HP-UX Logical Volume Manager and MirrorDisk/UX Release Notes HP-UX 11i v3 September 2013 Web Release B.11.31 (5900-3304)

5.4 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.
5.5 Other requirements
5.5.1 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.
6 Compatibility issues
6.1 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.
• Encrypted Volume and File System (EVFS) v1.1 and greater supports Version 2.x volume
groups.
6.2 Using LVM boot disks of size greater than 2TB (terabytes)
There are specific software (patches) and hardware (HBAs) prerequisites for using LVM boot disks
of size greater than 2TB. Also, there are compatibility issues when administrating such boot disks
in releases prior to HP-UX 11i v3 March 2013. For more information about managing boot disks
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