HP Integrity Virtual Machines Version 4.2 Release Notes

HP-UX 11i v3 VM Host — HP-UX 11i v3 1003—
— HP-UX 11i v3 guests — HP-UX 11i v3 0903 through 1003
— HP-UX 11i v2 guests — HP-UX 11i v2 0712
The following patches are required for 11i v2 and 11i v3 guests running on Intel® Itanium®
9300 Processor Series systems:
— HP-UX 11i v2: PHCO_40685 and PHKL_40684
— HP-UX 11i v3: PHKL_39482 and PHCO_38777
• Support for the following VM Host and guests:
— HP-UX 11i v3 VM Host — HP-UX 11i v3 1003
— HP-UX 11i v3 guests — HP-UX 11i v3 0709, 0803, 0809, 0903, 0909, and 1003
— HP-UX 11i v2 guests — HP-UX 11i v2 0712 to 0806
— Windows Server 2008 (also know as Windows Server 2008 SP1)
— Red Hat Linux Enterprise Edition Advanced Server Release 4 update 5
— SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) for HP Integrity servers SLES 10 update 2
• New OpenVMS guest support on HP Integrity servers, including the Intel® Itanium® 2
9000 Processor series and the Intel® Itanium® Itanium 2 9100 Processor series. The OpenVMS
guest is not supported on the Intel® Itanium® Processor 9300 series.
Support for OpenVMS guests requires the OpenVMS version 8.4 operating system.
• Automatic memory reallocation for memory balancing.
• Storage Reporting tool with VM Host and guest view for HP-UX guests.
• VMs as Serviceguard Packages and VMs as Serviceguard Nodes software and documentation
enhancements.
• Encryption during migration.
• Optimal memory allocation for autoboot.
• Inclusion of the Online VM Migration feature into the VSE-OE and DC-OE.
• Improvement of migration performance on heavily loaded host systems.
• Guest-based VLAN support.
The features in the following list have been rolled-into Integrity VM V4.2 from the patch kits
that were provided after Integrity V4.1 was released.
• Windows Server 2008 (also know as Windows Server 2008 SP1).
• Support for enabling or disabling vCPUs online.
• AVIO support for VxVM backing stores
• Attached device support in AVIO storage for tape, burner, and changer devices for HP-UX
guests.
• Support for HP-UX 11i v3 0909 guests.
• Migration support with shared LVM storage in cluster without SGeRAC.
• AVIO LAN and vswitch changes to support AVIO guest vLAN.
1.2 Guest Management Software
Integrity VM provides specific software for each type of guest operating system. This guest
management software enhances guest performance, enables Integrity VM commands, and
includes providers for virtual management software, such as Integrity Virtual Machines Manager.
The locations and contents of the guest management kits are modified in this version of Integrity
VM. The guest management software is required on each guest.
Guest management software is installed on the guest either remotely, from a software depot, or
locally, after being copied to the guest. The guest management software is located in the /opt/
hpvm/guest-images directory. Table 1-1 lists the location of the guest management software
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