3.6.1 HP PolyServe Software for Microsoft SQL Server Release Notes (T5392-96026, August 2008)

• Defect 19876. SQL Server installations failed when a custom data path was
specified in the template file.
• Defect 19892. An virtualized SQL instance migrated from the 3.4 release to
the3.6 release could notbedeleted.
• Defect 20110. An attempt to virtualize a SQL Server instance failed with “System
error: the security identifier is not allowed to be the owner of this object.”
• Defect 20193. The output from the mx vsql status command did not
include an enable/disable column.
• Defect 20334. When a Virtual SQL Instance is revirtualized, a po pup message
states that the data files for theinstance already exist. Thedefault valuefor
the popup message has been changed to use the existing data files instead of
overwriting them.
• Defect 20428. The mx vsqlinstance add command did not recognize
“default” (or “Default”) as the name of an instance.
• Defect 20429. The mx vsqlinstance delete command did not recognize
“default” (or “Default”) as the name of an instance.
• Defect 20949. A memory access issue could cause the PolyServe SQL Browser
Service to become corrupted.
• Defect 20951. A collatio n issue caused a virtualization attempt to fail.
• Defect 21392. When a template file created with the Multi-Node Installer was
opened for editing, it showed checkmarks for features that had been previously
unchecked.
Content
s of the 3.6.0 Release
The 3.6.0 release includ es the following new features:
• New high-availabilit y architecture. See “New Active-Passive Architecture,”
below, for more information
• The new
Multi-Node Install Wizard for SQL Server can be used to install SQL
Server 2000 and 2005 instances on multiple nodes simultaneously. New
features provided with the installer include:
• Suppo
rt for completely stock installations of SQL 2005 and SQ L 2 0 00
instances. It is no longer necessary to install data locations for instances on
PSF S filesystems.
• For SQL Server 2005 instances, the ability to configure mixed-mode
authentication in the template file (template.ini) is now supported.
•The
installation media can now be located on either a CIFS share or a
PSF S filesystem.
• The new Multi-Node Upgrade Wizard for SQL Server can be used to install
service packs and hotfixes on multiple nodes.
• In
stance Aliasing. This feature can be used to map your existing legacy SQL
connections to the Vir tual SQL Server connections used with Matrix Ser ver. SQL
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