HP Integrity Virtual Machines 4.2.5: Release Notes

4.2.2.7 Do Not Use the iomap(7) Mechanism on HP-UX Guests
The iomap(7) mechanism allows you to map physical I/O addresses into the user process address
space. Do not use this command on HP-UX guests.
4.2.2.8 iCAP Commands Fail on HP-UX Guests
iCAP is installed as part of the HP-UX OS installation. Install-time configuration of iCAP reports
failure with messages similar to the following:
NOTE: Checking for partitionable system.
ERROR: Software configuration has failed. After addressing the issues
in the following output, configure this software with
'swconfig B9073BA'.
ERROR: Command not allowed to run on a Virtual Machine Guest.
ERROR: The "configure" script for "iCOD.ICOD-RUN" failed (exit code
"1"). The script location was
"/var/adm/sw/products/iCOD/ICOD-RUN/configure".
* This script had errors and the execution of this fileset
cannot proceed until the problem is fixed. Check the above
output from the script for further details.
* Running config clean command /usr/lbin/sw/config_clean.
* Summary of Execution Phase:
ERROR: Installed iCOD.ICOD-RUN,l=/,r=B.11.23.08.00.00.95
ERROR: 1 of 882 filesets had Errors.
* 881 of 882 filesets had no Errors or Warnings.
ERROR: The Execution Phase had errors. See the above output for
details.
These startup messages in /etc/rc.log can be disregarded.
iCAP commands cannot be used on virtual machines. iCAP commands are designed to work on
the VM Host system.
This problem is resolved in guests running HP-UX 11i v2 0706 and later.
4.3 Linux Guests
The following section describes new information determined since the release of V4.2.5.
4.3.1 Changes and Issues in This Release
The following section provides information concerning Linux guests in the V4.2.5 release.
4.3.1.1 iSCSI Backing Stores Problematic for Linux Guests
Linux guests can experience poor performance and stability issues when using iSCSI-based backing
stores. For this reason, HP recommends that you do not use iSCSI with Linux guests.
4.3.2 Known Issues and Information
The following sections describe known issues and information from previous releases that still apply
to V4.2.5.
4.3.2.1 Using Linux Guests
This version of Integrity VM supports SUSE Linux SLES 10 Update 2 guests and Red Hat Linux
Enterprise Edition Advanced Server Release 4 Update 5 guests. You can install the SUSE Linux or
the Red Hat Linux on a virtual machine.
For information about this Red Hat Linux operating system, see www.redhat.com. Specifically:
46 Installing Guests