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HP Part Number: T2767-90191

Published: July 2009, Edition 8.5

© Copyright 2009 Hewlett-Packard Company, L.P.

Table of Contents

About This Document
Intended Audience
New and Changed Information in This Edition
Typographic Conventions
Document Organization
Related Information
Publishing History
HP Encourages Your Comments
1 Introduction
New Features and Enhancements in This Version of Integrity VM
Guest Management Software
Documentation Issues
2 Installation Notes
Installing Integrity VM
Changes and Issues in This Release
Warning Messages That Can be Ignored
Large Page Defects in HP-UX 11i v3 on the VM Host
After Upgrading to 11i v3, Guests Cannot Start Due to Missing USB DVD Backing Device
HPVM-Guest Bundle on HP-UX Guests No Longer Reduces Value of dma32_pool_size
Clicking Veritas Enterprise Administrator Link on the System Management Homepage Might Result in VEA Abort and Core Dump
Compatibility of VSE V4.1 with Integrity VM V4.1
Known Issues and Information
Integrity VM Includes the Base Operating Environment
Upgrade HP WBEM Services
Installing the Migration Tools Including hpvmmigrate and Physical-to-Virtual Assist Tools
Installing VMProvider
Limitations When using HP Integrity Virtual Machines Manager with Integrity VM V4.1
VxVM Device Path Not Valid Error on HP-UX 0803 Guest
HP-UX Patches Required in the VM Host
Patches Required in the HP-UX Guest
Patches Required for Ignite/UX Servers
Patches Required for Windows Guests
Patches Required for Red Hat Linux Guests
Patches Required for SUSE Enterprise Linux Guests
3 Creating Virtual Machines
Changes and Issues in this Release
Failed API Access to Local Running Guest
hpvmstatus -e Fails Due to a Long ssh Message
Cell Local Memory on Cellular Hosts
Known Issues and Information
HP Integrity VM Does Not Support Real-Time Applications Running in the Guest
Do Not Set Number of vCPUs Higher than Physical Number of CPUs
Guests Tape Devices and Logs Might not be Recognized after Recovery Using Ignite
Sizing Guidelines
Default Guest Settings for HP-UX, Windows, and Linux
Do Not Run hpvmstart in Background When Starting Multiple Guests With Resource Conflicts
Autoboot Causes Virtual Machines to Start
No Swap Space Required for Guest Allocation
Do Not Create Golden Images of the VM Host for Guest Installation
Golden Images of Systems with HPVM-Guest Installed Must have HPVM Device Drivers Configured
Numbers Reported by Glance 4.6 or above Running on VM Host Might be Incorrect
Increasing Guest Default SCSI Queue Depths for MPT Virtual Devices can Lead to I/O Failures
4 Installing Guests
Windows Guests
Changes and Issues in This Release
Known Issues and Information
HP-UX Guests
Changes and Issues in this Release
Known Issues and Information
Linux Guests
Changes and Issues in This Release
Known Issues and Information
5 Using Integrity VM Commands
Changes and Issues in This Release
Integrity VM Command Changes
Enabling or Disabling Virtual CPUs Online
Known Issues and Information
Running the hpvmdevtranslate Script
Accidental Use of -R Option with hpvmmodify Instead of -r
Inspect and Edit the Repair Script
Changing Guest LAN from AVIO to VIO
Run hpvmdevmgmt -I When Adding Devices to a Host
The hpvmmodify Command Reevaluates Guest Configurations
The hpvmdevmgmt Command Truncates File Sizes
Setting Devices to Sharable Can Lead to Device Conflicts
Errors on Displaying Guest or Vswitch Information While that Information is Being Modified
Do Not Attempt to Remove Busy Virtual Devices
Missing uuid or .vmid Files
Maintain Minimum Entitlement
Actual Running Entitlement Might Differ from Configured Entitlement
Duplicate Messages when Modifying Running Guests
Manpages Display on Linux Guests
Integrity VM Check Might Fail Because of Bad Switch
6 Guest Administration
Changes and Issues in This Release
Specifying Maximum Entitlements
gWLM and Integrity VM Incompatibility
Known Issues and Information
Creating Virtual Machine Administrator and Operator Accounts
Administrator Account Names
Guest User Accounts
Creating Virtual Machine Administrator and Operator Accounts
Reconfiguring VM Host CPUs
Monitor Logs Might Report Warnings
Warning Message Might Appear When Configuring or Starting Guests
Do Not Add User Accounts to the hpvmsys Group
Do Not Enter Ctrl/B after Starting Guest with Virtual Console
HP-UX 11i v3 Guests Might Panic with a NaT_hndler: kernel NaT Consumption Fault
How to Stop Guests
The hpvmconsole pc –cycle Command Occasionally Doesn’t Complete
How to Recover from a Guest Hang
Using HP Serviceguard to Manage Guests
Managing Guests using gWLM
7 Networking Information
Changes and Issues in This Release
Location of AVIO Networking Driver for Linux and Windows Guests
Known Issues and Information
Changing Network Device Type on Linux Guest
Using Network Time Protocol (NTP) in Integrity VM Environments
Supported Adapters
Calculating the Actual Utilization of the Virtual Network Card
Using IP Alias Addresses in the Guest Not Supported for IPv4 or IPv6
Sufficient Memory for Guests with Virtual LAN Devices
Vswitches Are Always in SHARED Mode
Do Not Use the HP A5506B PCI 10/100Base-TX 4 Port Interface for Virtual Networking
Integrity VM V4.1 Does not Support Gelan Drivers
MAC Address Validation Can Be Enhanced
Auto Port Aggregation (APA) is Supported on the VM Host, Not on the Guest
Do Not Run Applications that Set Network Devices into Promiscuous Mode
Guest and Host Communication
Configuring vswitches to be Backed by a VLAN Interface on the VM Host is Not Supported
Do Not Turn on TSO on the VM Host and on HP-UX Guests
Restarting Vswitches
Guest AVIO Interface Behavior
AVIO LAN Devices Not Claimed by Guest with DOWN vswitch at Boot Time
Do Not Use TCP Software Packet Reassembly in IGSSN Driver
Other Issues and Notes
8 Storage Information
Changes and Issues in This Release
Attached Device Support in AVIO
GuestAVIOStor HBA Driver (gvsd) DLKM
Agile DSFs Change in HP-UX 11i v3 Guest When Migrating Disks Between scsi and avio_stor
Known Issues and Information
Agile Device Name Recommendations
Configuration Limits
Using USB CD/DVD Devices
The sam Command might Display Incorrect Number of Disks and Paths on an HP-UX 11i v2 Guest
Crash Dump Collection Might Fail for HP-UX Guests with Attached I/O Devices (VIO)
DMP Files Not Supported as Backing Stores
Assigning a Null Device to a Resource
Integrity VM Does Not Honor File Permissions on Backing Stores
The hpvmmodify Command Fails to Change a DVD
Virtual FileDVD Reverts to Original Resource Statement
Physical Device null Assigned to Nonexistent Path
Using sam on Guest Cannot Initialize Disk
Extending SCSI Whole Disk Backing Stores
Virtual SCSI (VIO) Device Limitations
AVIO Limitations
Guest LUN Does Not Appear After a Delete and Add
9 Migrating Virtual Machines
Changes and Issues in This Release
Both VM Hosts Must have the Same base_pagesize for Online Migration
Location of Command Used to Initiate Online Migrations of Serviceguard Guest Packages not in $PATH
No Manpage Available for the hpvmsg_move Command
Possible hpvmmigrate Command Error Messages
Adding -hpvm-migr to /etc/host After SSH Setup Causes hpvmmigrate Error
Systems Insight Manager and VSE Virtualization Manager Do Not Accurately Show Where Guest is Running
Integrity Virtual Machines Manager Does Not Show the Status of Online Migrations
Online Migration and gWLM are Not Yet Integrated
NR Guest State
No Integrity Virtual Machines Manager Display of Migration Status
A Guest Might be Marked Disabled After Failed Offline Migration
Do Not Migrate Serviceguard Cluster Nodes
Unpresenting SAN Devices to Integrity VM Hosts
Cannot Dynamically Enable a Guest for Online Migration
Host May Participate in One Online Migration at a Time
Online Migration on the Target VM Host is the Same as Starting the Guest on the Target VM Host
A Guest Might Continue to Run and be Marked as Disabled after a Failed Migration
Guests Using Only IPv6 Not Currently Supported for Online VM Migration
Transient Network Errors Can Cause hpvmmigrate Connectivity Check Failures
Migrations Might Time Out and Need to be Restarted
Guest Storage Device Shareable Attribute not Propagated During Online Migration
Known Issues and Information
Collect CapAd Data before Migrating
10 Error Logging
Changes and Issues in This Release
Old Version of /etc/rc.config.d/hpvmconf Not Overwritten
Known Issues and Information
Guest Log Can Grow Unbounded
Log Messages Written to Old Log File
Saved MCA or INIT Register State Can Be Inaccurate
Modifying the Size of the Monitor Log File
Virtual Console Event Logs Different from Physical Machine Logs
11 Integrity VM Support Policy
Integrity VM Minimum Support Life
Integrity VM Upgrades
Integrity VM Patch Policy
VM Host OS and Server Support
HP-UX Guest Support
Windows and Linux Guest Support
HP Serviceguard Support
Storage Interface Support
Guest Attached Device Support
Multipathing Software Support
EVA Series Firmware Requirement
Network Interface Support
AVIO Support
A Sample Unattend.xml File
Index

List of Tables

1-1 Guest Management Software Kit Locations
2-1 VM Host Patches
2-2 Do Not Install Product or Patch
2-3 HP-UX Guest Patches
2-4 Do Not Install Products or Patches on HP-UX Guests
2-5 Ignite/UX Patches
2-6 Windows Patches
2-7 Do Not Install Products or Patches on Windows Guests
2-8 Red Hat Linux Patches
2-9 SUSE Enterprise Linux Guests
3-1 Guest Default Settings
8-1 Required Depot Versions
8-2 Patch Dependencies for AVIO Attached Devices
   


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