HP Integrity Virtual Machines 4.2.5: Release Notes
3 Creating Virtual Machines.........................................................................37
3.1 Changes and Issues in this Release......................................................................................37
3.2 Known Issues and Information............................................................................................37
3.2.1 Failed API Access to Local Running Guest.....................................................................37
3.2.2 Cell Local Memory on Cellular Hosts...........................................................................37
3.2.3 Pass-Through Devices Used by Guest Devices Might Not be Valid After Recovery Using
Ignite...............................................................................................................................37
3.2.4 Do Not Run hpvmstart in Background When Starting Multiple Guests With Resource
Conflicts...........................................................................................................................38
3.2.5 Numbers Reported by Glance 4.6 or Later Running on VM Host Depend on Context.........38
3.2.6 Increasing Guest Default SCSI Queue Depths for MPT Virtual Devices can Lead to I/O
Failures.............................................................................................................................38
4 Installing Guests.......................................................................................39
4.1 Windows Guests...............................................................................................................39
4.1.1 Changes and Issues in This Release..............................................................................39
4.1.2 Known Issues and Information......................................................................................39
4.1.2.1 Disable the NetBIOS Over TCP (NBT) Protocol for Windows Server 2008 Guests........39
4.1.2.2 Removing Media During Installation Hangs Guest...................................................39
4.1.2.3 Network Driver for Some Windows Guests Not Behaving Correctly...........................39
4.1.2.4 Setting a Static IPv4 Address at the SAC> Prompt...................................................39
4.1.2.5 Guest Kit for Windows Server 2008.....................................................................39
4.1.2.6 Palhaltlight in Windows Server 2008 Guests..........................................................40
4.1.2.7 Virtual DVD Misconfiguration can Lead to Windows Slow Down...............................40
4.1.2.8 HP Insight Manager Automatic Server Recovery Does Not Work ..............................40
4.1.2.9 Running Windows Guests on a Dual Core Intel Itanium Processor (Montecito)
System.........................................................................................................................40
4.1.2.10 Installing Windows with Virtual NullDVD is Not Recommended...............................40
4.1.2.11 Enabling MP Services on Windows Guest Logs telnetd Errors...................................41
4.1.2.12 Using Windows Firewall Requires ICMP to Allow Echo...........................................41
4.1.2.13 Poor Console Screen Formatting..........................................................................41
4.1.2.14 The hpvmstop Command Does Not Shut Down Windows Guests Gracefully..............41
4.1.2.15 Do Not Delete EFI Shell Boot Option....................................................................41
4.1.2.16 Restoring the NVRAM for Windows Guests...........................................................41
4.2 HP-UX Guests...................................................................................................................42
4.2.1 Changes and Issues in this Release..............................................................................42
4.2.1.1 Problem Using Local DVD as vMedia to VM Host on Integrity i2–Based server
blades.........................................................................................................................42
4.2.1.2 System Fault Management (SFM) Support with HP-UX Guests....................................44
4.2.2 Known Issues and Information.....................................................................................44
4.2.2.1 HP-UX Guests Supported on Intel® Itanium® 9300 Processor Series.........................44
4.2.2.2 LV Mirroring Supported on HP-UX Guests..............................................................44
4.2.2.3 Machinfo Problems with VM Guests on Intel® Itanium® 9300 Processor Series
System.........................................................................................................................44
4.2.2.4 HP-UX 11i v3 Guests Might Fail to Configure Interface Cards Due to Lack of
Memory.......................................................................................................................45
4.2.2.5 Patches for HP-UX 11i v3 Guests..........................................................................45
4.2.2.6 Do Not Run Live Kernel Debuggers Inside a Guest.................................................45
4.2.2.7 Do Not Use the iomap(7) Mechanism on HP-UX Guests..........................................46
4.2.2.8 iCAP Commands Fail on HP-UX Guests.................................................................46
4.3 Linux Guests.....................................................................................................................46
4.3.1 Changes and Issues in This Release..............................................................................46
4.3.1.1 iSCSI Backing Stores Problematic for Linux Guests...................................................46
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