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HP-UX 11i Version 2 June 2006 Release Notes: HP 9000 and HP Integrity Servers > Chapter 3 What is New at a Glance

What is New in the June 2006 Release?

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In the following summaries, you can obtain a general picture of how the June 2006 release of HP-UX 11i v2 differs from the March 2006 release of HP-UX 11i v2.

For further information, see the indicated sections in the remainder of this document.

Chapter 4 “Hardware-Specific Information”

Chapter 5 “General System Administration”

  • Feature Enablement Patch Bundle (FEATURE11i): Added new patches for HP Integrity Virtual Machines (HPVM). (See “Feature Enablement Patch Bundle (FEATURE11i)”.)

  • HP Integrity Virtual Machines Provider (VMProvider): Updated to version A.01.20 with build and MOF changes to work with the latest WBEM Services, a new interface to get only the IDs of the VMs, and additions to get more VxVM information from each VM. (See “HP Integrity Virtual Machines Provider”.)

  • HP Integrity VM Support Library (VMGuestLib): Updated to version A.01.20 to incorporate a very minor packaging change. (See “HP Integrity VM Support Library”.)

  • “HP Partitioning”

    • HP Global Workload Manager: Updated to version A.02.00.00.x. Now part of the HP Virtual Server Environment (VSE) Management Software suite, can now manage virtual machines created using the HP Integrity Virtual Machines software, and has other changes. (See “HP Global Workload Manager”.)

    • nPartition Provider: Updated to version B.23.01.06.01 to resolve problems and limitations. (See “nPartition Provider”.)

    • Partition Manager: Updated to version B.23.02.01.03 to resolve problems and limitations. (See “Partition Manager ”.)

    • vPar Provider: Updated to incorporate defect fixes. (See “vPar Provider”.)

  • New Product: HP Serviceguard WBEM Providers: Will provide current Serviceguard cluster configuration, membership, and status information to Common Information Model (CIM) clients using HP WBEM Services on HP-UX platforms. (See “HP Serviceguard WBEM Providers”.)

  • HP System Management Homepage: Updated to version A.2.2.3 to incorporate defect fixes. (See “HP System Management Homepage”.)

  • HP WBEM Services for HP-UX: Updated to version A.02.00.10 to incorporate defect fixes. (See “HP WBEM Services for HP-UX”.)

  • HP-UX Kernel Configuration: Updated to incorporate defect fixes. (See “HP-UX Kernel Configuration”.)

  • Ignite-UX: Ignite-UX 11i v1 (B.11.11) installation kernel now includes the 4 GB patch to support files on ISO9660 media (CDFS) that are greater than 2 GB in size. SAS support is introduced, as well as the use of ssh for the creation of recovery images, providing enhanced security. (See “Ignite-UX”.)

  • “Online Diagnostics”

    • OnlineDiag Bundle: Updated to support AD279A, AD278A, AB345C, and AB286C cards, as well as pre-enables future cards. The new Serial-Attached SCSI (SAS) Mass Storage Adapter Monitor (dm_sas_adapter) is included for Itanium®-based systems. (See “OnlineDiag Bundle”.)

    • SysFaultMgmt Bundle: Updated version introduces new indication provider SFMIndicationProvider, which replaces some EMS monitors; provides LED reporting on Field Replaceable Units; and other changes, including defect fixes. (See “SysFaultMgmt Bundle”.)

  • Quality Pack Patch Bundle: Not updated in June 2006 release. March 2006 QPK was carried forward into this release. Next QPK update will occur in the September 2006 release. (See “Quality Pack Patch Bundle”.)

  • Software Distributor: Updated to incorporate defect fixes. (See “Software Distributor”.)

  • Update-UX: Updated to reflect defect fixes. No new features or functionality. (See “Update-UX”.)

  • Utilization Provider: Updated to version A.01.03 to include defect fixes. (See “Utilization Provider”.)

Chapter 6 “Disk and File Management”

  • EnableVxFS Bundle: Now a customer-selectable product in the June 2006 release of HP-UX 11i v2 (formerly, was always-installed). (See “EnableVxFS Bundle”.)

  • VERITAS File System (HP JFS/HP OnlineJFS): HP OnlineJFS 4.1 (B3929EA): Updated to incorporate a defect fix. Base-VXVM 4.1 is now a prerequisite for HP OnlineJFS 4.1. (See “VERITAS File System (Base-VXFS and HP OnlineJFS)”.)

Chapter 7 “Internet and Networking”

Chapter 8 “Security”

  • HP-UX OpenSSL: Updated to provide more stringent error checking and general defect fixes. (See “HP-UX OpenSSL”.)

  • HP-UX Role-based Access Control: Updated with a usability enhancement known as “Hierarchical Roles” that allows you to define relationships between roles. Also includes defect fixes. (See “HP-UX Role-based Access Control”.)

  • HP-UX Secure Shell: Updated to version A.04.20.009 with High Performance Enabled SSH/SCP and Auth Selection patches, new configuration directives in the server, increase in the default size of RSA and DSA keys, delayed compression, and other changes. (See “HP-UX Secure Shell”.)

  • SecurityExt Bundle: Updated to version B.11.23.02 with update of HP-UX Role-based Access Control and new manpages. Available on Software Pack. (See “SecurityExt Bundle”.)

Chapter 9 “Commands and System Calls”

  • No changes in this release.

Chapter 10 “Libraries and Programming”

  • HP MPI: Updated to version 2.2 with C++ bindings, new mpirun command line options, MPI-2 supported ROMIO, CPU bind support, signal propagation, scalability, and new environment variables. (See “HP MPI”.)

  • “Java 2 Standard Edition Platform”

    • HP-UX Java Development Kit and HP-UX Java Runtime Environment for the Java ™ 2 Platform Standard Edition (JDK/JRE): Versions 1.4 and 5.0 (1.5) of the JDK/JRE, Add-ons, and Plugins updated to incorporate defect fixes as well as packaging changes. (See “JDK, JRE, and Plug-In for HP-UX for the Java Platform”“JDK, JRE, and Plug-In for HP-UX for the Java Platform” on page 144.)

    • Java Out-of-Box: Updated to version 2.03.05 to incorporate packaging changes. (See “Java Out-of-Box”.)

  • Perl: Updated to version 5.8.3 build 809. Includes changes to the hash code, to the Perl API, and to some C macros, as well as other changes. (See “Perl”.)

Chapter 11 “Internationalization”

  • No changes in this release.

Chapter 12 “Other Functionality”

  • No changes in this release.

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