HP-UX 11i v3 March 2012 Release Notes

• HP Serviceguard: New package-creation process and enhanced support for package
dependencies and multi-node packages; additional support for cluster parameters, APA and
VLAN, Integrity VM (HPVM), and more.
• Ignite-UX: Supports new hardware for 11i v3, plus other changes.
• Update-UX and SW-GETTOOLS: Updated to incorporate defect fixes.
• Software Utilities:
Software Distributor: Updated to incorporate defect fixes.◦
◦ Software Package Builder: Updated to incorporate defect fixes.
• HP Partitioning and VSE:
New: Dynamic nPartitions: cell online activation.◦
◦ New: Dynamic nPartitions: cell online de-activation.
◦ nPartition Configuration Commands: New parolrad command for Dynamic nPartitions
operations.
◦ nPartition Provider: Interpretation of Dynamic nPartitions capability bit is changed.
◦ Partition Manager (parmgr): Support for Dynamic nPartitions.
◦ Virtual Partitions (vPars): Support for PA systems running sx2000 chipset, pre-enablement
for SCSI tape boot and recovery for Integrity systems. Purchased separately.
◦ New: HP Application Discovery: Application Discovery agent (AppDiscAgent) is
default-installed on the OE media. The agent securely supplies data to Application
Discovery server at intervals that can be set by a system administrator.
◦ HP Global Workload Manager: Includes conditional policies related to Serviceguard
events, usage of TiCAP resources based on policy level, support for Hyper-Threading,
and further integration with other VSE products.
◦ HP Process Resource Manager: Provides an interface within HP SIM (System Insight
Manager).
◦ PRMKernelSW (formerly known as PRM Libraries): Changes in fileset.
◦ PRMLibraries: Changes in product and fileset encapsulation. Now contains the PRM API.
◦ HP Integrity Virtual Machines Provider (VMProvider): Supports the new features of VM
A.03.00.
◦ HP Integrity VM Guest Support Libraries (VMGuestLib): Supports the new features of VM
A.03.00.
• Utilization Provider: Updated to version A.01.06.02.xx to incorporate defect fixes.
• System Management GUIs
HP System Management Homepage (SMH): Defect fixes.◦
◦ HP Systems Insight Manager (SIM): Supports VSE 3.0 products.
◦ Distributed Systems Administration Utilities (DSAU): Usability enhancements.
◦ Network Interfaces Configuration and Network Services Configuration: Support for IPv6;
support for specifying additional modules to be pushed amongst IPv6, IPv4, and DLPI;
more information for tunnels.
◦ Disks and File Systems: Support for Volume Group creation for Serviceguard clusters and
automatic distribution of LVM changes to all cluster nodes.
◦ HP-UX Accounts for Users and Groups: Supports managing POSIX users and groups from
LDAP database.
◦ HP-UX Kernel Configuration: Defect fixes.
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