HP-UX 11i v3 September 2011 Release Notes, Edition 2

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
• 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) V2.6 Release Notes for the March 2011 for HP-UX 11i V3 at
http://hp.com/go/hpux-core-docs.
• Dynamic Root Disk (DRD): Update includes the following: enhancement to drd sync to allow
users to exclude files and directories, in addition to those described in drd-sync(1M), from the
sync operation; ability to sync file system and volume group information; new FAQ entry in
using DRD in a vPars environment. See Dynamic Root Disk A.3.8.* Release Notes at http://
hp.com/go/drd-docs.
• EMSWeb: Delivers fixes for internally found defects.
• Event Monitoring Services (EMS): Includes fixes for internally found issues. EMS has been
deprecated. Post HP-UX 11i v3 release, EMS will be replaced with Web-based Enterprise
Management (WBEM) based solutions. See Event Monitoring Service Version A.04.20.31.07
Release Notes at http://hp.com/go/hpux-ha-monitoring-docs.
• Feature Enablement Patch Bundle (FEATURE11i): Updated for HP-UX 11i v3 with patches
that enhance or provide new or improved core features. Includes performance improvements
in the kernel, filesystem improvements, Internationalization improvements, and early support
for new virtualization and security features.
• High Availability Monitors (HA Monitors): Version upgraded to A.04.20.31.07 to support the
update of EMS A.04.20.31.07. HA Monitors has been deprecated. Post HP-UX 11i v3 release,
HA Monitors will be replaced with Web-based Enterprise Management (WBEM) based
providers. See High Availability Monitors Version A.04.20.31.07 Release Notes at http://
hp.com/go/hpux-ha-monitoring-docs.
• HP Insight managed system setup wizard: Supports new hardware and supports upgrading
from previous releases of the wizard.
• New: HP Operations agent: Version 11.00 helps you monitor the performance of systems in
your environment by collecting system performance metrics. With its integration with HP
Operations Manager (HPOM), the HP Operations agent enables you to create a centralized
monitoring environment that can be managed from the HPOM console. HP Operations agent
11.00 includes the features of HP Performance Agent and HP GlancePlus. These products
were formerly delivered in the GlancePlus Pak bundle, which is no longer included in the OEs
and which will be removed upon update to the March 2011. HP Operations agent has been
added as recommended (defaulted-installed) product on the HA-OE, DC-OE, and VSE-OE.
See the HP Operations agent release notes at http://h20230.www2.hp.com/selfsolve/
manuals.
• HP Partitioning and Virtual Server Environment
Accelerated Virtual I/O (AVIO): AVIO LAN provides support for AVIO local net (with
HP-UX guest) and multiple local net. AVIO Storage provides support for 16 virtual CPUs
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(on HP Integrity Virtual Machines v4.3). AVIO LAN and Storage also deliver defect fixes.
See HP Integrity Virtual Machines 4.3: Release Notes at http://hp.com/go/
virtualization-manuals.
◦ HP Global Workload Manager (a component of the HP VSE suite): Supports Fair Share
Scheduler (FSS), Partition Sets (PSETS), and HP Integrity Virtual Machines on HP Integrity
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