HP-UX 11i v3 September 2011 Release Notes, Edition 2

• Feature Enablement Patch Bundle (FEATURE11i): Updated with patches that enhance or
provide new core features (including performance improvements) and enable support for
improved boot time. Includes performance improvements in scheduling, long password
enhancement, Internationalization improvements, and many other enhancements.
• High Availability Monitors: Upgraded to A.04.20.31.05 to support the update of Event
Monitoring Service (EMS).
• HP Caliper performance analyzer: Version 5.2 delivers several enhancements, including PMU
services library (hpmlib) enhancements to support JVM and SAX requirements; pstack-like
functionality from caliper cstack; cstack usability improvements - selective kernel stack
unwinding; and more.
• HP Caliper (HP ktracer): Includes improved system reliability while running ktracer; support
for kernel tracing on new Integrity platforms; easier selection of functions; trace reports that
can show more parameters, providing greater insight to system activity.
• HP GlancePlus Pak: Version 4.70 is unchanged on OE media. Version 5.00 is available on
the Application Software media and includes the following: RCEnhancement feature, which
can improve boot time; clients to access data locally and remotely using new perfd daemon;
changes to support of other products and modes of data communication.
• HP Partitioning and Virtual Server Environment
Accelerated Virtual I/O (AVIO): AVIO LAN – Includes defect fixes and added support
for Guest VLANs (on Integrity VM 4.2 systems). HostAvioLan bundle now delivered only
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in the VSE-OE and DC-OE. AVIO Storage – Includes defect fixes. HostAvioStor bundle
now delivered only in the VSE-OE and DC-OE.
◦ AppDiscAgent: Version A.6.0.0 incorporates defect fixes.
◦ HP Global Workload Manager (gWLM) and HP-UX Workload Manager Toolkits (WLM-TK):
Updated to support newer HP Integrity servers.
◦ HP Insight Dynamics - VSE for Integrity: The following components have been updated.
Application Discovery–
– HP Insight Capacity Advisor
– HP Insight Global Workload Manager (gWLM)
– HP Instant Capacity (iCAP) Manager
– HP Integrity Virtual Machines Manager (VM Manager)
– HP Insight Virtualization Manager
– Virtual Server Environment Configuration Assistant (vseassist)
– HP Global Workload Manager Agent LTU
– HP Virtualization Manager for HP-UX LTU
– HP Capacity Advisor for HP-UX LTU
– HP VSE Suite for HP-UX 11i LTU
◦ HP Integrity Virtual Machines (Integrity VM): Version 4.2 includes several features, including
the ability to automatically start virtual machines with the start type "Auto"; Online VM
migration with shared LVM backing stores; support for additional guests; expanded AVIO
support; ability to migrate an Integrity Virtual Machine from a source VM Host to a target
VM Host without service interruption; and much more.
◦ HP Integrity Virtual Machines (VMGuestLib): Version 4.2 includes support for the new
features of HP Integrity Virtual Machines V4.2, which supports HP-UX 11i v3 as a VM
Host.
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