3.6.2 HP PolyServe Software for Microsoft SQL Server release notes (T5392-96040, June 2009)

Version: HP PolyServe Software for Microsoft SQL Server 3.6.2
Description
These release notes describe the HP PolyServe Software for Microsoft SQL Server 3.6.2 release. (In
3.6.0 and earlier releases, HP PolyServe Software for Microsoft SQL Server was called the Matrix
Database Solution Pack for SQL Server, or MxDB for SQL Server.)
Supersedes MxDB for SQL Server 3.6.1
Enhancements
The 3.6.2 release provides support for Microsoft SQL Server 2008 and includes the fixes described
below.
Fixes
This release fixes the following issues:
• Defect 19077. The Installation Credentials dialog in the Multi-Node Install Wizard (MNI) allowed
only 30 characters in the password field.
• Defect 19762. MxMigrate terminated abruptly if the SQL Client Tools were not installed. The
product now exits with an error message if the tools are not present.
• Defect 21131. The sql_volumeresource.log file filled with ERROR_IO_PENDING errors.
• Defect 21229. Nodes could not be added to a Virtual SQL Server if the path for a SQL instance
associated with the Virtual SQL Server contained an equal (=) sign.
• Defect 21289. The mx mni install --product option was not case-insensitive.
• Defect 22138. The Template Features Wizard provided with the MNI did not accept spaces in
the password text boxes for SQL service accounts.
• Defect 22492. The restart argument for the Virtual SQL instance monitor probe could not be set
to 0.
• Defect 23566. A SQL Server 2000 hotfix could not be installed.
• Defect 25949, 26397. When more than one SQL instance was attached to a Virtual SQL Server
configured to manage MSDTC, failover did not work properly and one of the instances was unable
to start.
• Defect 26395. When an attempt was made to revirtualize a SQL instance and reuse the existing
data files, the attempt failed with the error “not enough space to host data.”
• Defect 26509. HP PolyServe Software did not restart instances correctly if they were associated
with a Virtual SQL Server configured to manage MSDTC.
• Defect 27500. Installation passwords were displayed in plain text in the MNI log file.
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