HP-UX Containers (SRP) A.03.01.004 Release Notes (5992-5696, September 2012)

1.3 HP 9000 Containers product

HP 9000 Containers provides a binary emulation environment for HP-UX PA-RISC workloads. The HP

9000 Containers product is installed separately from the HP-UX Containers (SRP) product. Once the

HP-UX Containers (SRP) and HP 9000 Containers products are both installed, you can use the

srp(1M)command to create and manage HP 9000 containers. For produce version requirements,

and details on how to configure and manage an HP 9000 container, see HP 9000 Containers

documentation (

http://www.hp.com/go/hp9000-containers).

NOTE: HP 9000 Containers version A.01.0x requires HP-UX SRP version A.02.02. HP 9000

Containers version A.03.0x requires HP-UX Containers version A.03.01 or later.

1.4 What’s new in HP-UX Containers A.03.01.004

HP-UX Containers A.03.01.004 includes the following new features:

• Resolved ambiguity with the label named “Administrator” seen on different pages of

Container Manager GUI. The field name is now changed to “Container Administrator”.

• Added a confirmation dialog box in Container Manager GUI for container start/stop

operations. The dialog box will prompt you for a confirmation before starting or stopping a

container.

• Added a new utility srp_env that shows basic properties of the container in which it runs (such

as container name, type and current state).

For information on defect fixes in this release, see

Fixes and Enhancements in HP-UX Containers.

1.5 Acquiring and installing HP-UX Containers

HP-UX Containers is available free of charge from Software Depot:

http://www.software.hp.com

1.5.1 Installation requirements

HP-UX Containers A.03.01.004 product requires the following operating system release:

• HP-UX 11i Version 3 March 2012 (B.11.31.1203) or later, for HP 9000 and HP Integrity

servers.

NOTE: Review the compatibility issues described in

Compatibility with other products before

installing the HP-UX Containers product.

1.5.2 Configuration requirements

The shared system container has the following file system configuration requirement:

The global directories /stand, /usr, and /sbin are mounted using read-only LOFS mounts into

the container. The root directory of the container (/var/hpsrp/container_name)

is required

to be on a different file system than the LOFS read-only mounted directories. Typical file system

layouts that use separate file systems for /, /var, /usr, /home, /stand, and /tmp adhere to

this requirement and pose no problem for shared file system containers. For systems with a file

system layout that do not have separate file systems for /var, /usr, and /sbin, you must

create a new file system for /var/hpsrp or a new file system for each shared system container