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In the following summaries, you can obtain a general picture
of how the June 2007 release of HP-UX 11i v2 differs from the September
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”. Distributed
Systems Administration Utilities: Updated to version 1.4 to incorporate defect
fixes. (See “Distributed Systems
Administration Utilities”.) New: DUMPAAEnable:
Version B.11.23.0609.01. Enables high-availability features for
HP's Active-Active Disk Arrays when configured as dump devices.
Available on Software Pack. (See “DUMPAAEnable”.) New: Dynamic
Root Disk (DRD): An HP-UX system administration toolset used to clone
an HP-UX system image to an inactive disk for software maintenance
and recovery. (See “Dynamic Root Disk”.) Enterprise Cluster Master
Toolkit: Updated to version B.04.01. Enhanced Oracle toolkit, README
file of each toolkit in the ECMT bundle. Includes support for HP Apache,
HP CIFS and Oracle 9i and 10g with Cluster File System (CFS) 5.0,
and more. (See “Enterprise Cluster
Master Toolkit ”.) Event Monitoring Services:
Enhanced to support Web Based Enterprise Management (WBEM) notifications.
Also includes defect fixes. Bundle name changed from B67609BA to EventMonitoring. (See “Event Monitoring
Services”.) Feature Enablement Patch
Bundle: FEATURE11i bundle consists of all its previous patches plus new
enablement patches for Dynamic Root Disk, vPars, and VxFS products.
(See “Feature Enablement
Patch Bundle (Feature11i)”.) High Availability Monitors:
Updated to support the update of Event Monitoring Service. (See “High Availability
Monitors”.) HP Integrity Virtual Machines
Provider (VM Provider): Upgrade from A.01.20 to A.03.00 provides
support for Windows guests in addition to HP-UX guests. (See “HP Integrity Virtual
Machines Provider (VM Provider)”.) HP Integrity Virtual Machines
(VMGuestLib): Upgrade from version A.01.20 to A.03.00 includes support
for Windows guests. (See “HP Integrity Virtual
Machines (VMGuestLib)”.) HP OpenView GlancePlus Pak:
Updated to version 4.60 with enhancements including (for OVPA) support
for HP Virtual Machine 2.0, configurable logging intervals, additional
logging thresholds, flush interval, and (for GlancePlus) gpm has been renamed as xglance, ability to monitor HP Virtual Machine 2.0 guests from the
HPVM host system, and more. (See “HP OpenView GlancePlus
Pak”.) “HP Partitioning and
Virtual Server Environment ” 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. (See “HP
Application Discovery”.) HP Global Workload Manager:
Updated to version A.03.00.00.x with several changes, including: conditional policies
that take effect based on Serviceguard events; enablement of use
of Temporary Instant Capacity (TiCAP) resources on the policy level;
support for Hyper-Threading; new gwlmstatus command; and more. (See “HP
Global Workload Manager”.) HP Process Resource Manager:
Now provides an interface inside HP Systems Insight Manager; xprm interface has been removed. (See “HP
Process Resource Manager”.) HP-UX Virtual Partitions:
Updated to version A.04.04. Provides support for HP 9000 servers
based on the HP sx2000 chipset, support for SCSI tape boot and recovery
within a vPars A.04.04 environment for supported HP Integrity servers. Purchased
separately. (See “HP-UX
Virtual Partitions”.) nPartition Provider: Updated
to version B.01.03 with defect fixes. (See “nPartition
Provider”.) PRMKernelSW: Formerly PRM
Libraries, now known as PRMKernelSW, which contains only the PRM
kernel fileset, PRM-Sw-Krn. (See “PRMKernelSW
(formerly PRM Libraries)”.) PRMLibraries: Now contains
PRM API. Previous content of this product is now in the PRMKernelSW
product. (See “PRMLibraries”.) Utilization Provider: Updated
to version A.01.06.xx.xx to include defect fixes and support for new features
of the VSE Management Software. Now provides support for Application
Discovery and ServiceGuard failover. (See “Utilization
Provider”.) vPar Provider: Provides defect
fixes for improving product performance. (See “vPar
Provider”.)
HP Serviceguard: Updated
to version A.11.18. Changes include new, streamlined package-creation
process; explicit support for external scripts; general-purpose support
for package dependencies on the same node; general-purpose support
for multi-node packages (volume groups must be mounted in shared
mode); and more. Bundle name changed from T1905BA to T1905CA. (See “HP Serviceguard”.) HP Serviceguard NFS Toolkit:
Updated to version A.11.23.07 with fix for a problem with hanfs.sh script and a new white paper that describes how Serviceguard
NFS Toolkit works with the Cluster File System in a Serviceguard
environment. (See “HP Serviceguard NFS
Toolkit”.) HP System Management Homepage
for HP-UX: Updated to version A.2.2.6.x to incorporate defect fixes. (See “HP System Management
Homepage”.) HP Systems Insight Manager:
Updated with support for HP VSE Management Software 3.0 products;
enhancement to better identify associations between systems when
those systems convert to a different subtype; and change in the
name of orphan systems. (See “HP Systems Insight
Manager ”.) HP WBEM Services for HP-UX:
Updated to version A.02.05.x, which is a major update to version A.02.00 and is
based on OpenPegasus 2.5 source base and CIM Schema 2.9. Key differentiators
include association providers, internationalization support for
CIM operations, CIM schema upgrade, and more. Bundle name changed from
B8465BA to WBEMSvcs. (See “HP WBEM Services
for HP-UX”.) HP-UX Kernel Configuration:
Now available as a tool in the HP System Management Homepage. TUI
is no longer ObAM-based. (See “HP-UX Kernel Configuration ”.) HP-UX WBEM Fibre Channel
Provider: Updated to version 11.23.0706. New Consolidated Status
Provider (CSP), new Indication Provider, and contains defect fixes.
(See “HP-UX WBEM Fibre
Channel Provider”.) New: HP-UX
WBEM File System Provider: Makes available file system information. The
FSProvider instruments the HPUX_HFS, HP_LOFS, HP_CDFS, HP_VxFS, HP_NFS, HP_MountPoint and HPUX_Mount classes. (See “HP-UX WBEM File System
Provider ”.) New: HP-UX
WBEM IOTree Indication Provider: Enables management clients to subscribe
to WBEM indications. Indication consumers can receive indications whenever
there is a state change in the hot swappable slots of the PCI-IO sub-system.
(See “HP-UX WBEM IOTree
Indication Provider”.) HP-UX WBEM LAN Provider for
Ethernet Interfaces: Delivers two new providers: HP-UX LAN Indication
Provider and LAN Consolidated Status Provider. Installation of DLPI
patch PHNE_35545 is recommended. (See “HP-UX WBEM LAN Provider
for Ethernet Interfaces”.) HP-UX WBEM LVM Provider:
Updated to version 11.23.008 to incorporate defect fixes. (See “HP-UX WBEM LVM Provider”.) New: HP-UX
WBEM RAIDSA Provider: Used by client applications to determine information
about Smart Array HBAs present on the system. (See “HP-UX WBEM RAIDSA
Provider”.) New: HP-UX
WBEM SAS Provider: Used by client applications to determine information
about SAS HBAs present on the system. (See “HP-UX WBEM SAS Provider”.) HP-UX WBEM SCSI Provider:
Updated to version 11.23.0706. Supports Consolidated Status Provider
feature and contains defect fixes. (See “HP-UX WBEM SCSI Provider”.) Ignite-UX: Updated to version
C.7.2.xx. This is the final Ignite-UX release supporting HP-UX
11.00 installation and recovery. Significant changes to the default system
configuration for HP-UX 11i v2 have been made to support software
added to HP-UX after initial release, better handle larger mass
storage devices and support future updates to other HP-UX releases.
Will now recover the Memory File System (MemFS) configuration. Has
introduced the ability to block particular paths and protocols during
inventory. An example script has been added to simplify creation
of recovery DVD media. Support for new hardware and defect fixes.
(See “Ignite-UX”.) ObsIOTreePro: Upon update from HP-UX 11i v1 to HP-UX 11i v2, will
remove the ISU IOTree Provider product and will retain the core
IOTree Indication Provider product. (See “HP-UX WBEM IOTree
Indication Provider”.) Obsolescence Bundle: Used
during an update, automatically removes obsolete or incompatible
products and/or drivers. (See “Online Diagnostics”.) Online Diagnostics: Updated
to support Emulex PCI-e Fibre Channel Mass Storage Adapters AD299A
and AD355A. The new monitor for these cards (dm_fclp_adapter) is included in this release for Itanium®-based systems. Other I/O devices,
as well as new systems and storage arrays are also supported. (See “Online Diagnostics”.) Quality Pack Patch Bundles:
Updated for the HP-UX 11i v2 (B.11.23) June 2007 release. (See “Quality Pack Patch
Bundles”.) Software Distributor: Updated
to incorporate defect fixes. (See “Software Distributor”.) Software Package Builder:
Updated to incorporate defect fixes, including quality improvements
to the manpage and graphical user interface (GUI). (See “Software Package
Builder”.) System Fault Management:
Updated with changes including new providers, the choice of the
SFMIndicationProvider instead of EMS Hardware Monitors on Itanium
®-based systems, the
ability to view indications generated by the High Availability Monitors,
and more. (See “System Fault Management”.) Update-UX: Updated to reflect
defect fixes. There are no new features or functionality in update-ux. (See “Update-UX”.)
Chapter 6 “Disk and File Management”. HP CIFS
Client: Updated to version A.02.02.01 with support for MS Distributed
File System (DFS) and new configuration parameters; and other features.
(See “HP CIFS Client”.) HP CIFS Server: Updated to
3.0g version A.02.03.01. Based on Samba 3.0.22 with 3.0.23 selected
fixes. Also includes fixes and enhancements provided in HP CIFS Server
3.0f version A.02.03. Enhancements include Winbind code re-design
and TDB memory map support. (See “HP CIFS Server ”.)
Chapter 7 “Internet and Networking”. Firefox
and FirefoxSrc: Updated to version 1.5.0.8. Fixes several security vulnerabilities
reported by the Mozilla Foundation. (See “Browsers”.) New:
HP-UX Enhanced Publickey-LDAP: Enhanced with the newkey/chkey commands and the getpublickey/getsecretkey APIs. Available on Software Pack. (See “HP-UX Enhanced Publickey-LDAP”.) LDAP-UX Integration: Updated
to version B.04.10. Provides defect fix and new features, including
Dynamic Group Support, PAM_AUTHZ enhancements, and more. (See “LDAP-UX Integration ”.) Mozilla: Updated to 1.7.13.01.
Contains security fixes. (See “Browsers”.) Netscape Directory Server
for HP-UX: Updated to B.06.21.50. Contains defect fixes in addition
to new features provided in version B.06.21, including support for four-way
multi-master replication, support for fine-grained password policy,
and more. (See “Netscape Directory
Server for HP-UX”.) Red Hat Directory Server
for HP-UX: Updated to version B.07.10.20.20 to provide defect fixes.
(See “Red Hat Directory
Server for HP-UX”.) Thunderbird and ThunderbirdSrc:
Updated to 1.5.08.00. Fixes several security vulnerabilities reported
by the Mozilla Foundation. (See “Browsers”.)
Chapter 8 “Security”. HP-UX
Bastille: With version 3.0.x, new enhancements, capabilities, features, and benefits
(including bastille_drift analysis) represent additional items that
Bastille will be able to lock down, additional usability improvements,
and a new ability for Bastille to ensure that each cluster node
has a consistent set of security settings. Bundle name changed from
B6849AA to HPUXBastille. (See “HP-UX Bastille”.) HP-UX Host Intrusion Detection
System: Updated to version 4.1. Supports an alert volume reduction
feature; enables the generation of customized and consolidated alert
reports that are easy to view and print; provides a tuning tool
that reduces the time and effort to deploy and maintain Surveillance
Schedules; and more. (See “HP-UX Host Intrusion
Detection System”.) HP-UX IPFilter: Updated to
version A.03.05.14 with Filtering for IPv6 packets equivalent to
IPv4 packet filtering while maintaining IPv4 support; Stateful filtering for
TCP (limited stateful filtering for UDP and ICMPv6); IPv6 fragmentation support
(the ability to block fragmented traffic); and other changes. (See “HP-UX IPFilter”.) HP-UX Security Attributes
Configuration: Defects are fixed in this release. (See “HP-UX Security Attributes
Configuration”.) Install-Time Security: Includes the bundles Sec00Tools, Sec10Host, Sec20MngDMZ, and Sec30DMZ. Updated to version 1.4.x with new questions/configuration, diagnostic daemon
configure to local-only use (not network), and syslog local-only. (See “Install-Time Security”.) OpenSSL: Updated to version
A.00.09.07l.003. Incorporates defect fixes. If OpenSSL A.00.09.08d
is enabled, additional security features are available. (See “OpenSSL”.) HP-UX Role-based Access Control:
Updated to version B.11.23.04 with introduction of a set of “privilege
shells,” integration with HP System Management Homepage, integration
with select commands, and defect fixes. Available on Software Pack.
(See “HP-UX Role-based
Access Control”.) HP-UX Secure Shell: Updated
to version A.04.40.011. Features include change to ssh ControlMaster directive for Connection Sharing; improved
performance for remote-to-local and local-to-remote file transfers;
and features introduced in OpenSSH4.4p1. (See “HP-UX Secure Shell ”.) New: HP-UX
Software Assistant: A command-line based tool that consolidates
and simplifies patch management and security bulletin management
on HP-UX systems. (See “HP-UX Software Assistant”.) HP-UX Standard Mode Security
Extensions: Version B.11.23.02 introduces integration with HP-UX
Role-based Access Control, allowing more granular access controls.
In addition, also introduces the userstat command for querying the status of user account information.
Available on Software Pack. (See “HP-UX Standard Mode
Security Extensions”.)
Chapter 9 “Commands and System
Calls”. Chapter 10 “Libraries and Programming”. HP MPI:
Updated to version 2.2.5 with MPI-2 name publishing support, new
mpirun option -netaddr, and new environment
variables. (See “HP MPI”.) 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. (See “Java JDK/JRE for
HP-UX”.) Perl: Updated to version
5.8.8 build 817.1 with improvements to performance, changes to several
commands, defect fixes, and much more. (See “Perl”.)
Chapter 11 “Internationalization”. No changes
in this release.
Chapter 12 “Other Functionality”. No changes
in this release.
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