HP Integrity Virtual Server Manager 6.0 User Guide

information about providers that must be installed and running on virtual partitions, see the
HP Integrity Virtual Machines Installation, Configuration, and Administration manual.
• Device special file displayed as unknown device ( )
If you use Virtual Server Manager to manage a VSP running Integrity VM Version 3.5 or
earlier, Virtual Server Manager does not fully support virtual device special files located in
/hpap (introduced in HP StorageWorks Secure Path software Version 3.0F SP2) as backing
devices for virtual storage. If a virtual storage device using an /hpap device special file
already exists on a virtual partition managed by , Virtual Server Manager displays it on the
VSP Storage and VM Properties Storage tabs as an unknown device (using the question mark
icon, ). Virtual Server Manager displays the correct device special file name (for example,
/hpap/rdsk/hpap1) but the box representing this device is not connected to the boxes that
represent the physical storage devices associated with that virtual device special file. In general,
Virtual Server Manager correctly displays only those device special files located in /dev.
• Deleted virtual partition still appears in HP Matrix OE visualization
Using Virtual Server Manager with Matrix Operating Environment for HP-UX, if you create a
virtual partition and then delete it before the new virtual partition has been identified by
Systems Insight Manager, the virtual partition might appear in HP Matrix OE visualization as
though it had not been deleted. The appearance of the virtual partition in HP Matrix OE
visualization depends on when the deletion occurred during the Systems Insight Manager
identification process. This is not an issue when using Virtual Server Manager from HP SMH.
In addition, if you decide to delete the virtual partition soon after creating it, wait a few minutes
before doing so. If the deleted virtual partition does appear in HP Matrix OE visualization,
delete it from the Systems Insight Manager All System view. (From the Systems Insight Manager
Systems and Event Collections list in the navigation area on the left, select All Systems.) For
more information, see the HP Matrix Operating Environment Getting Started Guide.
• Created virtual partition does not appear immediately in HP Matrix OE visualization
After creating a virtual partition using Virtual Server Manager, if you return immediately to
HP Matrix OE visualization, the machine might not yet appear in HP Matrix OE visualization.
This means Systems Insight Manager has not yet completed identifying the new virtual partition.
However, it appears when the identification process completes (usually within a minute or
two).
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