HP-UX WBEM Direct Attached Storage (DAS) Provider release notes. HP-UX 11i v3

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HP-UX WBEM Direct Attached Storage (DAS)

Provider release notes

HP-UX 11i v3

HP Part Number: 5900-0480 Published: September 2009

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1 HP-UX WBEM Direct Attached Storage Provider release notes...5

Announcement...6

HP-UX WBEM DAS Provider...7

What's New in This Release...8

Installing HP-UX WBEM DAS Provider...9

Hardware Requirements and OS Support...9

Software Requirements...9

Disk Space Requirement...10

Defects Fixed in This Version...11

Known Problems, Workarounds, Limitations...12

List of Tables

1-1 Documentation Support for DAS Provider...5

1-2 DAS Provider Supported Platform and OS Requirement...9

1-3 DAS Provider Software Requirement for Itanium-based system...9

1-4 DAS Provider Software Requirement for PA-RISC system...9

1-5 DAS Provider Disk Space Requirement...10

1-6 Defects Fixed in DAS Provider version B.11.31.0909.01 and version B.11.31.0909.02 on HP-UX 11i v3 OS...11

1-7 WBEM Provider Related Documents...13

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1 HP-UX WBEM Direct Attached Storage Provider release

notes

This document discusses the most recent product information on HP-UX WBEM DAS provider, which is supported on HP-UX 11i v3 operating system.Table 1-1 “Documentation Support for DAS Provider”lists the product versions for which the document is applicable.

Table 1-1 Documentation Support for DAS Provider

Version Operating System

B.11.31.0909.01 and B.11.31.0909.02 HP-UX 11i v3

The document addresses the following topics • “Announcement” (page 6)

• “HP-UX WBEM DAS Provider” (page 7)

• “Installing HP-UX WBEM DAS Provider” (page 9)

• “Defects Fixed in This Version” (page 11)

• “Known Problems, Workarounds, Limitations” (page 12)

• “Related Documentation” (page 13)

• “Software Availability in Native Languages” (page 14)

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Announcement

Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM) is an industry wide initiative to unify the management of system, networks, and applications across multiple and diverse vendor environments. The WBEM clients use the mass storage providers to gather information about various subsystems. The WBEM standard enables the WBEM clients to subscribe to indications, and indication consumers to receive indications on the occurrence of events of interest on the managed system.

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HP-UX WBEM DAS Provider

This product is used to diagnose the hardware using the industry standard WBEM format. The provider enables WBEM client applications to retrieve information about Direct Attached Storage systems. Currently, the following hardware can be monitored by the provider:

• DS2500 Storage Enclosure

• MSA 30 and MSA 1000/1500 (Storage Arrays) • MSA 60 and MSA 70 (JBODs)

• Stand-alone disks

The features supported by the provider are described below: • Supports Instance provider feature

This feature provides information about the stand-alone or fixed disks available on the system.

NOTE: The Instance provider feature is not supported for LUNs. • Supports Consolidated Status Provider (CSP) feature

This feature reports the consolidated status of the stand-alone or fixed disks available on the system.

• Supports Indication Provider (IP) feature

This feature generates indications in WBEM format and delivers the events to the cimserver. The indication provider uses EMS events generated by Online Diag monitors and wraps them up in WBEM format. This provider generate indications for stand-alone or fixed disks, storage arrays, and storage enclosures.

NOTE: The Indication provider feature is not supported for LUNs.

• Supports HP-UX WBEM services to provide Web access to HP-UX data for management clients.

• Used by HP Software Management clients, HP System Insight Manager (SIM), HP System Management HomePage (SMH), and others.

• Supports WBEM Services A.02.07 or later security features to control access to HP-UX data.

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What's New in This Release

This version of the DAS provider is supported on the latest HP-UX 11i v3 Integrity Superdome systems. This version also includes resolutions for a few defects. For more information on defect fixes, see“Defects Fixed in This Version” (page 11).

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Installing HP-UX WBEM DAS Provider

The latest WBEM DAS provider depot is available for installation from the OE media. It is also available on the Web for download at:http://h20392.www2.hp.com/portal/swdepot/

displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=WBEMP-Storage.

The product depot can also be downloaded from the mega bundle available at the following location:http://h20392.www2.hp.com/portal/swdepot/

displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=DiagProdCollection.

NOTE: The WBEM providers depot available on the Web athttps://h20392.www2.hp.com/ portal/swdepot/displayProductsList.do?category=ISS, does not support CSP and IP features for all the related subsystems.

For more information on installing the providers, see the Website at:http://h20392.www2.hp.com/ portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=WBEMP-Storage

Hardware Requirements and OS Support

Table 1-2lists the platform support information for the DAS provider Table 1-2 DAS Provider Supported Platform and OS Requirement

Mode of Delivery Supported OS Product Name Provider ISU HP-UX 11i v3 WBEMP-Storage DAS Provider

Software Requirements

DAS provider requires certain software products to be installed on the managed system. These requirements are listed below.

Table 1-3 DAS Provider Software Requirement for Itanium-based system

Software Requirement

ProviderSvcsBase version C.02.00.05.01 installs the following products on the system: • WBEM Services version A.02.09

• SysMgmtPlus version A.02.00.04.02 • OnlineDiag version B.11.31.06.05 • SysFaultMgmt version C.06.00.07.01

NOTE: The DiagProdCollection mega bundle includes DAS provider, ProviderSvcsBase, and other dependent products listed in the tableTable 1-3 “DAS Provider Software Requirement for Itanium-based system”. In this mega bundle, a version lock is implemented between

ProviderSvcsBase (Product name ProviderSvcsCore), SysFaultMgmt, WBEM Services, and OnlineDiag starting from B.11.31.0903 release. The version lock ensures that if ProviderSvcsBase product is selected for installation, other products (of versions listed in tableTable 1-3 “DAS Provider Software Requirement for Itanium-based system”) are pulled in for installation. For more information about DiagProdCollection mega bundle, see

https://h20392.www2.hp.com/portal/swdepot/

displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=DiagProdCollection. Table 1-4 DAS Provider Software Requirement for PA-RISC system

Software Requirement

WBEM Services version A.02.07

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Table 1-4 DAS Provider Software Requirement for PA-RISC system (continued)

SysMgmtPlus version A.02.00.04.02 SysFaultMgmt version C.06.00.07.01 OnlineDiag version B.11.31.06.05 EMS-Core version A.04.00.01

Disk Space Requirement

Table 1-5lists the disk space requirement for the DAS provider. Table 1-5 DAS Provider Disk Space Requirement

Disk Space Required Provider

16696 KB DAS Provider (includes CSP and IP

Providers)

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Defects Fixed in This Version

The following defects are fixed in the DAS provider for September 2009 release.

Table 1-6 Defects Fixed in DAS Provider version B.11.31.0909.01 and version B.11.31.0909.02 on HP-UX 11i v3 OS

Description Defect ID

Defects Fixed in DAS Provider version B.11.31.0909.02 on HP-UX 11i v3 OS

In the previous release, when an application requests thread creation on a system on which DAS provider is running, the request is not processed if the provider has created threads beyond the threshold value set on the system. Due to this, warning messages are logged in the system log file as the DAS provider thread spawns over a period of time.

In the current release, this defect is fixed and warning messages are not logged in the system log file as the DAS provider thread does not spawn over a period of time.

QXCR1000938587

In the previous release, the status of LUNs in the SMH page are displayed as degraded even when the status of LUNs are not degraded.

In the current release, this defect is fixed and the LUN status is displayed appropriately in the SMH page.

QXCR1000958375

Defects Fixed in DAS Provider version B.11.31.0909.01 on HP-UX 11i v3 OS

In the previous release, the getwbemstatus function in the XML page uses the class HP_DiskDrive to get the consolidated status of the disks, but the consolidated status is provided by the classHP_DiskCollection. In the current release, this defect is fixed and the XML page is modified to get the consolidated status from the class HP_DiskCollection. Appropriate status is displayed on the SMH page.

QXCR1000896835

In the previous release, a file named diskaldata is created in the root directory of a system when the DAS™ provider is started. The file size is negligible and users can ignore the occurrence of the file. This file can be deleted, but the file may reappear.

In the current release, this defect is fixed and the file diskaldata is not created in the root directory of the system.

QXCR1000893566

In the previous release, a core file is created randomly in the var/opt/ wbemdirectory. Occurrence of this file does not affect normal working of the product.

In the current release, this defect is fixed and the core file is not created in the var/opt/wbem directory.

QXCR1000894271

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Known Problems, Workarounds, Limitations

The product has no known problems or limitations in the current release.

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Software Availability in Native Languages

The DAS provider documentation is available in English language only.

HP-UX WBEM Direct Attached Storage (DAS) Provider release notes. HP-UX 11i v3