HP Integrity Virtual Machines Version 4.2 Release Notes
4.3.2.3 TC INIT Dump Messages Fail to Appear in SUSE Linux Guest Consoles Running
Multi CPUs.................................................................................................................................48
4.3.2.4 SLES10 SP2 Guests Supported on Integrity Servers.......................................................48
4.3.2.5 Before Installing the SUSE Linux Guest..........................................................................49
4.3.2.6 Installing Linux Guest Management Software for the First Time..................................49
4.3.2.7 ACPI Warnings, Errors, and Exceptions Displayed when SUSE Guest Booted.............49
4.3.2.8 HP SIM CMS Cannot Connect to SLES10 over SSH.......................................................50
4.3.2.9 Preparing Linux Guests for Integrity Virtual Machines Manager..................................50
4.3.2.10 Linux Guests with FC Tapes Display Errors.................................................................50
4.3.2.11 Disable IPv6 on Linux Guests.......................................................................................51
4.3.2.12 Infrequent “Ooops: timer ticks before it is due” Errors................................................51
4.3.2.13 Infrequent “e1000: eth1: e1000_clean_tx_irq: Detected Tx Unit Hang” Errors.............51
4.3.2.14 Inconsistent “Bogomips” Values between Virtual CPU0 and Other Virtual CPUs......51
4.3.2.15 Incorrect Display of Special Characters when Displayed Using HP-UX Terminal......51
4.3.2.16 Occasional Floating-Point Assist Fault Messages.........................................................51
4.3.2.17 Serviceguard in VM Host Configuration......................................................................52
4.4 OpenVMS Guests ...........................................................................................................................52
4.4.1 Creating OpenVMS Guests.....................................................................................................52
4.4.2 Minimum Processor Requirement for OpenVMS Guests.......................................................52
4.4.3 Minimum VM Host Page Size.................................................................................................52
4.4.4 Guest Device Placement and Adapter Limitation..................................................................53
4.4.5 OpenVMS System Dump Analyzer (SDA).............................................................................53
4.4.6 Formatting SYSTEM UUID.....................................................................................................53
5 Using Integrity VM Commands..................................................................................55
5.1 Changes and Issues in This Release................................................................................................55
5.1.1 Integrity VM Command Changes...........................................................................................55
5.1.2 Boot-Problem Messages Now Found In Log File...................................................................56
5.2 Known Issues and Information.......................................................................................................56
5.2.1 Display Output from Some Integrity VM Tools Might Change in Form and Content...........56
5.2.2 Enabling or Disabling Virtual CPUs Online...........................................................................56
5.2.3 The hpvmdevmgmt -r Command Might Report an Error When a Device is Marked as
EXIST=NO........................................................................................................................................57
5.2.4 An hpvmmodify Command Not logged in the command.log file for DVDs When Guest
Booted to EFI...................................................................................................................................57
5.2.5 Running the hpvmdevtranslate Script..............................................................................57
5.2.5.1 The hpvmdevtranslate Command Can be Used to Translate Devices Like SecurePath
and AutoPath.............................................................................................................................57
5.2.5.2 Error Comments from hpvmdevtranslate Command...............................................57
5.2.6 Accidental Use of -R Option with hpvmmodify Instead of -r.............................................58
5.2.7 Changing Guest LAN from AVIO to VIO...............................................................................58
5.2.8 The hpvmmodify Command Reevaluates Guest Configurations..........................................58
5.2.9 The hpvmdevmgmt Command Truncates File Sizes...............................................................58
5.2.10 Setting Devices to Sharable Can Lead to Device Conflicts...................................................58
5.2.11 Errors on Displaying Guest or Vswitch Information While that Information is Being
Modified..........................................................................................................................................59
5.2.12 Do Not Attempt to Remove Busy Virtual Devices................................................................59
5.2.13 Missing uuid or .vmid Files................................................................................................59
5.2.14 Maintain Minimum Entitlement...........................................................................................59
5.2.15 Actual Running Entitlement Might Differ from Configured Entitlement............................59
5.2.16 Duplicate Messages when Modifying Running Guests........................................................59
5.2.17 Manpages Display on Linux Guests......................................................................................60
5.2.18 Integrity VM Check Might Fail Because of Bad Switch........................................................60
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