HP Operations Smart Plug-in for BEA Tuxedo

for HP Operations Manager for Windows

Release Notes

Software version: 5.00 / Nov 2009

This document provides an overview of the changes made to HP Operations Smart Plug-in for Tuxedo (Tuxedo SPI) 5.00 for the HP Operations Manager for Windows (HPOM for Windows) version 8.10. It contains important information not included in the manuals or in online help.

In This Version
Documentation Updates
Installation Notes
Enhancements and Fixes
Known Problems, Limitations, and Workarounds
Documentation Errata
Integration with Other HP Software Solutions
Support
Legal Notices

In This Version

The new features are as follows:

·                 Support for Tuxedo 8.1 (32-bit), 9.1 (32-bit), 10 (32-bit and 64-bit) on Linux.

·                 Support for Tuxedo 8.1 (64-bit), 9.0 (64-bit), 9.1 (64-bit), 10 (32-bit and 64-bit) on Solaris and AIX.

·                 Support for Tuxedo 10 on HP-UX and Windows.

·                 Support dropped for the Tuxedo 6.5, 7.1, and 8.0.

New Product Names

HP OpenView Operations is now HP Operations Manager, OVO for Windows is now HPOM for Windows, and HP OpenView Smart Plug-ins are now HP Operations Smart Plug-ins. Due to these product name changes, product names in the documentation may temporarily differ from the names you see on the software.

Documentation Updates

The first page of this release notes document contains the following identifying information:

·                 Version number, which indicates the software version.

·                 Publish date, which changes each time the document is updated.

To check for recent updates or to verify that you are using the most recent edition, go to the following web site:
HP Product Manuals

NOTE: To view files in PDF format (*.pdf), Adobe Acrobat Reader must be installed on your system. To download Adobe Acrobat Reader, go to the following web site:
Adobe

Installation Notes

Installation requirements, as well as instructions for installing Tuxedo SPI, are documented in the HP Operations Smart Plug-ins DVD Installation and Upgrade Guide provided in Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format.

Software and Hardware Requirements

Before installing Tuxedo SPI, make sure that your system meets the following minimum requirements for the management server and the managed node:

Management server

HARDWARE

Intel Pentium IV or higher with 512 MB RAM

OS platform and compatibility

Microsoft Windows 2003/2008 Server

Software

HPOM for Windows 8.10

Disk space

120 MB of free disk space

Managed node

HARDWARE

·                 PA RISC

·                 Intel Pentium

·                 Itanium

·                 Sun Sparc

·                 IBM Power PC

OS platform and compatibility

·                 HP-UX 11.11 (32 bit, 64 bit)

·                 HP-UX 11.23 (64 bit)

·                 HP-UX 11.31 (64 bit)

·                 Microsoft Windows 2003 Server

·                 Solaris 7, 8, 9, 10 (32 bit)

·                 IBM AIX 5.1, 5.2, 5.3 (32 bit)

Software

·                 Tuxedo 8.1

·                 Tuxedo 9.0

·                 Tuxedo 9.1

·                 Tuxedo 10

Disk space

10 MB of free disk space

Enhancements and Fixes

·                 N/A

Known Problems, Limitations, and Workarounds

Excessive Message overflow in the message browser

·                 Symptoms: When the Tuxedo SPI is started, it forwards excessive messages that are resident in the Tuxedo application to the message browser.

·                 Workaround: Before starting the Tuxedo SPI, disable the templates that are not required.

Limitation: Compress Ulog and Delete Ulog not working

·                 Symptoms: On Unix nodes, the Tuxedo SPI Compress and Delete Ulog tool does not work when the UD32 utility fails to run on that node.

Documentation Errata

There are no errors in the Tuxedo SPI documentation currently.

Integration with Other HP Software Solutions

Tuxedo SPI integrates with the following HP Performance products:

·                 HP Performance Agent

·                 Embedded Performance Component

Support

You can visit the HP Software Support web site:
Support

This web site provides contact information and details about the products, services, and support that HP offers.

HP Software online support provides an efficient way to access interactive technical support tools. As a valued support customer, you can benefit by being able to do the following:

·                 Search for knowledge documents of interest

·                 Submit and track progress on support cases

·                 Submit enhancement requests online

·                 Download software patches

·                 Manage a support contract

·                 Look up HP support contacts

·                 Review information about available services

·                 Enter discussions with other software customers

·                 Research and register for software training

NOTE: Most of the support areas require that you register as an HP Passport user and sign in. Many also require an active support contract. To find more information about support access levels and HP Passport, go to the following URL:
HP Passport Access Levels

Legal Notices

©Copyright 2009 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.

Confidential computer software. Valid license from HP required for possession, use or copying. Consistent with FAR 12.211 and 12.212, Commercial Computer Software, Computer Software Documentation, and Technical Data for Commercial Items are licensed to the U.S. Government under vendor's standard commercial license.

The only warranties for HP products and services are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty. HP shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein.

The information contained herein is subject to change without notice.