HP-UX Secure Resource Partitions (SRP) A.02.02 Release Notes

HP-UX Secure Resource Partitions

The information in this document is for HP-UX Secure Resource Partitions (SRP)

A.02.02 only.

HP-UX SRP Documentation

NOTE: This document was updated to include the following:

• Updated section 1.4.1 Installation Requirements.

• Updated the link of the related documents in this section.

For more information on HP-UX SRP, refer to these documents:

• HP-UX Secure Resource Partitions (SRP) Administrator's Guide

• HP-UX CMGR Administrator's and Developer's Guide

These documents are located at:

www.hp.com/go/virtualization-manuals

Select the HP-UX Containers (SRP) Software product.

1 HP-UX SRP

1.1 HP-UX SRP Overview

HP-UX Secure Resource Partitions (SRP) provides an environment for securely consolidating multiple

application environments within a single image of the HP-UX 11i operating system. SRP is a

component of the Partitioning Continuum for HP-UX and offers high efficiency in resource utilization

along with maximum flexibility and performance for customers seeking the benefits of workload

consolidation. HP-UX SRP enables you to create and manage SRP compartments, which provide

isolated execution environments. Each SRP compartment can have:

• A compartment home directory tree, which is isolated from other compartments.

• A dedicated IP interface.

• Isolated interprocess communication (IPC).

• A compartment-specific login environment.

• Dedicated CPU and memory resources.

• Per-compartment initialization and shutdown capabilities. You can start or stop

an SRP compartment as you would start or stop a single system.

• Compartment-specific network security policies.

1.2 HP-UX SRP Features

HP-UX SRP provides the following features and benefits:

• Separate execution environment

o HP-UX SRP provides controlled isolation of execution environments and system

resources, limiting access to files, interprocess communication (IPC), networking, and

controlling user login on a per-SRP basis.

o System resources (CPU, memory, and disk) can be managed and scheduled on a per-

SRP basis.

• Easy setup

o Coordinates and guides the configuration of multiple HP-UX security, isolation, and