HP P6000 Replication Solutions Manager 5.6 Release Notes (T3680-96087)

Windows host agent
GPT disk shrink issue
Shrinking GUID partition table (GPT) disks on a Windows host to the same-size partition disables
subsequent expand and shrink operations.
Resolution: Ensure that the GPT disk size is 100 MB greater than the partition before performing a
shrink operation.
Windows 2003 VDS hotfix for memory leak
A memory leak occurs when you use the Virtual Disk Service (VDS) framework to extend a volume in
a loop in Windows Server 2003. When you view the Processes tab in Task Manager, you see that
one or more of the following processes consume a great deal of memory:
• diskpart.exe
• dmadmin.exe
• vds.exe
Resolution: A VDS hotfix is available on the Microsoft Support website:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/938390/en-us
Cannot shrink LUN less than 50% on Windows Server 2008
Windows 2008 host volumes can be shrunk up to 50%. If the policy is set to shrink beyond 50%, the
resize fails after reaching 50% of the actual host volume size, and the following error message is
displayed:
The requested host volume shrink size is greater than available size.
No contexts defined message
If the No contexts defined message is displayed when the replication manager server starts:
1. Remove the HP P6000 Replication Solutions Manager server software.
2. Reboot the system.
3. Reinstall the HP P6000 Replication Solutions Manager server software.
Job commands not completing tasks on Windows 2003 cluster
Local replication jobs to remove host volumes fail when run on a Windows 2003 cluster. Job commands,
including DiscoverDiskDevices and DeleteHostVolume, are not supported on a Windows
cluster host when the cluster name/IP address is used in the job. These commands are supported if
performed on a host name or IP address specific to a node in the cluster.
Resolution: Jobs that include these commands should use an enabled host that was added using a
host name or IP address specific to a node rather than to the cluster IP address.
CreateHostVolumeDiscrete job verb mounts wrong partition
On a Windows 2003 host, both the primary and extended partitions are created on a disk. The
partitions differ before and after a host reboot. As a result, if you run the
CreateHostVolumeDiscrete command after a reboot, but use pre-reboot partition numbers in
the command, the job will mount to different partitions.
Resolution: After the host reboots, re-create the job in the replication manager using the changed
partition number.
HBA information is not available for the enabled Windows 2003 host
HBA information does not appear for the enabled Windows 2003 host.
Resolution: Install the fcinfo package on the host. This package is available at:
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