HP-UX Workload Manager - Patches / support

# uname -r

To determine your WLM version, use the command:

# /opt/wlm/bin/wlmd -V

Before installing patches

1. Read each patch's installation instructions
   Each patch comes with a .txt file named using the patch number. For example, patch PHSS_26845 has a file named PHSS_26845.txt. Be sure to read the "Special Installation Instructions" section of the .txt file for each patch you are going to install.

2. Shut down WLM:
   

   # wlmd -k

After installing patches

Restart WLM using the most recent configuration:

# wlmd -A

HP-UX 11i v2 patches needed for WLM

WLM version Patch Description All HP-UX 11i v2 Update 2 (Reboots system: Yes) BUNDLE11i patch bundle All Java patches for the GUI See the "patches" section of http://www.hp.com/go/java All PHKL_33052 (Reboots system: Yes) Prevents performance degradation when using workload groups that are based on FSS groups in a single-processor virtual partition, nPartition, or system All PHKL_33604, PHKL_33605 NOTE: Install these patches at the same time. These patches help ensure each job within an FSS-based workload group gets a more equal share of the group’s allocation than it would under HP-UX semantics. All PHKL_35174 Patch required when using WLM for management of nPartitions or virtual partitions on rx8640 or rx7640 Integrity servers. For more information on this patch, go to the HP IT Resource Center Web site: http://itrc.hp.com A.03.01 PHKL__32518 Allows you to create more than 64 workload groups—assuming you have already installed BUNDLE11i. A.03.00 None A.02.03.03 None A.02.02 PHSS_30986 (Reboots system: No) Resolves the following PRM issues: After converting to shadow passwords on a system, xprm's remote management fails A root user is unable to run prmconfig -s -f to check syntax A memory leak in the prm1d daemon The prmanalyze -p command returns wrong data prmconfig aborts when files starting with unsupported characters are found A.02.01.01 None

HP-UX 11i v1 patches needed for WLM

WLM version Patch Description All HP-UX Quality Pack** (Reboots system: Yes) Defect-fix patches for HP-UX 11i on HP-UX PA-RISC workstations and servers Install the Quality Pack before installing the Software Pack All HP-UX Software Pack (Reboots system: Yes) Provides Processor Sets Available from HP-UX Software Pack (Optional HP-UX 11i Core Enhancements); install the HP-UX Quality Pack before installing the Processor Sets software. All HWEnable11i (Reboots system: Yes) Required hardware enablement patches for all HP-UX 11i workstations and servers All Java patches for the GUI See the "patches" section of http://www.hp.com/go/java All PHKL_33372 (Reboots system: Yes) Memory Resource Groups (MRG) Superseded patches*: PHKL_32619, PHKL_28695, PHKL_26938, PHKL_25304 All PHKL_32619 Memory Resource Groups (MRG) patch All PHKL_32061 PHKL_31993 PHKL_30034 PHKL_30035 PHKL_31995 (Reboots system: Yes) Install all these patches at the same time. These patches: Preserve allocations in cases where a workload group with a large allocation and just enough jobs to get that allocation could be outperformed by a smaller allocation group with more jobs Improve performance of I/O-based applications when the Fair-Share Scheduler (FSS) is enabled Superseded patches*: PHKL_32061 supersedes: PHKL_30216, PHKL_30032, PHKL_29707 PHKL_31993 supersedes: PHKL_30036, PHKL_30033, PHKL_29708, PHKL_29706 PHKL_30034 supersedes: PHKL_24557 PHKL_30035 supersedes: PHKL_29705, PHKL_27531, PHKL_26232 PHKL_31995 supersedes: PHKL_30037, PHKL_29709 A.03.00 None A.02.03.03 PHSS_33051 (Reboots system: No) Allows WLM to be used with HP-UX Virtal Partitions a.03.02 A.02.02 PHSS_30985 (Reboots system: No) Resolves the following PRM issues: After converting to shadow passwords on a system, xprm's remote management fails A root user is unable to run prmconfig -s -f to check syntax A memory leak in the prm1d daemon The prmanalyze -p command returns wrong data prmconfig aborts when files starting with unsupported characters are found A.02.01 None A.02.00 PHSS_26846 (Reboots system: No) Reduces excessive syslog messaging from the memory manager, generates an error when an LVM device is a character device instead of block, fixes an inconsistency in volume group data from prmavail and xprm, improves handling of SIGUSR1 by the application manager, improves logic for the prm2d memory manager and for prmavail's collecting of memory data (Needed only if you are using PRM C.02.00.02; check your PRM version with "what /opt/prm/bin/prmconfig")