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Logical Domains 1.3 Release Notes
Book Information
Preface
Chapter 1 Logical Domains 1.3 Release Notes
What's New in This Release
System Requirements
Supported Platforms
Required Software and Patches
Required and Recommended Solaris OS
Required Software to Enable LDoms 1.3 Features
Minimum Version of Software Required
Required System Firmware Patches
Location of LDoms 1.3 Software
Location of Patches
Location of Documentation
Related Software
Optional Software
Software That Can Be Used With the Logical Domains Manager
System Controller Software That Interacts With Logical Domains Software
Upgrading to LDoms 1.3 Software
Upgrade From LDoms 1.0 Software Only
Known Issues
General Issues
Service Processor and System Controller Are Interchangeable Terms
Cards Not Supported
In Certain Conditions, a Guest Domain's SVM Configuration or Metadevices Can Be Lost
Find a Guest Domain's SVM Configuration or Metadevices
Logical Domain Channels (LDCs) and Logical Domains
Memory Size Requirements
Booting a Large Number of Domains
Cleanly Shutting Down and Power Cycling a Logical Domains System
Power Off a System With Multiple Active Domains
Power Cycle the System
Memory Size Requested Might Be Different From Memory Allocated
Logical Domain Variable Persistence
Sun SNMP Management Agent Does Not Support Multiple Domains
Containers, Processor Sets, and Pools Are Not Compatible With CPU Power Management
Fault Management
Delayed Reconfiguration
Domain Migration in Elastic Mode Is Not Supported
Cryptographic Units
Bugs Affecting LDoms 1.3 Software
Logical Domains Manager Does Not Validate Disk Paths and Network Devices
Disk Paths
Recover From an Errant net-dev Property Specified for a Virtual Switch
Recover From an Errant Virtual Disk Service Device or Volume
Network Devices
Recover From a Disk Device Being Used by Other Software
Hang Can Occur With Guest OS in Simultaneous Operations
Behavior of the ldm stop-domain Command Can Be Confusing
Cannot Set Security Keys With Logical Domains Running
Logical Domains Manager Forgets Variable Changes After a Power Cycle
Using the server-secure.driver With an NIS Enabled System, Whether or Not LDoms Is Enabled
Recover by Resetting Your System
Network Performance Is Worse in a Logical Domain Guest Than in a Non-LDoms Configuration
Logical Domain Time-of-Day Changes Do Not Persist Across a Power Cycle of the Host
OpenBoot PROM Variables Cannot be Modified by the eeprom(1M) Command When the Logical Domains Manager is Running
Logical Domains Manager Does Not Retire Resources On Guest Domain After a Panic and Reboot
Guest Domain With Too Many Virtual Networks on the Same Network Using DHCP Can Become Unresponsive
The scadm Command Can Hang Following an SC or SP Reset
Simultaneous Net-Installation of Multiple Domains Fails When in a Common Console Group
SVM Volumes Built on Slice 2 Fail JumpStart When Used as the Boot Device in a Guest Domain
If the Solaris 10 5/08 OS Is Installed on a Service Domain, Attempting a Net Boot of the Solaris 10 8/07 OS on Any Guest Domain Serviced by It Can Hang the Installation
Logical Domains Manager Can Take Over 15 Minutes to Shut Down a Logical Domain
Sometimes, Executing the uadmin 1 0 Command From an LDoms System Does Not Return the System to the OK Prompt
Logical Domains Manager Displays Migrated Domains in Transition States When They Are Already Booted
Logical Domains Manager Does Not Start If the Machine Is Not Networked and an NIS Client Is Running
Migration Can Fail to Bind Memory Even If the Target Has Enough Available
Migration Does Not Fail If a vdsdev on the Target Has a Different Backend
Constraint Database Is Not Synchronized to Saved Configuration
Explicit Console Group and Port Bindings Are Not Migrated
VIO DR Operations Ignore the Force (-f) Option
libpiclsnmp:snmp_init() Blocks Indefinitely in open() on primary Domain
FMA Status Failures
ldmconfig Might Cause the Root File System of the Control Domain to Become Full and Halt the System
Guest Domain Sometimes Fails to Make Proper Domain Services Connection to the Control Domain
ldm: Autosave Feature Should Identify and Allow the Downloading of Damaged Configurations
ldmd Dumps Core If a rm-io Operation Is Followed by Multiple set-vcpu Operations
Virtual Network Devices Are Not Created Properly on the Control Domain
Cannot Connect to Migrated Domain's Console Unless vntsd Is Restarted
I/O Domain or Guest Domain Panics When Booting From e1000g
Guest Domain Might Fail to Successfully Reboot When a System Is in Power Management Elastic Mode
ldm Commands Are Slow to Respond When Several Domains Are Booting
Spurious ds_ldc_cb: LDC READ event Message Seen When Rebooting the Control Domain or a Guest Domain
Migrated Domain With MAUs Contains Only One CPU When Target OS Does Not Support DR of Cryptographic Units
ldm set-vcc Prevented When System Is Already in Delayed Reconfiguration Mode
Confusing Migration Failure Message for Real Address Memory Bind Failures
An Enabled Resource Managment Policy Might Not Decrease CPU Count As Expected
ldm Does Not Make Use of Cryptographic Units Added to the Control Domain After Startup
Warm Migration Can Fail With an Unknown migration failure Message
DRM: Some tod-begin and tod-end Values Cannot Begin With a Leading Zero
Newly Added NIU/XAUI Adapters Are Not Visible to Host OS If Logical Domains Is Configured
Dynamically Removing All the Cryptographic Units From a Domain Causes SSH to Terminate
Unexpected Probe-Based IPMP Failures
Documentation Errata
Incorrect Parameter Names in the Input/Output Bus Table
ldmp2v(1M): Incorrect Options Shown for the ldmp2v prepare -R guest-root Command
Resolved Issues
LDoms 1.3 RFEs and Bugs Fixed in Solaris 10 10/09
RFEs and Bugs Fixed for LDoms 1.3 Software
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