HP Integrity Virtual Machines Release Notes Version A.03.50

Table of Contents
About This Document.........................................................................................................9
Intended Audience.................................................................................................................................9
New and Changed Information in This Edition.....................................................................................9
Typographic Conventions......................................................................................................................9
Document Organization.........................................................................................................................9
Related Information..............................................................................................................................10
Publishing History................................................................................................................................10
HP Encourages Your Comments..........................................................................................................11
1 Introduction...................................................................................................................13
1.1 New Features and Enhancements in This Version of Integrity VM...............................................13
1.2 Using Linux Guests.........................................................................................................................15
1.3 Creating Virtual Machine Administrator and Operator Accounts.................................................16
1.4 Integrity VM Command Changes...................................................................................................16
1.5 Using the IGNOREWWID=YES Attribute......................................................................................17
1.6 Specifying Memory Type................................................................................................................17
1.7 Guest Management Software..........................................................................................................17
2 Installation Notes.........................................................................................................19
2.1 Installing Integrity VM....................................................................................................................19
2.1.1 Install these Patches.................................................................................................................19
2.1.2 Do not install Integrity VM V3.5 Kit on a Host Prior to HP–UX 0712....................................19
2.1.3 Integrity VM Includes the Foundation Operating Environment............................................19
2.1.4 Upgrade HP WBEM Services..................................................................................................20
2.1.5 Installing the Migration Tools Including hpvmmigrate and Physical-to-Virtual Assist
Tools.................................................................................................................................................20
2.1.6 Installing VM Provider............................................................................................................20
2.1.7 VMMGR V3.0 Does Not Support Integrity VM V3.5 AVIO Functionality.............................21
2.1.8 VxVM Device Path Not Valid Error on HP-UX 0803..............................................................21
2.1.9 HP-UX Patches Required in the VM Host...............................................................................21
2.1.10 Patches Required in the HP-UX Guest..................................................................................23
2.1.11 Patches Required for Ignite/UX Servers................................................................................26
2.1.12 Patches Required for Windows Guests.................................................................................26
2.1.13 Patches Required for Red Hat Linux Guests.........................................................................26
2.1.14 Patches Required for SUSE Enterprise Linux Guests............................................................27
2.2 Upgrading from Earlier Versions of Integrity VM..........................................................................27
2.3 Installing the HP Integrity Virtual Machines Product Over the Evaluation Software...................28
2.4 Do Not Install Applications on the VM Host System.....................................................................28
2.5 Do Not Install Integrity VM on a Virtual Partition.........................................................................29
2.6 Do Not Install Windows as Alternate Boot on a VM Host System.................................................30
2.7 Trunking Software...........................................................................................................................30
2.8 Using EMC PowerPath with AVIO and VIO...................................................................................30
3 Creating Virtual Machines..........................................................................................31
3.1 Default Guest Settings for HP-UX, Windows, and Linux...............................................................31
3.2 Autoboot Causes Virtual Machines to Start....................................................................................31
3.3 Reserving Swap Space for Guests...................................................................................................31
3.4 Do Not Create Golden Images of the VM Host for Guest Installation...........................................32
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