HP-UX 11i v3 Read Before Installing or Updating, March 2008 (Update 2 Release)

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Cold Install and VxVM Fails in HPVM Guest
Due to a limitation on the length of the pathname to backing
store volumes, cold-installing HP-UX 11i v3 fails in an HPVM
guest. The install fails with the following error:
NOTICE: VxVM vxdmp V-5-0-34 added disk array OTHER_DISKS, datype
= OTHER_DISKS
VxVM vxdisk ERROR V-5-1-5433 Device disk1_p2: init failed: Device
path not valid
* smapi listener returned "ACTION_FAILURE" for message
"CREATE_GROUP"
The configuration process has incurred an error, would you like
to push a shell for debugging purposes? (y/[n]):
The problem can also manifest itself after cold install, with any
attempt to use VxVM on a guest HPVM virtual device whose
backing store pathname is too long. This issue will be fixed in a
subsequent release of VxVM.
What To Do
Restrict the length of the pathname to a backing store volume. If
using VxVM volumes as backing store, the combined number of
characters in the volume group name and the volume name must
not exceed 9.
For all backing stores (including VxVM, LVM or raw disk), the
full pathname to the backing store device or volume must not
exceed 23 characters.