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

• 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.
• Software Distributor (SD): Delivers defect fixes.
• Software Package Builder: New policy rules are enforced for attributes while validating
software package. Now requires Java 1.5 or higher version to be installed.
• System Fault Management: Common Error Repository (CER) database, delivered in SFM, will
be available in ProviderSvcsBase. Updated content of HP SMH property pages.
• Update-UX: Updated to support changes to Software Distributor.
• WBEM services and providers
HP WBEM Services for HP-UX: The output of wbemassist tool available in Japanese
locale. Also delivers defect fixes.
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◦ HP-UX WBEM Direct Attached Storage Provider (DASProvider): A new provider fetches
information regarding error records logged in the DISKPROVDB database. A new health
test functionality supports diagnosing the health of hard disks available on newer HP
Integrity systems.
◦ HP-UX WBEM Fibre Channel Provider: A new provider fetches information regarding
error records logged in the FCPROVDB database. Also delivers a defect fix.
◦ HP-UX WBEM IOTree Indication Provider: Delivers defect fixes. A new configuration file
allows tuning of the polling interval.
◦ HP-UX WBEM Kernel Providers: Delivers defect fixes.
◦ HP-UX WBEM RAIDSA PROVIDER: A new provider fetches information regarding error
records logged in the RAIDSAPROVDB database.
◦ HP-UX WBEM SAS PROVIDER: A new provider fetches information regarding error records
logged in the SASPROVDB database.
March 2010 Release Notes, Chapter 6: “Disk and file management”
• HP-UX Disks and File Systems (fsweb): Delivers defect fixes and new features: the ability to
create a root VG of disk layout version 2.2, as well as the ability to rebalance allocated
extents for free space.
• MemFS: Delivers defect fixes.
• ONCplus: Delivers defect fixes and new features: The NFS mount structure nfs_args is made
public and asynchronous NFS Direct I/O performance is improved.
• OnlineJFS: Delivers fixes for internally found defects.
• Veritas File System (VxFS): Delivers fixes for internally found defects.
• Veritas Volume Manager (VxVM): Delivers fixes for internally found defects.
March 2010 Release Notes, Chapter 7: “Internet and networking”
• Firefox and Thunderbird: Firefox is unchanged in the March 2010 OEUR. Thunderbird
2.0.0.19.02 includes changes from the Mozilla Foundation, as well as fixes for several security
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