HP Insight Dynamics 6.2 Release Notes

Manual OS or SA OS provisioning of virtual machines to a local disk on a VM host is not supported
HP Insight Orchestration supports “manual OS” or “SA OS” provisioning of virtual machines to
shared storage only. Provisioning using ESX or Insight Control virtual machine management
“template cloning” is supported for local disks on VM hosts.
Suggested action
Exclude local disks on VM hosts that will be used for “manual OS” or “SA OS” provisioning.
1. Open the properties file in the default location at C:\Program Files\HP\Insight
Orchestration\conf\hpio.properties.
2. Modify the volume.exclusion.list property to exclude all local disks visible to all VM hosts.
3. Restart the HP Insight Orchestration service for the changes to take effect.
Required HBA firmware and OS drivers to access multi-initiator NPIV data disks
The HP blade multi-initiator NPIV feature allows you to configure multiple WWNs for a single HBA
connected with a Virtual Connect Fiber Channel module. Although Insight Dynamics automates
the configuration, certain versions of HBA firmware and drivers are required to access multi-initiator
NPIV data disks configured for any target BL server.
Suggested action
The HBA firmware and drivers shown for the following operating systems are required to support
multi-initiator NPIV data disks.
• QLogic HBA (BIOS version 2.07 or higher)
RHEL 5.3 and higher
SLES 11 and higher
SLES 10 SP3 and higher
Windows 2003/2008: QLogic driver 9.1.7.29 or higher
• Emulex HBA (BIOS version 3.11a3 or higher)
RHEL 5.4 or higher
SLES 10 SP3 or higher
SLES 11 in-box driver not yet available. Requires out-of-box Emulex driver version: 8.2.8.32
Windows 2003/2008: Emulex driver 5.00.17.06-2 or higher
Multi-initiator N-Port ID Virtualization (NPIV) features on Integrity blades are not supported
Multi-initiator NPIV features used by Insight Dynamics and Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager
are not supported on Integrity blades.
Suggested action
Create a single storage pool entry that combines a boot volume and the data volumes intended
to be allocated to a single physical server. You can do this in one of the following ways:
• Pre-provision any number of these composite storage pool entries to enable fully automated
allocation of SAN volumes to physical servers.
• Pre-provision storage pool entries with only boot volumes. An automated provisioning request
pauses after the operating system is deployed if the infrastructure service template specifies
data disks. You can modify the storage pool entry allocated to the server to add data volumes,
and then continue the request.
Install Microsoft Sysprep tool for customization of Windows 2003 guests on Hyper-V after installation
The Microsoft System Preparation (Sysprep) tool, which is required for customization of Windows
2003 guests on Microsoft Hyper-V, is not retained on the CMS after upgrading from previous
versions of Insight Software. Without these tools, customization of Windows 2003 guests on
Hyper-V results in failures.
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