HP Tru64 UNIX and TruCluster Server Version 5.1.B-4 Patch Summary and Release Notes (13156)

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About This Manual..........................................................................................................13

1 Audience..............................................................................................................................................13

2 Organization.........................................................................................................................................13

3 Related Documentation..........................................................................................................................13

4 Patch Process Resources.........................................................................................................................14

5 HP Encourages Your Comments.............................................................................................................14

6 Typographic Conventions......................................................................................................................14

1 Enhancements, Improvements, and Features.............................................................15

1.1 Enhanced Cluster Interconnect Extended to 100 KM .............................................................................15

1.2 Cluster Cloning Offers Alternative to No-Roll Patching.........................................................................15

1.3 Link Aggregation Extended to Cluster LAN Interconnects.....................................................................15

1.4 NetRAIN over LAG Supported............................................................................................................16

1.5 Support Provided for 2007 Changes to U.S Daylight Savings Time.........................................................16

1.6 BIND Updated to Version 9.2.5............................................................................................................16

1.7 Library Calls for Fibre Channel HBA Added.........................................................................................17

1.8 New Cluster Command Sends ping Packets over TCP...........................................................................18

1.9 sendmail Server Updated to Version 8.13.6............................................................................................18

1.10 AdvFS Utilities Improved for Working with Metadata Files..................................................................18

1.11 mountd Daemon Gets New Port-Selection Option...............................................................................18

1.12 envmond Daemon Modified to Use EVM Events.................................................................................19

1.13 aha_chim Driver Problem Corrected...................................................................................................19

1.14 Command Option Now Provides Additional EMX Driver Information.................................................20

1.15 New EMX Subsystem Attribute Turns on LLER for Tape I/O................................................................20

1.16 Kernel Attributes Protect Against ICMP Security Vulnerability.............................................................20

1.17 caa_relocate Command Improved......................................................................................................21

1.18 collect Utility Improved in Several Ways.............................................................................................21

1.19 Environment Variable Improves btcreate Kernel Build.........................................................................21

1.20 New Variable Aids Performance of AdvFS Administration Commands.................................................21

1.21 New ftpd Command Option Prevents Login Delays............................................................................22

1.22 New Features Added to kdbx Debugger.............................................................................................22

1.23 Modified rmvol Utility Allows Multiple Volume Removal....................................................................22

1.24 New disklabel Command Option Expands Partitions ..........................................................................23

1.25 Commands Modified to Conform to POSIX Standard .........................................................................23

1.25.1 Changes to ex, edit, and vi..........................................................................................................23

1.25.2 Changes to awk and nawk.........................................................................................................24

1.25.3 Changes to chmod.....................................................................................................................24

1.25.4 Changes to cp............................................................................................................................24

1.25.5 Changes to ex............................................................................................................................24

1.25.6 Changes to find.........................................................................................................................24

1.25.7 Changes to rm...........................................................................................................................25

1.25.8 Changes to uucp........................................................................................................................25

1.25.9 Changes to uudecode.................................................................................................................25

1.26 New Generic Subsystem Attribute Corrects UNIX98 Standards Violations............................................25

1.26.1 waitpid() System Call.................................................................................................................26

1.26.2 poll() System Call......................................................................................................................26

1.27 New I/O Subsystem Attributes Can Improve Booting Speed.................................................................26

1.28 New Attributes Added to NFS and RPC Subsystems...........................................................................27

1.29 New cam Attribute Controls Path Usage.............................................................................................28

1.30 LSM hot-sparing Improved................................................................................................................28

1.31 New Option Changes Configuration File Used by aliasd Daemon.........................................................28

1.32 fsdb Utility Now Operates on File System Image.................................................................................29

1.33 sendmail Log Problem Corrected........................................................................................................29

1.34 New Tunable Attribute Corrects NetRAIN Failover Problem................................................................29

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