HP vPars and Integrity Virtual Machines V6.1 Release Notes

1 Introduction
Thank you for installing the vPars and Integrity VM V6.1 bundles (Virtualization Services Platform
(VSP) software bundle, BB068AA, and vPars/VM software bundle, VirtualBase). This chapter
introduces the release notes for the “converged” vPars and Integrity VM V6.1 product.
Install the HP-UX GUID Manager software, which is included with the HP-UX 11i v3 March 2012
release, or can be obtained by going to http://software.hp.com and searching for the HP-UX
GUID Manager.
The following patches are required:
• On the VSP (formerly known as the VM Host):
PHSS_42795 1.0 HPVM B.06.10 CORE PATCH◦
◦ PHSS_42796 1.0 HPVM B.06.10 VMAGENT
◦ PHSS_42797 1.0 HPVM B.06.10 AVIO-HVSD
• On the vPar/VM:
◦ PHSS_42798 1.0 HPVM B.06.10 AVIO-GVSD
HP recommends that you also install the following patch on the VSP:
• PHSS_42798 1.0 HPVM B.06.10 AVIO-GVSD
You can obtain these patches from the HP Support Center website at HP Support Center.
NOTE: Future updates to the vPars and Integrity VM V6.1 product will be released as vPars and
Integrity VM product patches.
AVIO drivers are now part of the vPars and Integrity VM product bundle.
HP recommends installing only the AVIO drivers that are included with HP-UX 11i v3 March 2012
release with this version of vPars and Integrity VM V6.1.
This manual is organized in the following way:
• This introductory chapter contains a list of the new features provided in the new release, as
well as a description of the manual organization. It also may contain information of general
interest to the release and documentation issues.
• Chapters 2 and 3 provide release notes, relevant to the V6.1 release.
• Chapter 11 provides the support policy tables for vPars and Integrity VM V6.1 and its
components.
For the most up-to-date information about HP-UX vPars and Integrity VM V6.1, see the documentation
on the Business Support Center website:
http://www.hp.com/go/virtualization-manuals
For the most recent information relevant to this update, see the README.txt file at the following
location:
/opt/hpvm/doc/README.txt
1.1 Features and Enhancements in vPars and Integrity VM
The features in the following list have been included in this release of vPars and Integrity VM V6.1:
• VSP and vPars/VMs support:
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