HP Integrity Virtual Machines Release Notes

# swlist | grep -i "integrity vm"
T2767AC A.03.00.00.Integrity VM
VMGuestLib A.03.00.00.Integrity VM Guest Support Libraries
VMKernelSW A.03.00.00 Integrity VM Kernel Software
VMMigrate A.03.00.00.Integrity VM Migration Bundle
VMProvider A.03.00.00.WBEM Provider for Integrity VM
The VMGuestLib guest support libraries and the VMKernelSW kernel software are included
with the HP-UX operating system installation.
• Reinstall the guest management software on each existing guest, as described in the HP
Integrity Virtual Machines Installation, Configuration, and Administration manual.
2.3 Installing the HP Integrity Virtual Machines Product Over the Evaluation
Software
If you installed the evaluation version of Integrity VM, you must remove the evaluation software
before you install the current version of the product. For example, to remove the evaluation
version of Integrity VM, enter the following commands:
# swremove -x autoreboot=true T2801AA VMProvider VMMigrate
# rm -rf /opt/hpvm
# rm -rf /opt/hpvmprovider
Do not remove the directory /var/opt/hpvm. This directory contains all the virtual machine
configurations that were created with the evaluation software.
2.4 Do Not Install Applications on the VM Host System
When you install Integrity VM, HP-UX kernel parameters are changed to accommodate the
virtual machine environment. This makes the system unsuitable for running any other
applications. Regardless of whether guests are configured and running, the VM Host system is
not configured to allow applications to share system resources. You can run system management
utilities and Serviceguard, as documented in the HP Integrity VM Installation, Configuration, and
Administration manual.
• Using HP Storage Data Protector for guest backup
You can use Data Protector to back up the guest OS image. Install the Data Protector agent
on the VM Host, not on the guests. For more information, refer to the HP-UX 11i V2 Installation
and Upgrade Guide.
• Using HP GlancePlus/iX to monitor guests
You can use Glance on the VM Host to monitor guest data, but recorded measurements can
be misleading. Glance receives the CPU accounting information from the guest kernel.
Because the VM Host can take the processor away (for example, when a hardware interrupt
occurs), the time spent running other guests is reported for the state that the guest was in
at the time the CPU was taken away. For more information about using Glance, refer to
glance(1M).
• Using HP Integrity Essentials Global Workload Manager (gWLM)
If you use gWLM within VSE to manage virtual machines, when you upgrade the VM Host,
make sure the gWLM agent on that host is running gWLM A.02.50 or greater. Also, the
managing VSE Central Management Station (CMS) must be running A.02.50 or greater, as
described in the VSE Management Software Installation and Update Guide. To upgrade the VM
Host, use the following procedure:
1. Remove the gWLM agent using the following command:
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