HP-UX Logical Volume Manager and MirrorDisk/UX Release Notes HP-UX 11i v3 (October 2010)

VxVM commands
Several VxVM commands check whether a specified disk device is being used by LVM before
overwriting it. For these commands to correctly check whether a device is part of a Version 2.x
volume group, you must install the following patch:
• PHCO_37836 for VxVM 4.1
• PHCO_40294 for VxVM 5.0
Required disk space
Because LVM is installed with the HP-UX 11i v3 operating environment, it consumes no additional
disk space.
MirrorDisk/UX consumes no additional disk space aside from a license key.
HP Insight Remote Support Software
HP strongly recommends that you install HP Insight Remote Support software to complete the
installation or upgrade of your product and to enable enhanced delivery of your HP Warranty,
HP Care Pack Service or HP contractual support agreement. HP Insight Remote Support
supplements your monitoring, 24x7 to ensure maximum system availability by providing
intelligent event diagnosis, and automatic, secure submission of hardware event notifications to
HP, which will initiate a fast and accurate resolution, based on your product’s service level.
Notifications may be sent to your authorized HP Channel Partner for on-site service, if configured
and available in your country. The software is available in two variants:
• HP Insight Remote Support Standard: This software supports server and storage devices
and is optimized for environments with 1-50 servers. Ideal for customers who can benefit
from proactive notification, but do not need proactive service delivery and integration with
a management platform.
• HP Insight Remote Support Advanced: This software provides comprehensive remote
monitoring and proactive service support for nearly all HP servers, storage, network, and
SAN environments, plus selected non-HP servers that have a support obligation with HP.
It is integrated with HP Systems Insight Manager. A dedicated server is recommended to
host both HP Systems Insight Manager and HP Insight Remote Support Advanced.
Go to http://www.hp.com/go/insightremotesupport for details on both versions.
To download the software, go to Software Depot: http://hp.com/go/softwaredepot
Select Insight Remote Support from the menu on the right.
Compatibility issues
This release is specific for HP-UX 11i v3 (B.11.31). The following compatibility issues exist in the
October 2010 web release of HP-UX 11i v3.
Version 2.x volume groups
• Version 2.2 volume groups are not recognized on previous releases of HP-UX, including
versions of HP-UX 11i v3 prior to the March 2010 Update release. Version 2.1 volume groups
are not recognized on previous releases of HP-UX, including versions of HP-UX 11i v3 prior
to the September 2008 release. Version 1.0 volume groups are supported on all supported
versions of HP-UX, including 11i v1, 11i v2, and 11i v3.
• The following HP-UX product does not currently support Version 2.x volume groups:
— HP Process Resource Manager (HP PRM)
This product plans to add support of Version 2.x volume groups. For the most recent
information on this products, see the IT Resource Center (ITRC) at http://itrc.hp.com, or
consult the release notes for the specific product.
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