HP-UX vPars and Integrity VM V6.3 Release Notes (762790-001, July 2014) (Edition: 1.6)
Table Of Contents
- HP-UX vPars and Integrity VM V6.3 Release Notes
- Contents
- HP secure development lifecycle
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Installing or upgrading to HP-UX vPars and Integrity VM V6.3
- 3 New functionality and changes from earlier versions
- 3.1 New features and enhancements
- 3.1.1 Enhanced capability for emulated platform NVRAM (Non Volatile RAM)
- 3.1.2 Increased resources for Integrity VM guests
- 3.1.3 Dynamic addition of I/O devices
- 3.1.4 PCI OLR support on Superdome 2 VSPs
- 3.1.5 AVIO Networking improvements
- 3.1.6 AVIO Storage improvements
- 3.1.7 Greater flexibility for online VM migration
- 3.1.8 Improvements to Virtual Server Management
- 3.1.9 Improvements to VSP resource management
- 3.2 Changes from previous versions
- 3.1 New features and enhancements
- 4 Known problems, limitations, and workarounds
- 4.1 CPU/vCPU
- 4.2 Memory
- 4.3 Networking
- 4.3.1 Cannot remove a VLAN-based vNIC if the VLAN has been removed
- 4.3.2 hpvmhwmgmt might add ports in link aggregates into the DIO pool
- 4.3.3 DIO limitations
- 4.3.4 Known issues or limitations with DIO support for 10GigEthr-02 (iexgbe)
- 4.3.5 DIO-capable functions might become inconsistent with information in vPar or VM device database
- 4.3.6 When DIO device is assigned or removed from the DIO pool, error messages appear multiple times
- 4.4 Storage
- 4.4.1 Presenting a Logical Volume created on iSCSI devices as AVIO backing store to a guest not supported
- 4.4.2 Size change operations on a SLVM volume based backing store do not get reflected in the vPar or VM
- 4.4.3 The hpvmdevinfo command may not list the correct host to guest device mapping for legacy AVIO backing stores
- 4.4.4 Probe of NPIV HBAs for Fibre Channel targets may timeout
- 4.4.5 NPIV LUNs not shown by default invocation of ioscan
- 4.4.6 The interrupt balancing daemon must not be enabled in vPars and Integrity VM guests
- 4.4.7 Online addition of DMP device as backing store is not supported
- 4.5 VM <—> vPar conversion
- 4.6 Migration, Suspend, and Resume operations on Integrity VM guests
- 4.6.1 Use of -F with hpvmmigrate on a suspended VM can cause VM to be not runnable on both source and target
- 4.6.2 Copy of a vPar or VM might be left in runnable state if migration fails
- 4.6.3 Interrupt migration of vNICs during Online guest migration can result in network disconnectivity
- 4.6.4 Physical NIC link state change during hpvmsuspend to hpvmresume may result vNIC in down state
- 4.6.5 Offline migration of a guest- with multiple DIO resources might succeed with errors if the DIO devices are added under the same label
- 4.7 User interface—CLI
- 4.8 Known system crashes, panics, hangs and MCAs
- 5 HP-UX vPars and Integrity VM support policy
- 5.1 Support duration
- 5.2 VSP firmware requirements
- 5.3 VSP server and OS support
- 5.4 HP-UX version support for vPar and Integrity VM guests
- 5.5 Storage device support for vPar and Integrity VM guests
- 5.6 Network device support for vPar and Integrity VM guests
- 5.7 Support for migration of vPars and Integrity VMs
- 6 Support and other resources
- 7 Documentation feedback
5 HP-UX vPars and Integrity VM support policy
This chapter provides details about supported combinations of hardware and software for use with
HP-UX vPars and Integrity VM.
For support information about specific combinations of hardware and software that are not explicitly
listed here, see an authorized HP representative.
5.1 Support duration
Table 1 (page 29) shows support duration for active versions of HP-UX vPars and Integrity VM.
Table 1 Support duration
Expected End of Support DateRelease DateHP Integrity VM
Minimum support duration for HP-Integrity VM
Same as HP-UX 11i v2December 2007A.03.50
March 2014
NOTE: Support extended through
December 2015 ONLY for existing HP
Integrity VM V4.3 customers running
OpenVMS as a guest only and is not
applicable for HP-UX customers.
March 2011B.04.30
Minimum support duration for HP-UX vPars V6.0
November 2014November 2011B.06.00
Minimum support duration for HP-UX vPars and Integrity VM V6.x
December 2014March 2012B.06.10
September 2015September 2012B.06.10.05
March 2016March 2013B.06.20
March 2019March 2014B.06.30
NOTE: Enhancements and defect fixes for HP-UX vPars and Integrity VM product are primarily
delivered through new releases or as patches on top of the latest version. HP recommends to use
the latest version available.
5.2 VSP firmware requirements
HP strongly recommends that the VSP be installed and kept up-to-date with latest firmware revisions
available for the platform being used.
Firmware bundle 2011.05 is the minimum requirement for HP-UX vPars and Integrity VM V6.x. In
addition, for Superdome 2 servers, Superdome 2 Dynamic Core Firmware (2.51.102) is required.
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