HP Integrity Virtual Machines 4.2.5: Release Notes
8.2.20.2 iSCSI-Based Backing Stores with AVIO Require Host AVIOstor B.11.31.1009.01.........84
8.2.20.3 Modifying the Storage Adapter from scsi to avio_stor...........................................84
8.2.20.4 GuestAVIOStor Bundle not Installed but AVIO Storage Device is Configured............84
8.2.20.5 Longer Failure Reporting Time for AVIO Devices on 11i v2 Guests..........................84
8.2.20.6 Online Modification of AVIO Devices Might Fail..................................................84
8.2.20.7 Mapping AVIO Storage Devices on HP-UX Guests...............................................85
8.2.21 Guest LUN Does Not Appear After a Delete and Add..................................................86
8.2.22 Storage for Deactivated Volume Groups not Protected by Integrity VM Storage
Management....................................................................................................................87
9 Migrating Virtual Machines.......................................................................89
9.1 Changes and Issues in This Release.....................................................................................89
9.1.1 Online Migration Support............................................................................................89
9.2 Known Issues and Information.............................................................................................89
9.2.1 Online Migration Support Limited to System with Compatible Processors...........................89
9.2.2 Location of Command Used to Initiate Online Migrations of Serviceguard Guest Packages
not in $PATH.....................................................................................................................89
9.2.3 Possible hpvmmigrate Command Error Messages...........................................................89
9.2.4 NR Guest State.........................................................................................................90
9.2.5 A Guest Might be Marked Disabled After Failed Offline Migration..................................90
9.2.6 Do Not Migrate Serviceguard Cluster Nodes................................................................90
9.2.7 Unpresenting SAN Devices to Integrity VM Hosts...........................................................91
9.2.8 Host May Participate in One Online Migration at a Time................................................91
9.2.9 Online Migration on the Target VM Host is the Same as Starting the Guest on the Target
VM Host...........................................................................................................................91
9.2.10 Guests Using IPv6 Not Currently Supported for Online VM Migration..............................91
9.2.11 Transient Network Errors Can Cause hpvmmigrate Connectivity Check Failures.................91
9.2.12 Veritas Volumes Not Supported for Online VM Migration..............................................91
10 Error Logging.........................................................................................93
10.1 Changes and Issues in This Release...................................................................................93
10.2 Known Issues and Information...........................................................................................93
10.2.1 Old Version of /etc/rc.config.d/hpvmconf Not Overwritten...........................................93
10.2.2 Guest Log Can Grow Unbounded..............................................................................93
10.2.3 Log Messages Written to Old Log File........................................................................93
10.2.4 Saved MCA or INIT Register State Can Be Inaccurate..................................................93
10.2.5 Modifying the Size of the Monitor Log File..................................................................93
10.2.6 Virtual Console Event Logs Different from Physical Machine Logs....................................94
11 Integrity VM Support Policy.......................................................................95
11.1 Integrity VM Minimum Support Life.....................................................................................95
11.2 Integrity VM Upgrades.....................................................................................................95
11.2.1 Changes in Support..................................................................................................95
11.2.2 Integrity VM Patch Policy...........................................................................................96
11.3 VM Host OS and Server Support ......................................................................................96
11.4 HP-UX Guest Support........................................................................................................97
11.5 Windows and Linux Guest Support.....................................................................................98
11.6 OpenVMS Guest Support.................................................................................................98
11.7 HP Serviceguard Support..................................................................................................99
11.8 Storage Interface Support...............................................................................................100
11.8.1 Guest Attached Device Support................................................................................101
11.8.2 Multipathing Software Support ................................................................................101
11.8.3 EVA Series Firmware Requirement.............................................................................102
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