HP Integrity Virtual Machines Version 4.2 Release Notes

• HP-UX 11i v2: PHCO_40685 and PHKL_40684
• HP-UX 11i v3: PHKL_39482 and PHCO_38777
You can download these patches from the ITRC website, http://itrc.hp.com
4.2.2 Known Issues and Information
The following sections describe known issues and information from previous releases that still
apply to V4.2.
4.2.2.1 HP-UX 11i v3 Guests Might Fail to Configure Interface Cards Due to Lack of Memory
HP-UX 11i v3 guests with small memory resources (less than or equal to 2 GB RAM) might fail
to configure one or more virtual interface cards. Messages like the following might be seen on
the guest console:
wsio_claim init failed isc=0xe000000109c41400 name=mpt or
igssn: The device at hardware path 0/0/1/0 failed initialization (3309).
The error messages displayed in the case of guest system installation are as follows:
* Preparing to execute init...
======= 05/02/08 08:07:57 EDT HP-UX Installation Initialization. (Fri May 02
08:07:56 EDT 2008)
@(#)Ignite-UX Revision C.7.0.212
@(#)ignite/launch (opt) $Revision: 10.590.1.2 $ $Date: 2006/12/18
20:51:11 $
* Configuring RAM filesystems...
* Scanning system for IO devices...
WARNING: Could not find Q_BOOT device. Cannot determine what the boot device
was.
ERROR: Could not get io-device data (ioscan)
WARNING: Could not find source device in ioscan output. You must select from
the list of devices below to use for the source device:
index HW-path Class description
0) 120 processor Processor
1) 121 processor Processor
2) 122 processor Processor
3) 123 processor Processor
4) 124 processor Processor
5) 125 processor Processor
6) 126 processor Processor
7) 127 processor Processor
8) 0/0/0/0 ext_bus SCSI_Ultra320
9) 0/0/0/0.0x0.0x0 disk HP_Virtual_LvDisk
10) 0/0/0/0.0x2.0x0 disk HP_Virtual_FileDVD
11) 0/0/0/0.0x1.0x0 disk HP_Virtual_FileDVD
The issue is resolved in PHKL_37452 that must be installed on the guest to prevent the problem.
The problem might occur during installation, in which case it results in some devices not being
presented in the installation interface.
The solution is either to install the guest from the 11.31.0803 OE, which does not have the problem,
or temporarily increase memory assigned to the guest above 2GB (for example 2.5GB), and lower
it back to the intended size after the guest OS and PHKL_37452 is installed.
4.2.2.2 Patches for HP-UX 11i v3 Guests
Customers running HP-UX 11i v3 guests should install the following patches (or their superseding
patches) in each guest running HP-UX 11i v3 :
• PHKL_36261
• PHKL_36242
These patches prevent performance problems in environments where applications spawn large
numbers of short-lived processes (such as development environments). To obtain these patches,
contact your support specialist or HP representative.
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