelan): Version B.11.31.1105 includes quality improvements. See GigEther-01 (igelan) Gigabit Ethernet Driver Release Notes for HP-UX 11i v3 at http:// www.hp.com/go/gigabit-ethernet-100bt-cards-docs. ◦ IB4X-00: Version B.11.31.1109 delivers quality improvements. See IB4X-00 Driver for InfiniBand Release Notes Version Number B.11.31.1109 at http://hp.com/go/ hpux-iocards-docs. (Select HP-UX 11i v3.) ◦ IEther-00: Contains the iether driver.
• HP Serviceguard Storage Management Suite: For version A.04.00, two new patches, PHSS_41628 and PHSS_41674, have been released independently of the September 2011 OEUR and deliver new enhancements as well as critical defect fixes. See HP Serviceguard Storage Management Suite Version A.04.00 for HP-UX 11i v3 Release Notes at http:// hp.com/go/hpux-serviceguard-docs. (Select HP Serviceguard Storage Management Suite A.04.xx (with 5.1 SP1 Veritas).) • HP System Insight Manager: Version 7.
• IMPORTANT: Starting from the HP-UX 11i v3 September 2011 release, HP recommends you install all of the following products together to maintain compatibility among the diagnostic products: ProviderSvcsBase and System Fault Management, as well as the I/O Providers HP-UX WBEM RAIDSA Provider, HP-UX WBEM SAS Provider, HP-UX WBEM Fibre Channel Provider, and HP-UX WBEM Direct Attached Storage Provider (DASProvider). • Virtualization continuum • ◦ Accelerated Virtual I/O (AVIO): Delivers defect repairs.
HPUXESDISKIndicationProvider). See HP-UX WBEM Direct Attached Storage Provider Release Notes. ◦ HP-UX WBEM Fibre Channel Provider: Delivers defect fixes. See HP-UX WBEM Fibre Channel Provider Release Notes. ◦ HP-UX WBEM IOTree Indication Provider: Delivers defect fixes. See HP-UX WBEM IOTree Indication Provider Release Notes. ◦ HP-UX WBEM Kernel Providers: Delivers defect fixes. See HP-UX WBEM Kernel Providers Release Notes. ◦ HP-UX WBEMP LAN Provider: Delivers defect fixes.
resources. Delivered as a recommended (default-installed) product in all OEs. VxFS 5.0 is no longer shipped as part of the OEs. ◦ New: VxVM: Version 5.0.1 (Base-VxVM-501) replaces VxVM 5.0 (Base-VxVM-50) and provides enhanced volume management features, improved cluster and node functionality, and additional multipathing capabilities. Delivered as an optional (optionally installed) product in all OEs. VxVM 5.0 is no longer shipped as part of the OEs.
• HP-UX Auditing System Extensions: Version B.11.31.04 (AuditExt V4.0) includes support for HP-UX Containers (HP-UX SRP) and enhanced auditdp command functionality. See HP-UX Auditing System Extensions V.11.31.04 Release Notes. • HP-UX Bastille: Updated to version B.3.3.01 to support for HP-UX Containers (SRP) version A.03.00. See HP-UX Bastille Version B.3.3.01 Release Notes. • HP-UX Host Intrusion Detection System: Version 4.4 supports monitoring of HP-UX Containers (HP-UX SRP).
Note: SDK/RTE version 1.4.x is delivered with the AR release only and is not included in the OEs. SDK/RTE v 1.4.x is planned for future obsolescence. See HP-UX Java™ - End of Life Policy & Release Naming Terminology at http://www.hp.com/go/hpux-java-docs. September 2011 Release Notes, Internationalization • There are no changes in September 2011 for the products or features that are normally documented in this section.
supported by this bundle, see 10GigEthr-03 (iocxgbe) B.11.31.1103 Ethernet Driver Release Notes at http://hp.com/go/hpux-iocards-docs. • ◦ FibrChanl-01: Delivers the driver fcd for use with Fibre Channel HBAs. For information on specific changes in this release, see FibrChanl-01 (fcd) Fibre Channel Mass Storage Driver for HP-UX 11i v3 Release Notes. For information on supported cards, see the respective HP Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter Support Matrix. Both documents are available at http://hp.
Mass Storage Stack" and "The Effect of Device Replacement on Agile Device Files," are available. • Utility Pricing Solutions ◦ HP Instant Capacity: Delivers defect fixes. See iCAP Release Notes at http://hp.com/go/ hp-icap-docs. March 2011 Release Notes, General system administration 22 • Distributed Systems Administration Utilities (DSAU): Updated to include changes in the newer version of the open source component syslog-ng v3.0.5. See Distributed Systems Administration Utilities (DSAU) V2.
Superdome 2. See HP Global Workload Manager User Guide at http://www.hp.com/ go/insightdynamics-manuals. • ◦ HP Insight Dynamics - VSE for Integrity: Version A.6.2.0 provides expanded hardware support, software enhancements, and defect fixes. See HP Insight Dynamics 6.2 Release Notes at http://www.hp.com/go/insightdynamics-manuals. (Select HP Insight Dynamics Software.) To check for a newer release of this product, see HP Software Depot: https:// h20392.www2.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.
the OEs in error. See HP Serviceguard Extension for Oracle E-business Suite B.01.00 Release Notes at http://hp.com/go/hpux-serviceguard-docs. 24 • HP Serviceguard NFS Toolkit: Delivers defect fixes. See Serviceguard NFS Toolkit A.11.31.08 Release Notes at http://hp.com/go/hpux-serviceguard-docs. (Select HP Serviceguard NFS Toolkit.) • HP Serviceguard Toolkit for Oracle Data Guard (T2259AA): For the March 2011 release, this product has been removed from the OEs.
• Software Distributor: Updated to support Secure Resource Partitions (SRP) v3. Delivers defect fixes. • System Fault Management: Updated to revision C.07.03.xx.yy. Enhanced to support memory info tool, improved processor cache error handling, DPR event per core, enhanced event details with decoded physical location, and information of all fans on rx2660 system. Enhanced eventviewer, logviewer of evweb, and emtui. See SFM Release Notes at http:// hp.com/go/hpux-diagnostics-online-docs.
HP-UX platform. See HP-UX Apache-based Web Server v.3.14 release notes at https:// h20392.www2.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do? productNumber=HPUXWSATW314. ◦ HP-UX Tomcat-based Servlet Engine: hpuxwsTomcat has been replaced by hpuxws22Tomcat, which provides Java-based extensions for dynamic content generation via Servlets and JavaServer Pages (JSPs). See HP-UX Apache-based Web Server v.3.14 release notes at https://h20392.www2.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.
Also see related products listed under “Internet and Networking.” March 2011 Release Notes, Commands and system calls • efi_rm(1M) command: Enhanced to recover free space in the EFI volume of the EFI file system. • fcntl(2) system call: Enhanced to close multiple file descriptors at one time. • poll(2) system call: Updated so that, if there is no writer at the other end of pipe or fifo, pipe and fifo file descriptors wait in the poll(2) system call.
September 2010 Release Notes, Hardware-specific information • CommonIO: Packages multiple products which support SAS and Fibre Channel adapters, and is always installed. Updated with quality and performance improvements. See the HP CommonIO B.11.31.1009 Release Notes at http://hp.com/go/hpux-iocards-docs.
September 2010 Release Notes, General system administration • Dynamic Root Disk (DRD): Improvements to DRD synchronization, support for LVM 2.2 root volume groups, support in drd runcmd for kcmodule, kconfig, and mk_kernel. Plus a new white paper to help with migration to the new HP Integrity server family. See Dynamic Root Disk A.3.6.* Release Notes at http://www.hp.com/go/drd-docs. • Enterprise Cluster Master Toolkit: Version B.06.00 includes support for HP Serviceguard A.11.19 and A.11.20, Apache 2.
◦ HP Integrity Virtual Machines OVMM: Updated to include defect fixes. See HP Integrity Virtual Machines 4.2.5: Release Notes at http://www.hp.com/go/virtualization-manuals. ◦ HP Integrity Virtual Machines VMGuestLib: Subset of the HP Integrity Virtual Machines API Library used by WBEM Provider. Updated to incorporate defect fixes. See HP Integrity Virtual Machines 4.2.5: Release Notes at http://www.hp.com/go/virtualization-manuals.
• HP Systems Insight Manager: Version 6.0 introduces a series of exciting enhancements. Scalability which allows manageability up to 10,000 systems (up to 5,000 servers, with additional 5,000 management processors, VMS, and so on) when using Windows 64-bit. Enhanced reporting including tables and graphs for easier access to Systems Insight Manager data; migration tool to transfers settings from a SIM 5.3x CMS to a SIM 6.
• New: Tunable for aggressive kernel memory caching: Provides tunable kmem_aggressive_caching to give you control over the caching and pre-allocation of kernel memory pages. • Update-UX and SW-GETTOOLS: Delivers defect fixes. • WBEM Services and providers ◦ HP WBEM Services for HP-UX: Version A.02.09.04 is a minor update to the HP WBEM Services version A.02.09 that was released with HP-UX 11i v2 and 11i v3 in September 2009. Includes defect fixes.
September 2010 Release Notes, Disk and file management • HP-UX Disks and File Systems (fsweb): disklist command is now fixed to display a disk as “Used” if the volume group configured on it is deactivated. A few internally found issues are fixed. • ONCplus: Includes parallel mount feature for performance improvement and defect fixes. See ONCplus B.11.31.09.01 Release Notes at http://hp.com/go/hpux-networking-docs.
• OpenSSL: Versions A.00.09.07m and A.00.09.08n contain defect fixes. See OpenSSL A.00.09.08n.001, A.00.09.08n.002, and A.00.09.08n.003 Release Notes at http:// www.hp.com/go/hpux-security-docs. • Kerberos Client: Version 1.6.2.07 contains defect fixes only. See Kerberos Client 1.6.2.07 Release Notes at http://www.hp.com/go/hpux-security-docs. (Click HP-UX Kerberos Data Security Software.
March 2010 Release Notes, Chapter 2: “Introduction to HP-UX 11i version 3” • New: Software Pack (Optional HP-UX 11i v3 Core Enhancements): New products (HP-UX LongPassword for HP-UX 11i v3 and trufgrep(1) command) are available in the Operating Environments as optional (optionally installed) features. March 2010 Release Notes, Chapter 4: “Hardware-specific information” • CommonIO: Updated with quality improvements.
• Feature Enablement Patch Bundle (FEATURE11i): Updated with patches that enhance or provide new core features (including performance improvements) and enable support for improved boot time. Includes performance improvements in scheduling, long password enhancement, Internationalization improvements, and many other enhancements. • High Availability Monitors: Upgraded to A.04.20.31.05 to support the update of Event Monitoring Service (EMS). • HP Caliper performance analyzer: Version 5.
◦ 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.
• Obsolescence Bundle: Now also includes MLIB, MPI, and Mozilla. • Online Diagnostics: Will not be supported on newer platforms. SysFaultMgmt will be the default monitoring mode. • Printer Management (web-based): Delivers defect fixes. • PropPlus (SysMgmtPlus): Supports new and updated property pages in HP SMH. • ProviderSvcsBase: CIM_RegisteredProfile class and CIM_ElementConformsToProfile class moved to HP WBEM Services for HP-UX. • Quality Pack Patch Bundles: Updated for March 2010.
vulnerabilities reported by the Mozilla Foundation. FIREFOXsrc has been removed from the OE. Mozilla is no longer supported by HP-UX 11i v3. • HP CIFS Server: Supports Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista operating systems. Dynamic DNS update option is available. Defect fixes are made. • New: HP-UX Directory Server (HPDS): Version B.08.10.01 replaces the Red Hat Directory Server for HP-UX (RHDS) product line.
• New: SAR-MEMFS-ENH: Enables you to obtain MemFS data with the sar(1M) command. Added as optional (optionally installed) software in all OEs. • New: trufgrep(1) command performs better then fgrep(1) command with a more efficient algorithm. FGREPMULTPAT bundle is optional (optionally installed) software in all OEs. March 2010 Release Notes, Chapter 10: “Libraries and programming” • HP Wildebeest Debugger: Version 6.
• HP Instant Capacity: Updated to version B.11.31.09.02.00. Performance of GiCAP enhanced. Group Manager can now accept members with longer passwords. • iCAP Manager: Complex names containing special characters are now displayed correctly. • Networking and mass storage drivers • ◦ 10GigEthr-01 Updated with quality improvements. ◦ 10GigEthr-02: Supports future products. As a result, there are no changes that affect customer systems. ◦ FibrChanl-00: Updated to version B.11.31.
◦ Utilization Provider: Updated to version A.01.08.02.01 to support VSE Management Software and HP Insight Dynamics - VSE version 4.1 Update 1. ◦ vPar Provider: Now supported on HP Integrity Superdome systems. Also incorporates defect fixes. • HP Serviceguard NFS Toolkit: Enhanced to provide Modular Package support. • HP System Management Homepage: Now supports IPv6, Internet Explorer v8, and long-length passwords in shadow password mode. Also incorporates defect fixes.
• Update-UX: Updated to incorporate defect fixes. No new features or functionality in update-ux. • WBEM services and providers ◦ HP WBEM Services for HP-UX: Now based on OpenPegasus 2.9 source base and CIM Schema 2.17.1; a command-based troubleshooting utility, wbemassist, is introduced; CIM repository is now a database. ◦ Direct Attached Storage Provider (DAS Provider): Requires ProviderSvcsBase product. Incorporates defect fixes.
• HP-UX Software Assistant: Includes improvements in the integration with HP-SIM. • OpenSSL: Updated to incorporate defect fixes. • PAM Kerberos: Incorporates defect fixes. September 2009 Release Notes, Chapter 9: “Commands and system calls” • ioscan(1M): The -P option enhanced to accept two properties: ms_scan_time and physical_location. • mediainit(1): Enhanced to provide a new option, -V, which makes the command validate the scrub operation.
March 2009 Release Notes, Chapter 2: “Introduction to HP-UX 11i Version 3” • Software Pack (Optional HP-UX 11i v3 Core Enhancements): Several new and updated Software Pack products are available in the Operating Environments as optional products. March 2009 Release Notes, Chapter 4: “Hardware-Specific Information” • CommonIO: Updated with quality improvements.
• Feature Enablement Patch Bundle (FEATURE11i): Updated for HP-UX 11i v3 with patches that enhance or provide new core features (including performance improvements) and enable support for improved dump time and dump analysis tools, file system enhancements including MemFS, performance improvements for multithreaded applications, power minimization and management enhancements, Internationalization improvements, and many other enhancements. • FirstBoot: Updated to support Dynamic Root Disk (DRD).
configuration of the nPartition that is LORA compliant. (LORA will be released in the future.) ◦ HP-UX Virtual Partitions: Includes defect fixes and will support LORA when the feature is released. ◦ Partition Manager: Includes a defect fix. ◦ Utilization Provider: Updated to version A.01.08.01.02 to support VSE Management Software and HP Insight Dynamics - VSE version 4.1. Supports dynamic nPartition systems and is now available for both 32-bit and 64-bit HP ProLiant Linux systems.
• Network Interfaces Configuration and Network Services Configuration: You can now use the HP SMH web interface for managing IPv6 neighbor discovery cache. • Obsolescence Bundle: Used during an update when obsolete software on the system needs to be removed. Is automatically selected for updates. During the update process selected obsolete or incompatible products and/or drivers are removed. • Online Diagnostics: Updated to support new and future devices, and to incorporate defect fixes.
◦ HP-UX WBEM SCSI Provider: System Management Homepage (HP SMH) web page display is enhanced to provide detailed information about SCSI HBAs installed on the system. And more. ◦ HP-UX WBEMP-LAN Provider: You can obtain detailed Ethernet-based LAN card properties information from the HP SMH application. And more. March 2009 Release Notes, Chapter 6: “Disk and File Management” • New: MemFS: A memory-based filesystem that provides fast access to temporary files by storing them in main memory.
• HP-UX Secure Shell: Updated to version A.05.00.026. Based on OpenSSH5.1p1 and includes several new features and defect fixes. • New: HP-UX Security Containment Extensions: Simplifies the configuration of application containment and enables compartment login restrictions for enhanced application stacking and workload consolidation. • HP-UX Software Assistant: Updated to version C.02.11. Now allows you to select the analyzers to be used when generating reports within HP SIM and now supports Java™ SE6.
March 2009 Release Notes, Chapter 11: “Internationalization” • iconv Codeset Conversion: Supports more varied forms of user or third-party codeset translation tables for MFCONV. March 2009 Release Notes, Chapter 12: “Other Functionality” • New: HP-UX Parallel Umounts (UmountallEnh): A multi-threaded umountall feature that unmounts all or selected filesystems in parallel. Software Pack product.
◦ FibrChanl-00: Updated to incorporate defect fixes. ◦ FibrChanl-01: To see what's changed from one release to the next, see the driver's release history. ◦ FibrChanl-02: Updated to incorporate defect fixes. ◦ GigEther-01: The gigabit interface to be configured to connect at ONLY speed 1000FD and fail if there is a fallback in the speed (100FD/100HD or 10FD/10HD). Supports accelerated virtual I/O (AVIO) to significantly improve Integrity VM (HPVM) I/O performance.
• HP Caliper: Features and changes include support for thread contention analysis and visualization; data-centric cache profiling; scaling of the system-wide performance view to larger cell-based systems; and many others. • HP GlancePlus Pak: New metrics are included. • HP Partitioning and Virtual Server Environment • ◦ New: Accelerated Virtual I/O (AVIO): Added are three new Accelerated Virtual I/O device drivers. Provide significant performance improvements over the existing VIO products.
• HP System Management Homepage: Updated to version A.2.2.9 to incorporate defect fixes and support for virtual IDs. • HP Systems Insight Manager: Updated to version 5.2 with enhancements for Remote Support Pack. • HP-UX Accounts for Users and Groups: Supports use of numeric login names for local and NIS user names and group names.
• Virtual Server Environment Configuration Assistant (VseAssist): Extended with additional checks supporting new features of VSE Management Software version 4.0, including updated licensing checks and a new iCAP status check. • WBEM Services and Providers ◦ HP WBEM Services for HP-UX: Updated to incorporate defect fixes and support for virtual IDs. ◦ HP-UX WBEM Fibre Channel Provider: Updated to incorporate defect fixes. ◦ HP-UX WBEM IOTree Provider: Supports consolidated status (CSP) feature.
• Thunderbird, ThunderbirdSrc: Updated to version 2.0.0.12. Fixes several security vulnerabilities reported by the Mozilla Foundation. • Internet Services ◦ HP-UX FTP Server (WU-FTPD): New audit reporting APIs are enabled in ftpd(1M). ftpd(1M) supports more than 20 user groups (NGROUPS). Includes defect fixes. ◦ HP-UX Mail Server (Sendmail): Sendmail(1M) supports user groups (NGROUPS) more than 20. Includes defect fixes. ◦ HPUX-Nameserver (BIND): named(1M) now supports 64-bit addresses.
• HP-UX Linker and HP Dynamic Loader: Features include improved fastbind mechanism for decreasing program startup time; improved dld startup time; non-suspension of threads; and more. • Java 2 Standard Edition Platform ◦ New: Java JDK/JRE for HP-UX: JDK/JRE version 6.0 is a new version of the HP-UX Java Development Kit (JDK) for the Java 2 Platform Standard Edition. JDK/JRE version 5.0 and SDK/RTE 1.4.2 have been updated to incorporate defect and security bulletin fixes.
March 2008 Release Notes, Chapter 2: “Introduction to HP-UX 11i Version 3” • Original HP-UX 11i v3 Operating Environments (OEs): The March 2008 release of HP-UX 11i v3 is the last full Operating Environments Update Release (OEUR) release provided for the original HP-UX 11i OEs. • New: HP-UX 11i v3 Operating Environments: With the March 2008 release, HP presents a set of new Operating Environments for HP-UX 11i v3.
• New: Proximity Topology: Provides a mechanism to programmatically determine a system's proximity topology in order to make informed decisions to minimize cache-to-cache latency. • Utility Pricing Solutions ◦ The HP Instant Capacity: Updated with defect fixes and several enhancements, including GiCAP Disaster Recovery, which allows customers to transfer usage rights to other group members when a member is unavailable.
◦ New: Workload Manager Toolkits: Newly delivered as a recommended product in the VSE-OE and DC-OE. ◦ nPartition Provider: Updated to version B.31.01.10.03 to incorporate defect fixes. ◦ Utilization Provider: Updated to version A.01.06.03.03 to incorporate defect fixes. ◦ vPar Provider: Updated to incorporate defect fixes. • HP Serviceguard: Now delivered as a recommended product in the HA-OE and DC-OE. Other updates available independent of the OEs.
• System Fault Management: Now the default monitoring mode. Supports PCI Express interface events on selected systems. New providers are introduced; MP Provider is enhanced. More enhancements are included, as well as defect fixes. • Update-UX: Supports the new OEs: BOE, VSE-OE, HA-OE, DC-OE. No new features or functionality in update-ux. • WBEM Services and Providers ◦ HP WBEM Services for HP-UX: Updated to version A.02.
• LDAP-UX Integration: Version B.04.15 provides new LDAP user/group command-line tools. • Red Hat Directory Server for HP-UX: Version B.07.10.30.01 mainly provides a SD defect fix. • Thunderbird, ThunderbirdSrc: Updated to version 2.0.0.6. Fixes several security vulnerabilities reported by the Mozilla Foundation.
aCC(1) options used to compile. Newly delivered as a recommended product on the BOE, HA-OE, VSE-OE, and DC-OE. • New: Copy-On-Write Functionality for Private Memory Objects: Provides copy-on-write functionality for privately mapped files, private segments of child process after fork(2) and private segments locked by mlock(2). • New: getenv Performance Enhancement: Enhances the performance of the libc API getenv(3C) for threaded applications. Delivered as an optional product in all OEs.
September 2007 Release Notes, Chapter 2: “Introduction to HP-UX 11i Version 3” • Software Pack (SPK): No SPK content delivered on media in the HP-UX 11i v3 September 2007 release. However, a couple of core enhancements, AccessControl and AtomicAPI, have been delivered on the HP Software Depot at http://hp.com/go/softwaredepot.
• – SerialSCSI-00: DLKM-enabled. – USB-00: Updated to version C.01.05.02 to incorporate defect fixes. Utility Pricing Solutions ◦ iCAP (Instant Capacity): GiCAP disaster recovery, changes to TiCAP transfer and consumption; changes to icapstatus output; defect fixes. September 2007 Release Notes, Chapter 5: “General System Administration” • New: Feature Enablement Patch Bundle (FEATURE11i): Contains required patches for new or updated software products.
nPartition Configuration Commands: New parolrad command for Dynamic nPartitions operations. ◦ nPartition Provider: Interpretation of Dynamic nPartitions capability bit is changed. ◦ Partition Manager (parmgr): Support for Dynamic nPartitions. ◦ Virtual Partitions (vPars): Support for PA systems running sx2000 chipset, pre-enablement for SCSI tape boot and recovery for Integrity systems. Purchased separately.
◦ HP-UX WBEM LAN Provider for Ethernet Interfaces (WBEMP-LAN-00): New provider, LAN Consolidated Status Provider, delivered in this release. ◦ HP-UX WBEM Online Operations Service Provider (OLOS): Supports cell online activation and deactivation. ◦ New: HP-UX WBEM RAIDSA Provider: Used by client applications to determine information about Smart Array HBAs present on the system. ◦ New: HP-UX WBEM SAS Provider: Used by client applications to determine information about SAS HBAs present on the system.
September 2007 Release Notes, Chapter 8: “Security” • HP-UX Auditing and Security Attributes Configuration: Supports new GUI as part of the security attributes tool in HP SMH (System Management Homepage). • HP-UX Bastille and Install Time Security: Bastille updated to version B.3.0.26. Now works with Software Assistant (SWA). • HP-UX Host Intrusion Detection System: Updated to version 4.1.
NOTE: Revisions to the initial (February 2007) HP-UX 11i Version 3 Release Notes are contained in the HP-UX 11i v3 Release Notes Errata, Edition 3, MPN 5992-5827, located at http://hp.com/ go/hpux-core-docs. The following are not exhaustive lists, so HP strongly recommends that you consult the HP-UX 11i Version 3 Release Notes (February 2007) for information that is not included here.
◦ FibrChanl-00 HP PCI Tachyon TL/TS/XL2 Fibre Channel Driver for HP-UX 11i v3: Supports new Mass Storage Stack, Agile addressing, Soft Zoning, PCI Online deletion, PCI error detection and recovery. ◦ FibrChanl-01 Fibre Channel Mass Storage Driver for HP-UX 11i v3: Supports new mass storage stack, Agile addressing, Soft Zoning, PCI Online deletion, and PCI error detection and recovery.
• New: High Resolution Timer Support: Enhances select timer-related system calls and APIs to provide a resolution finer than the default 10 millisecond resolution. • HP OpenView GlancePlus Pak: Updated to version C.04.55 with support for large process IDs; enhancement to record the Logical Volume (LV) metrics for VERITAS Volume Manager, versions VxVM 4.1 and VxVM 5.0; new metrics for monitoring the UFC; and other changes.
• HP Serviceguard Network File System (NFS) Toolkit: Updated to version A.11.31.02 with new control script template and a defect fix. Can work with Serviceguard A.11.17.01, but does not support some Serviceguard A.11.17.01 and NFS HP-UX 11i v3 features. Customers who need VERITAS Cluster File System (CFS) should not upgrade to HP-UX 11i v3 until CFS is available on that platform. • HP System Management Homepage: Updated to version A.2.2.5 to incorporate defect fixes.
• Ignite-UX: Updated to version C.7.0.x with multipath-awareness, new approach for addressing I/O, automatic management of the system boot path for multiple path configurations, user-selectable format for recovery archives and golden archives, and other changes. • New: Kernel Tunable Values Reset From Boot Prompt: HP-UX 11i v3 release provides a new feature in which kernel tunable values can be reset from the boot prompt.
support for multiple media, including more accurate disk space analysis, dependency selection across media; and improved logging capabilities. • Virtual Memory Kernel Tunables: The eqmem_limit (only on PA-RISC systems) has been added. Several tunables have been removed. Initial (February 2007) Release Notes, Chapter 6: “Disk and File Management” • HFS (also known as UFS) File System Type: Now deprecated. Will be removed from the OS in a future release, to be determined.
compatibility with Solaris, Tru64, and Linux applications that depend on coherency of page and buffer cache. Potential performance improvement of applications that depend on coherency of page and buffer cache. • VERITAS File System (VxFS): Features in version 4.1 include support for 1024 ACLs; support for large filesystem (up to 32 TB) and large file size (up to 16 TB); VxFS filesystem as a DLKM; multi-device filesystems; and other features.
• R-commands: long username is supported. • New: Sendmail: Version 8.13.3 has numerous new features. • New: TFTP: tftpd™ (server) and tftp™ (client) now support IPv6 addresses. New command line options specify upper and lower port range limits for data transfer. • WU-FTPD: Version 2.6.1 supports long usernames. Adds several new features and is backward compatible with WU-FTPD 2.4.
• HP-UX IPFilter: Updated to version A.03.05.13 with defect fixes and enhancements including filtering on X.25 interfaces, filtering on 10GigE interfaces; IPFilter not plumbed into the networking stack by default; no reboot required to enable IPFilter. • New: HP-UX IPSec: Previously only available on the AR media. Now delivered on the HP-UX 11i v3 Operating Environments.
• File Systems Backup and Recovery Commands fbackup, frecover, and ftio: Deprecated; will be obsolete in a future HP-UX release. You should prepare by migrating to the favorable replacement pax. Support will be continued for archive retrieval. • New: gcore Command: creates a core image of each specified process. • getgroups(), setgroups(): no longer limited by the NGROUPS_MAX. • getty Command: Enhanced to configure the default setting for special control characters (erase, kill, etc.
• rc Shell Script: When a system needs reboot for some reason, messages in the file /etc/ rc.bootmsg will be displayed before the system is rebooted. • sar Command: Enhanced to report activity for each HBA and Tape device.
• HP-UX C Library (libc) ◦ HP-UX C library (libc) - UNIX 2003 Standard Compliance: libc library enhanced to comply with UNIX 2003 standards. A number of APIs have been added, while some APIs have been modified. ◦ HP-UX C library (libc) - Other Changes: New features include support for large PID, large uname and hostname, Tru64 API migration, malloc(3C) thread local cache enhancements, long username and groupname. ◦ libc.1 Library: Deprecated. Is a HP-UX 10.
• New: Big5-2003 and CNS11643 Standards: Now supported. • New: HKSCS-2004 (Hong Kong Supplementary Character Set): Now supported. • New: Locales - Baltic/Russia/Ukraine/Latin America: Now supported. • New: Locale Versioning: localedef/libc UNIX 2003-related I18N changes. New locale version “locales.3” has been generated for all system supported locale binaries.
see the indicated chapters in the HP-UX 11i Version 3 Release Notes, available in its most current version at http://hp.com/go/hpux-core-docs. The following are not exhaustive lists, so HP strongly recommends that you consult the HP-UX 11i Version 3 Release Notes (February 2007) for information that is not included here.
◦ HP PCI Ultra160 SCSI (c8xx): Supports new mass storage stack, PCI Online Deletion (OLD), PCI error detection and recovery, HBA Device Special Files (DSF). Termination of support for Ultra2 HBAs. ◦ USB-00: Includes various quality improvements from previous releases, a dynamically managed device file system enabled by default, multi-layered USB mass storage encryption support, and device tracking.
• 84 HP Partitioning and Virtual Server Environment ◦ New: Dynamic LCPU: Provides the ability to enable and disable Logical Processors (LCPUs) dynamically at the processor set boundary. Supported only on systems with the Hyper-Threading feature available and enabled. ◦ HP Global Workload Manager: Updated to version A.02.50.00.x with support for Linux managed nodes, support for Windows virtual machine guests, nested partitions, and many other changes.
Communications (ncweb), and Serviceguard complex management (sgmgr) being introduced for HP-UX 11i v3. • HP Systems Insight Manager: Updated to “HP SIM 5.0 with Update 2 - HP-UX” with support for HP BladeSystem c-Class blade and enclosure, and onboard administrator; HP BladeSystem Integrated Manager 2.1 with updated functionality; minimum system memory configuration to run HP SIM on HP-UX 11i v3 is now 3GB, and defect fixes. • HP WBEM Services for HP-UX: Updated to version A.02.
• Obsolescence Bundle: Used during an update when obsolete software on the system needs to be removed; automatically selected for updates. Will remove several obsolete or incompatible products and/or drivers.
• HP CIFS Client: Updated to version A.02.02.01 with support for MS Distributed File System (DFS) and DLKM feature and other changes. • HP CIFS Server: Updated to 3.0f version A.02.03: Redesign of Winbind code; File Locking Interoperation Functionality; support for long user and group names; support for TDB Memory Map.
Initial (February 2007) Release Notes, Chapter 7: “Internet and Networking” 88 • ARPA Transport: Many enhancements to ARPA Transport include Security Containment, sendfile/UFC, UNIX 2003 Conformance, large hostname support, and Tru64 Application migration to HP-UX/Itanium ®-based. • Browsers: Mozilla is updated with defect fixes. Includes improved Asian font support on HP-UX and the Japanese Language Pack.
• New: Network Interface Management Command Line Interface: The nwmgr command is used to manage LAN-based and IB-based network interfaces; a single tool for performing all network interface-related tasks. • New: Network Interfaces Configuration and Network Services Configuration: These tools in the HP System Management Homepage replace the Networking and Communications functions of the System Administration Manager (SAM), which are no longer available.
• PAM Kerberos: Enhanced to issue a warning if rc_host_0 is owned by anyone other than root when a user tries to rlogin into a system; will also issue a warning if the keytable entry is not found for the host service principal on the client but present at the KDC. • Security Patch Check: Updated to incorporate defect fixes. Initial (February 2007) Release Notes, Chapter 9: “Commands and System Calls” 90 • /etc/skel/.profile shell script: . (current path) in $PATH is deprecated.
• pax Command: Enhanced to conform to the UNIX 2003 Standard. You will now be able to use pax to archive files having a size greater than or equal to 8GB; long user name/group name; large UID/GID greater than 2097151; long pathname or link name. • PFS Commands: Obsolete. • pipcs Command: Enhanced to provide details regarding processes using the various POSIX Message Queues, as well as creation time and last modification time of the POSIX Message Queues.
Initial (February 2007) Release Notes, Chapter 10: “Libraries and Programming” 92 • Bundled C Compiler: Updated to version A.06.12 on Integrity Servers and B.11.11.16 on PA-RISC. Highly compatible with previous versions; diagnostic messages have changed; more erroneous and suspicious source constructs are diagnosed.
• UNIX 2003 Standard Profile Conformance: New functions and compiler conformance as defined in Single UNIX Specification version 3. The Precision Architecture (PA) systems have most of the UNIX 2003 features available for applications. Since the C99 compiler will not be available on PA, full UNIX 2003 branding is not supported. Itanium®-based systems fully conform and are branded to UNIX 2003. • Unwind Library (libunwind): Updated to version 1.48.
• Fallback Font Support: For text-based GUI applications, in the event there are no glyphs, the application will display “?” or “::” characters. • Asian Functionality (Obsoleted): Several legacy functions are obsolete and have been removed. Also, certain Asian printer lp models, utility/library routines, and dot bitmap fonts have been deprecated. Initial (February 2007) Release Notes, Chapter 12: “Other Functionality” • Common Desktop Environment: Updated to version 2.1.
4 Hardware-specific information This chapter provides information regarding supported systems, as well as other information about software that is hardware related. For other changes to products and features related to this chapter, see “What is new in the HP-UX 11i v3 September 2011 release” (page 12). Hardware Enablement Patch Bundle for HP-UX 11i v3 Provides patches required for new systems and for add-on hardware supported on HP-UX 11i v3, including I/O adapters and devices.
Supported systems For a list of HP 9000 and HP Integrity systems that this release of HP-UX 11i v3 fully supports, see the HP-UX Server Support Matrix at the following website: http://www.hp.com/go/hpuxservermatrix NOTE: HP-UX 11i v3 is not supported on workstations. Further information about HP workstations can be found at the following website: http://hp.com/go/workstationsupport Additional information regarding HP servers can be found at the following websites: • HP BladeSystem: http://www.hp.
5 General system administration This chapter presents information of particular interest to system administrators. For other changes to products and features related to this chapter, see “What is new in the HP-UX 11i v3 September 2011 release” (page 12). HP Insight managed system setup wizard HP Insight managed system setup wizard configures systems to enable them to be managed by HP Systems Insight Manager software (HP SIM) and its plug-in applications.
The patches in this bundle have undergone extensive testing and have received greater exposure than most patches downloaded individually from the IT Resource Center/HP Support Center. All dependencies for patches in this bundle have been resolved. Compatibility There are no known compatibility issues. Performance The patches include recommended and optional performance improvements. Documentation • Website The HP IT Resources Center (http://itrc.hp.
Performance The Quality Pack has the potential to improve system performance, depending on the new and updated patches contained in each release. Documentation • Website The HP IT Resources Center (http://itrc.hp.com) portal has been retired and was migrated to the HP Support Center (http://hp.com/go/hpsc) in June 2011. You can find the latest patch status information on the HP Support Center website. To access the HP Support Center, you will require an HP Passport Login. See the FAQs at http://h20195.
• ◦ smh(1M) ◦ Also see the kcalarm(1M), kcmond(1M), kconfig(5), kconfig(1M), kcmodule(1M), kctune(1M), kclog(1M), kcpath(1M), kcusage(1M), and system(4) manpages. Documents (http://www.hp.com/go/hpux-core-docs) ◦ • The HP System Management Homepage (HP SMH) documents are available at the above website. Other ◦ Kernel Configuration help is included with the product. Obsolescence Not applicable.
Software Distributor (SD) Software Distributor (SD) is a suite of applications for working with HP-UX software packages. You can use the SD applications for packaging, installing, copying, listing, removing and verifying software. The latest revision numbers of SD are: HP-UX 11i v2 (11.23) — B.11.23.1009 HP-UX 11i v3 (11.31) — B.11.31.
Compatibility There are no known compatibility issues. Performance There are no known performance issues. Documentation • • • Manpages ◦ parcreate(1M) ◦ parmodify(1M) ◦ parremove(1M) ◦ parstatus(1) ◦ parunlock(1M) ◦ fruled(1) ◦ frupower(1M) ◦ cplxmodify(1M) Documents (http://www.hp.com/go/hpux-npars-docs) ◦ nPartition Administrator's Guide ◦ HP Superdome 2 Partitioning Administrator Guide White papers (http://www.hp.
Documentation • Manpages ◦ • utild(1M) Other documents can be viewed at http://www.hp.com/go/matrixoe/docs. Obsolescence Not applicable.
6 Disk and file management This chapter provides information on directory, file system, and disk management. For other changes to products and features related to this chapter, see “What is new in the HP-UX 11i v3 September 2011 release” (page 12). HP-UX Disks and File Systems (fsweb) The Disks & File Systems (fsweb; bundle name FileSystems) is an HP System Management Homepage (HP SMH) tool that can be used for file systems and disks system administration tasks.
7 Internet and networking This chapter describes new and changed Internet and networking functionality supported by the HP-UX 11i v3 release. For other changes to products and features related to this chapter, see “What is new in the HP-UX 11i v3 September 2011 release” (page 12).
Documentation • • Manpages ◦ ncweb(1M) ◦ smh(1M) ◦ sam(1M) Documents (http://www.hp.com/go/hpux-core-docs) ◦ • The HP System Management Homepage (HP SMH) documents are available at the above website. Other ◦ Product help is integrated with the tool. Obsolescence Not applicable.
8 Security This chapter covers changes and enhancements to security services. For other changes to products and features related to this chapter, see “What is new in the HP-UX 11i v3 September 2011 release” (page 12). HP-UX Auditing and Security Attributes Configuration (secweb) The HP-UX Auditing and Security Attributes Configuration is a tool for configuring and managing security attributes, and the auditing subsystem without having to convert the system to Trusted mode.
9 Commands and system calls This chapter provides information about new and changed commands and system calls. For changes to products and features related to this chapter, see “What is new in the HP-UX 11i v3 September 2011 release” (page 12).
10 Libraries and programming This chapter covers a variety of changes of particular interest to programmers, such as changes to compilers, editors, and libraries. For changes to products and features related to this chapter, see “What is new in the HP-UX 11i v3 September 2011 release” (page 12).
11 Internationalization This chapter describes changes internationalization functionality, including text fonts and converters relating to various international languages. There are no changes in September 2011 for the products or features that are normally documented in this chapter.
12 Other functionality This chapter covers additional applications or functionality in the Operating Environments. There are no changes in September 2011 for the products or features that are normally documented in this chapter.
13 Support and other resources Contacting HP Before you contact HP Be sure to have the following information available before you call contact HP: • Technical support registration number (if applicable) • Product serial number • Product model name and number • Product identification number • Applicable error message • Add-on boards or hardware • Third-party hardware or software • Operating system type and revision level HP contact information For the name of the nearest HP authorized reselle
Related information NOTE: Beginning in August 2011, the web will be the primary delivery source of technical documentation for HP-UX Operating Environments and Application Products. Web delivery supports HP’s Green Business Technology Initiative to reduce packaging and also supports our HP-UX Technical Documentation goal to keep information up to date and easily accessible. Pointers to HP-UX documentation collections are listed in Accessing the Former docs.hp.
Other HP web resources • • HP Servers ◦ HP BladeSystem: http://www.hp.com/go/blades ◦ HP Integrity Server Family: http://www.hp.com/go/integrity ◦ HP 9000 Server Family: http://www.hp.com/go/hp9000 HP Workstations http://hp.com/go/workstations • HP Software Depot http://hp.com/go/softwaredepot • HP Support Center NOTE: The HP IT Resources Center (http://itrc.hp.com) portal has been retired and was migrated to the HP Support Center (http://hp.com/go/hpsc) in June 2011.
CAUTION An alert that calls attention to important information that if not understood or followed can result in data loss, data corruption, or damage to hardware or software. IMPORTANT An alert that calls attention to essential information. NOTE An alert that contains additional or supplementary information.
