HP-UX Secure Resource Partitions (SRP) A.02.01 Release Notes
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o A configuration tool guides the selection of features and options for an SRP. Use this
tool to add, update, or delete SRPs. You can also use the tool to assign the following
items to an SRP:
users/groups
management roles
IP addresses file system, networking, and IPC isolation policies
o Define startup and shutdown activities per SRP.
o Update an SRP by adding or removing features and changing configuration
properties.
• Application support
o Templates are provided to make it easy to get started. In addition to a base template
to manage the SRP and a customization template to change the SRP security
properties, additional templates are provided to enable key applications such as
Oracle database, Apache web server, and HP-UX Secure Shell.
o SRP’s configuration can be easily customized and tuned to fit the target application
and environment.
• Included with HP-UX 11i v3
o The software license for HP-UX SRP (including PRM) is included with all HP-UX 11i v3
Operating Environments.
1.3 New HP-UX SRP Features
HP-UX SRP A.02.01 offers the following new features:
• Import and export an SRP:
o Copy an SRP from one system to another.
o Pre-configure an SRP on multiple-systems for Serviceguard to enable fast auto-restart
upon failure.
o Backup and restore an SRP for archive or recovery purposes.
o Support the workload balancing of multiple SRPs across systems.
• High availability through Serviceguard support, including a reference implementation for
using an SRP as a Serviceguard package.
• Application template for deploying a Tomcat server in an SRP.
• Status reporting:
o Provides details on the various SRPs deployed on a system, including configuration
and enablement status.
o Provides information used during the import and export of an SRP.
1.4 Acquiring and Installing HP-UX SRP
You can acquire and install HP-UX Secure Resource Partitions free of charge from Software Depot:
http://www.software.hp.com
1.4.1 Installation Requirements
The following patches are not installed with HP-UX-SRP but are required with the March 2009 release
of HP-UX 11i v3:
• The 32-bit Perl patch: PHSS_39653
• The 64-bit Perl patch: PHSS_39693
To determine if the March 2009 release of HP-UX 11i v3 is installed on your system, enter the
following:
swlist | grep HPUX11i