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

• New: Proximity Topology: Provides a mechanism to programmatically determine a system's
proximity topology in order to make informed decisions to minimize cache-to-cache latency.
• Utility Pricing Solutions
◦ The HP Instant Capacity: Updated with defect fixes and several enhancements, including
GiCAP Disaster Recovery, which allows customers to transfer usage rights to other group
members when a member is unavailable.
March 2008 Release Notes, Chapter 5: “General System Administration”
• Distributed Systems Administration Utilities: Supports cross subnet Serviceguard configurations.
• Dynamic Root Disk (DRD): Supports cloning of a VxVM root on HP-UX 11i v3. Introduces the
drd status command, which allows the user to easily view clone information on the system.
• New: EMSWeb: Event Monitoring Service (on SAM) is now available as EMSWeb tool on
the HP System Management Homepage (HP SMH). Provides both web-based GUI and TUI.
• Enterprise Cluster Master Toolkit: Newly added as a recommended product to the HA-OE and
DC-OE. Supports HP Serviceguard Storage Management Suite Version A.02.00 on HP-UX
11i v3.
• Feature Enablement Patch Bundle (FEATURE11i): Updated for HP-UX 11i v3 with new patches
that enhance core features (including performance) and enable the support of the vPars,
Version 2.0 LVM volume groups, Integrity VM (HPVM), and new core products.
• New: HP Caliper: A general-purpose performance analysis tool for applications, processes,
and systems. Allows you to understand the performance and execution of an application and
to identify ways to improve its run-time performance. Newly added as a recommended product
to the BOE, HA-OE, VSE-OE, DC-OE.
• HP GlancePlus Pak: Updated to version 4.70. A set of new metrics have been added in HP
Performance Agent.
• HP Partitioning and Virtual Server Environment
New: Accelerated Virtual I/O (GuestAvioLan): Delivers a new re-architected I/O path
for Integrity VM (HPVM). Newly delivered as a recommended product on the HP-UX 11i
v3 BOE, HA-OE, VSE-OE, DC-OE, and the FOE, EOE, MCOE, TCOE.
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◦ HP Integrity VM Guest Support Libraries (VMGuestLib): Upgrade to version A.03.50
includes support for the new features of HP Integrity Virtual Machines A.03.50.
◦ HP Integrity Virtual Machines Provider (VMProvider): Upgrade to A.03.50 supports the
new features of HP Integrity Virtual Machines A.03.50.
◦ New: HP Process Resource Manager: Newly delivered as a recommended product in the
BOE, VSE-OE, HA-OE, and DC-OE.
◦ New: HP Virtual Server Environment: Integrates with HP SIM to provide intelligent control
of your virtualized environment from one location. Components assist in planning and
automating system and application management tasks, and allow you to optimize server
utilization in real time by creating virtual servers that can automatically grow and shrink
based on business priorities and service-level objectives. Several individual VSE
products/components are delivered as optional or recommended products on the new
OEs, providing you with a variety of options.
◦ HP-UX nPartition Configuration Commands: Updated to incorporate defect fixes.
◦ New: HP-UX Virtual Partitions: Version A.05.03 enables multiple instances of the HP-UX
11i v3 OE to run simultaneously on one server or within one nPartition, with each OE
instance hosting its own set of applications in a isolated environment. Newly added as
an optional product to the HP-UX 11i v3 VSE-OE and DC-OE.
◦ New: HP-UX Workload Manager: Newly delivered as a recommended product in the
VSE-OE and DC-OE. Updated to incorporate defect fixes.
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