HP Integrity Virtual Machines Version 4.2 Release Notes
7.2.10 Integrity VM V4.1 Does not Support Gelan Drivers.............................................................71
7.2.11 MAC Address Validation Can Be Enhanced.........................................................................71
7.2.12 Auto Port Aggregation (APA) is Supported on the VM Host, Not on the Guest.................71
7.2.13 Do Not Run Applications that Set Network Devices into Promiscuous Mode....................71
7.2.14 Guest and Host Communication...........................................................................................71
7.2.15 Configuring vswitches to be Backed by a VLAN Interface on the VM Host is Not
Supported........................................................................................................................................72
7.2.16 Do Not Turn on TSO on the VM Host and on HP-UX Guests When Using VIO.................72
7.2.17 Restarting Vswitches.............................................................................................................72
7.2.18 Guest AVIO Interface Behavior.............................................................................................73
7.2.19 AVIO LAN Devices Not Claimed by Guest with DOWN vswitch at Boot Time.................73
7.2.20 Do Not Use TCP Software Packet Reassembly in IGSSN Driver..........................................73
7.2.21 Other Issues and Notes..........................................................................................................74
8 Storage Information.....................................................................................................75
8.1 Changes and Issues in This Release................................................................................................75
8.1.1 Storage Interface Support for OpenVMS Guests....................................................................75
8.1.2 Slow VM Host Storage Might Result in HP-UX MPT Spinlock Timeout...............................75
8.1.3 HostAVIOStor and GuestAVIOStor Changes.........................................................................75
8.2 Known Issues and Information.......................................................................................................76
8.2.1 GuestAVIOStor HBA Driver (gvsd) DLKM............................................................................76
8.2.2 Agile DSFs Change in HP-UX 11i v3 Guest When Migrating Disks Between scsi and
avio_stor......................................................................................................................................76
8.2.3 Agile Device Name Recommendations..................................................................................77
8.2.4 Configuration Limits...............................................................................................................77
8.2.5 Using USB CD/DVD Devices..................................................................................................77
8.2.6 The sam Command might Display Incorrect Number of Disks and Paths on an HP-UX 11i
v2 Guest...........................................................................................................................................77
8.2.7 Crash Dump Collection Might Fail for HP-UX Guests with Attached I/O Devices (VIO).....78
8.2.8 DMP Files Not Supported as Backing Stores .........................................................................78
8.2.9 Assigning a Null Device to a Resource...................................................................................78
8.2.10 Integrity VM Does Not Honor File Permissions on Backing Stores.....................................78
8.2.11 The hpvmmodify Command Fails to Change a DVD..........................................................79
8.2.12 Virtual FileDVD Reverts to Original Resource Statement....................................................79
8.2.13 Physical Device null Assigned to Nonexistent Path...........................................................79
8.2.14 Using sam on Guest Cannot Initialize Disk..........................................................................79
8.2.15 Extending SCSI Whole Disk Backing Stores.........................................................................79
8.2.16 Virtual SCSI (VIO) Device Limitations..................................................................................79
8.2.17 AVIO Limitations...................................................................................................................80
8.2.17.1 Modifying the Storage Adapter from scsi to avio_stor.........................................80
8.2.17.2 GuestAVIOStor Bundle not Installed but AVIO Storage Device is Configured...........80
8.2.17.3 Longer Failure Reporting Time for AVIO Devices on 11i v2 Guests............................80
8.2.17.4 Online Modification of AVIO Devices Might Fail.........................................................80
8.2.17.5 Mapping AVIO Storage Devices on HP-UX Guests......................................................80
8.2.18 Guest LUN Does Not Appear After a Delete and Add.........................................................82
9 Migrating Virtual Machines........................................................................................83
9.1 Changes and Issues in This Release................................................................................................83
9.1.1 Online Migration Support Limited to System with Compatible Processors..........................83
9.2 Known Issues and Information.......................................................................................................83
9.2.1 Location of Command Used to Initiate Online Migrations of Serviceguard Guest Packages
not in $PATH...................................................................................................................................83
9.2.2 Possible hpvmmigrate Command Error Messages...............................................................83
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