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In the following summaries, you can obtain a general picture
of how the May 2005 release of HP-UX 11i v2 differs from the September
2004 release of HP-UX 11i v2. For further information, see the indicated sections in the
remainder of this document. Chapter 2 “Introduction to HP-UX
11i Version 2”. Chapter 4 “Workstation- and
Server-Specific Information”. Hardware
Enablement Patch Bundle (HWEnable11i): Diagnostics qualified with new DAT and LTO tape drives,
and updated for new I/O cards. Updated I/O driver bundles noted.
(See “Hardware Enablement
Patch Bundle”.) HP Instant Support Enterprise
Edition (ISEE): Updated to incorporate defect fixes and few feature
enhancements. (See “HP Instant Support
Enterprise Edition”.) “Utility Pricing Solutions”: HP Instant
Capacity (iCAP) (formerly Instant Capacity on Demand, or iCOD): Updated
to version B.11.23.07.00. Can now be used in an integrated virtual partitioned
environment. E-mail connectivity no longer required and boot-time compliance
check now performed. (See “HP Instant Capacity
(formerly Instant Capacity on Demand)”.) HP Pay per use (PPU): Updated
to version B.11.23.07.02 to support HP-UX Virtual Partitions (vPars)
and the Node and Host Name Expansion product. (See “HP Pay per use ”.)
Chapter 5 “General System Administration”. Enterprise
Cluster Master Toolkit: Updated to version B.02.21 with scripts
for Oracle 9i and 10g database applications, HP Apache, and HP CIFS,
as well as enhancements to the Oracle Toolkit. (See “Enterprise Cluster
Master Toolkit ”.) Event Monitoring Services:
Now supports the Node and Host Name Expansion feature that is available
on Software Pack. (See “Event Monitoring
Services”.) New
Bundle: Feature Enablement Patch Bundle (FEATURE11i): Consists of patches required for HP-UX Virtual Partitions
(vPars) functionality, USB-00, and future products with new features. (See “Feature Enablement
Patch Bundle (Feature11i)”.) GlancePlus Pak: Updated to
version C.03.86 with new parm file parameters and new metrics, as well as enhancements
to gpm and glance. (See “GlancePlus Pak”.) High Availability Monitors:
Now supports the Node and Host Name Expansion feature. (See “High Availability
Monitors”.) “HP Partitioning”: New Product: HP Global Workload Manager
(gWLM): Allows you to centrally define resource-sharing policies
that you can use across multiple HP servers. Now delivered with
HP-UX 11i v2. (See “HP Global Workload
Manager”.) HP Process Resource Manager
(PRM) version C.03.00: Includes integration with HP-UX 11i Security
Containment and HP Systems Insight Manager, as well as support for
256 PRM groups and other changes. (See “HP Process Resource
Manager”.) New
to HP-UX 11i v2: HP-UX Virtual Partitions (vPars) A.04.01:
Will be available as a separate product that can be purchased at
http://software.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=T1335BC. The vPars product enables multiple instances of a
selected HP-UX 11i v2 OE to run simultaneously on one server or
within one nPartition, with each OE instance hosting its own set
of applications in an isolated environment. The FEATURE11i patch bundle, delivered on the OE media, includes required
patches for the installation of this product. (See “HP-UX Virtual Partitions”.) HP-UX Workload Manager: Updated
to version A.03.00 with more flexibility in resource management
and more secure environments. (See “HP-UX Workload Manager”.) HP-UX Workload Manager Toolkits:
Pay Per Use Toolkit and its utilitydc command now deprecated. (See “HP-UX Workload Manager
Toolkits”.) nPartition Provider: Upgraded
to version B.11.23.01.04.00.x to incorporate defect fixes and performance improvements.
(See “nPartition Provider”.) Partition Manager: Now runs
as an application under HP System Management Homepage, which has
several effects. (See “Partition Manager
(parmgr)”.) PRM Libraries: Bundle updated
to version C.03.00. PRM-Sw-Krn fileset updated to version C.01.03. When upgrading HP
Process Resources Manager, you will need to reboot the system. (“PRM Libraries”.) New
Product: vPar Provider: Extracts information about virtual
partitions on a system. Now delivered with HP-UX 11i v2. (See “vPar Provider”.)
HP Servicecontrol Manager:
Replaced by HP Systems Insight Manager. (See “HP Servicecontrol
Manager” and “HP Systems Insight
Manager”.) HP Serviceguard: Unchanged
for this release. Support for HP-UX Virtual Partitions and HP-UX
11i Security Containment tested and confirmed. Current Serviceguard products
certified by HP for coexistence with Shadow Passwords. Limit of
31 bytes for hostname within Serviceguard clusters. Compatibility issue noted
with certain configurations of Bastille. (See “HP Serviceguard ”.) HP Serviceguard NFS Toolkit:
Updated to version A.11.23.03 with improved failover performance
for rpcbind failures, as well as defect fixes. (See “HP Serviceguard NFS
Toolkit”.) New
Product: HP System Management Homepage (bundle SysMgmtWeb): A Web-based interface that consolidates and simplifies
single system management for HP servers, now available for HP-UX
11i v1 and v2. (See “HP System Management
Homepage”.) New
to HP-UX 11i v2 OEs: HP Systems Insight Manager: Replaces
HP Servicecontrol Manager. Updated to version 4.2 with support for
System Management Homepage and other products. (See “HP Systems Insight
Manager”.) HP-UX Peripheral Device Tool
(pdweb): Updated to version B.11.23.04 with support for the
Node and Host Name Expansion, as well updating of the waconf command. (See “HP-UX Peripheral
Device Tool (pdweb) ”.) Ignite-UX: Updated to version
C.6.2.x with updated documentation, defect fixes, and enhancements.
(See “Ignite-UX”.) Kernel tunable hdlpreg_hash_locks: Deprecated and planned for future obsolescence. (See “Kernel Tunable hdlpreg_hash_locks
(Deprecated)”.) New
Product: Node and Host Name Expansion (NodeHostNameXpnd) product bundle: Provides the ability to set node and
host names up to 255 bytes. Now available on Software Pack. (See “Node and Host Name
Expansion”.) Online Diagnostics (OnlineDiag): Now includes support for HP-UX Virtual Partitions
(vPars) A.04.01 and Node and Host Name Expansion, as well as other changes.
(See “Online Diagnostics”.) Quality Pack: Once again
HP-UX 11i v2 includes Quality Pack, as will future releases of HP-UX
11i v2. (See “Quality Pack Patch
Bundle”.) Software Distributor: Updated
with new versions of the gzip and swpackage commands to provide added capability and increased performance.
(See “Software Distributor”.) Software Package Builder:
Updated with product enhancements. (See “Software Package
Builder”.) Update-UX: Updated to reflect
defect fixes. No new features or functionality. (See “Update-UX”.) Upper Layer Module (ULM)
Services: Deprecated. (See “Upper Layer Module
(ULM) Services (Deprecated)”.)
Chapter 6 “Disk and File Management”. 32 Terabyte
(TB) File System Support: VxFS 3.5 file systems of up to 32 TB now certified.
(See “32 Terabyte File
System Support”.) HFS: HP-UX’s implementation
of UFS, now deprecated and planned for future obsolescence. (See “HFS (Deprecated)”.) HP CIFS Client: Updated to
version A.01.09.03 to incorporate defect fixes. (See “HP CIFS Client”.) HP CIFS Server: Updated to
version A.01.11.04 with security patches. Also now based on Samba
2.2.12. (See “HP CIFS Server”.) VERITAS File System 3.5 (HP
JFS / HP OnlineJFS): Now provides permanent licenses for HP OnlineJFS.
Support for 32 TB file systems now certified. (See “VERITAS File System
(HP JFS / HP OnlineJFS)”.)
Chapter 7 “Internet and Networking”. HP WBEM
Services for HP-UX: Updated to version A.02.00.07 with numerous
defect fixes, as well as support for CIM Process Indications as
defined by the DMTF WBEM Specification. (See “HP WBEM Services
for HP-UX”.) Netscape Directory Server
for HP-UX: Updated to version B.06.11.30.001 to provide defect fixes
and a minor packaging change. (See “Netscape Directory
Server for HP-UX”.)
Chapter 8 “Security”. New Product: HP-UX 11i Security Containment:
Provides the next generation of security features. Available on
the Web at http://software.hp.com and expected to be released in the near future. (See “HP-UX 11i Security
Containment”.) HP-UX Auditing System: Upon
installation of the HP-UX Standard Mode Security Extensions bundle,
can now perform audits without converting the system to trusted mode.
(See “HP-UX Auditing System”.) HP-UX Host Intrusion Detection
System: Upgraded to release 3.0 with better performance and CPU
utilization, as well as many enhancements and defect fixes. (See “HP-UX Host Intrusion
Detection System”.) HP-UX IPFilter: Updated to
version A.03.05.11.01 with defect fixes and performance enhancements.
(See “HP-UX IPFilter”.) HP-UX Secure Shell: Updated
to A.03.91.009 with new features, including sshd re-exec for each new connection, permission and ownership checks
for program configuration files, sftp(1) interface improvements,
and several other features. (See “HP-UX Secure Shell”.) New
Product: HP-UX Security Attributes Configuration (bundle
SecConfig): Used to configure systemwide and per-user values of
security attributes of local users and NIS users. Now delivered
with HP-UX 11i v2. (See “HP-UX Security Attributes
Configuration”.) New Bundle: HP-UX
Standard Mode Security Extensions: Enables new security features
to be used in standard mode. Now available on Software Pack. (See “HP-UX Standard Mode
Security Extensions”.) OpenSSL: Updated to version
A.00.09.07e with automatic generation of a self-signed host certificate
and a private key. (See “OpenSSL ”.)
Chapter 9 “Commands and System
Calls”. The
hostname Command: With installation of the Node and Host Name
Expansion product (available on Software Pack), hostname now able to set and display the name of the current host
system at up to 255 bytes in length. (See “The hostname Command”.) The setuname Command: With installation of the Node and Host Name
Expansion product (available on Software Pack), setuname now able to modify the value for the system and/or node
name to up to 255 bytes. (See “The setuname Command”.) The uname Command: With installation of the Node and Host Name
Expansion product (available on Software Pack), uname now able to set and display the current system and/or
node name to up to 255 bytes. (See “The uname Command”.)
Chapter 10 “Libraries and Programming”. HP MLIB:
Updated to version 9.0 with new features, including support for
arbitrary length FFTs, FFT performance enhancements, and support
for VMATH, CXML, and BCS. (See “HP MLIB”.) HP MPI: Updated to version
2.1.1 with support for InfiniBand on Intel® Itanium®, HyperFabric2, and TCP/IP
on clusters. Includes Visual MPI for debugging and analysis, improved
gather performance for TCP/IP, and other improvements. (See “HP MPI ”.) Perl 5.8.2 build 808: Includes
better Unicode support and numeric accuracy, new I/O and thread
implementation, and other changes. (See “Perl”.) New
Product: Portability Package (version B.11.23.0505):
Now available on Software Pack, provides select Tru64 UNIX Application
Program Interfaces (APIs), as well as enhancements to existing APIs,
to ease the migration of code from Tru64 UNIX and Sun Microsystems
Solaris OS to HP-UX 11i v2. (See “Portability Package ”.) Software Transition Kit:
Provides tools and documents to help transition applications from
various operating systems, such as Tru64 UNIX or Sun Microsystems
Solaris, or from earlier versions of HP-UX. Available on the Application
Release CD. (See “Software Transition
Kit”.) Termcap and Curses Interfaces:
Termcap (libtermcap, libtermlib) and HP curses (libHcurses) interfaces deprecated in HP-UX 10.20 and to be removed
in a future release. Applications utilizing these libraries should
migrate to the standard X/Open curses interfaces. (See “Termcap and Curses
Interfaces”.)
Chapter 11 “Internationalization”. No changes
in this release.
Chapter 12 “Other Functionality”. Common
Desktop Environment (CDE): X11, Xt, Motif, and Audio support for expanded
nodenames and hostnames now available on Software Pack. (See “Common Desktop Environment
(CDE)”.)
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