HP Integrity Virtual Machines Version 4.2 Release Notes
3 Creating Virtual Machines..........................................................................................39
3.1 Changes and Issues in this Release.................................................................................................39
3.2 Known Issues and Information.......................................................................................................39
3.2.1 Failed API Access to Local Running Guest.............................................................................39
3.2.2 Cell Local Memory on Cellular Hosts.....................................................................................39
3.2.3 Pass-Through Devices Used by Guest Devices Might Not be Valid After Recovery Using
Ignite................................................................................................................................................39
3.2.4 Do Not Run hpvmstart in Background When Starting Multiple Guests With Resource
Conflicts...........................................................................................................................................40
3.2.5 Numbers Reported by Glance 4.6 or Later Running on VM Host Depend on Context.........40
3.2.6 Increasing Guest Default SCSI Queue Depths for MPT Virtual Devices can Lead to I/O
Failures............................................................................................................................................40
4 Installing Guests...........................................................................................................41
4.1 Windows Guests..............................................................................................................................41
4.1.1 Changes and Issues in This Release........................................................................................41
4.1.1.1 Windows Server 2003 Guests No Longer Supported.....................................................41
4.1.2 Known Issues and Information...............................................................................................41
4.1.2.1 Disable the NetBIOS Over TCP (NBT) Protocol for Windows Server 2008 Guests........41
4.1.2.2 Removing Media During Installation Hangs Guest.......................................................41
4.1.2.3 Network Driver for Some Windows Guests Not Behaving Correctly............................41
4.1.2.4 Setting a Static IPv4 Address at the SAC> Prompt.........................................................41
4.1.2.5 Guest Kit for Windows Server 2008................................................................................41
4.1.2.6 Palhaltlight in Windows Server 2008 Guests..................................................................42
4.1.2.7 Virtual DVD Misconfiguration can Lead to Windows Slow Down...............................42
4.1.2.8 HP Insight Manager Automatic Server Recovery Does Not Work ................................42
4.1.2.9 Running Windows Guests on a Dual Core Intel Itanium Processor (Montecito)
System........................................................................................................................................42
4.1.2.10 Installing Windows with Virtual NullDVD is Not Recommended..............................42
4.1.2.11 Enabling MP Services on Windows Guest Logs telnetd Errors....................................43
4.1.2.12 Using Windows Firewall Requires ICMP to Allow Echo.............................................43
4.1.2.13 Poor Console Screen Formatting...................................................................................43
4.1.2.14 The hpvmstop Command Does Not Shut Down Windows Guests Gracefully.........43
4.1.2.15 Do Not Delete EFI Shell Boot Option............................................................................43
4.1.2.16 Restoring the NVRAM for Windows Guests................................................................44
4.2 HP-UX Guests.................................................................................................................................44
4.2.1 Changes and Issues in this Release.........................................................................................44
4.2.1.1 HP-UX Guests Supported on Intel® Itanium® 9300 Processor Series...........................44
4.2.1.2 LV Mirroring Supported on HP-UX Guests....................................................................44
4.2.1.3 Machinfo Problems with VM Guests on Intel® Itanium® 9300 Processor Series
System........................................................................................................................................44
4.2.2 Known Issues and Information...............................................................................................45
4.2.2.1 HP-UX 11i v3 Guests Might Fail to Configure Interface Cards Due to Lack of
Memory......................................................................................................................................45
4.2.2.2 Patches for HP-UX 11i v3 Guests....................................................................................45
4.2.2.3 Do Not Run Live Kernel Debuggers Inside a Guest.......................................................46
4.2.2.4 Do Not Use the iomap(7) Mechanism on HP-UX Guests............................................46
4.2.2.5 iCAP Commands Fail on HP-UX Guests........................................................................46
4.3 Linux Guests....................................................................................................................................46
4.3.1 Changes and Issues in This Release........................................................................................46
4.3.2 Known Issues and Information...............................................................................................46
4.3.2.1 Using Linux Guests.........................................................................................................46
4.3.2.2 SUSE Linux Cloned Guests Boot-Disk Boot Problems...................................................47
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