HPVM server/client version mis-match

[Karen Birkelbach]

I am trying to install the hpvm guest package on a client with the following:

HPVM Server -

VMHost# hpvmstatus -v
Version B.04.00.00
[Virtual Machines]

...

HPVM Client -

VMClient# swinstall -s /tmp/hpvm_guest_depot.11iv3.sd

HPVM-Guest       ->   B.04.00         Integrity VM Guest            
VMGuestLib       ->   B.04.00         Integrity VM Guest Suppo
VMProvider       ->   B.04.00         WBEM Provider for Integr

I select all three of the bundles, but the fileset HPVM-Guest.vmTools.VMTOOLS-RUN fails to install with this error:

NOTE:    The fileset "vmTools.VMTOOLS-RUN,r=B.04.00" was excluded due
         to an exrequisite dependency on "vmKernel"

In checking the client itself, I find this:

VMClient# swlist -l fileset | grep -i hpvm
# AVIO-GVSD                             B.11.31.0809   HPVM Guest AVIO Storage Software
# AVIO-HVSD                             B.11.31.0809   HPVM Host AVIO Storage Software
# PHKL_40390                            1.0            HPVM Fix RID length, plus 1 pre-enablement
# PHKL_41369                            1.0            TLB,MCA Recovery,HPVM,NUMA,P-State,IPMI Events,OsName
  vmKernel.HPVM-KRN                     A.03.50        Integrity VM vmKernel HPVM-KRN

This setup was originally a version 3.5 system, but I upgraded sometime ago to 4.0.  I assumed that all the clients were upgraded at the same time:

From VMHost's hpvmstatus -V

Virtual Machine Name    : VMClient
Virtual Machine UUID    : 5ffcf2a8-037f-11de-8d12-001e0b506d33
Virtual Machine ID      : 15
Virtual Machine Label   :
VM's Model Name         : server Integrity Virtual Machine
VM's Serial Number      : VM00908001
VM's Config Version     : 4.0.0
VM's Config Label       : HPVM B.04.00 clearcase opt Wed Jul 02 2008 08h24m40s PDT
Operating System        : HPUX
OS Version Number       :
State                   : On (OS)
Start type              : Manual
Console type            : vt100-plus
Number of virtual CPUs  : 4
Number of devices       : 2
Number of networks      : 3
Memory                  : 24 GB
Guest revision          : 1
Running on serverid     : 0
Running on pid          : 16590
Application controllers : NONE
Distributed             : 0
Effective serverid      : 0

What can I do to get my client onto the correct kernel so that I can install the guest libraries?

[Dave Olker]

Hi Karen,

My understanding is the vmKernel fileset is only supposed to be installed on Integrity VM Hosts, not guests. I just checked one of my Intgrity VM 4.2 guests and verified the vmKernel fileset is not installed.

I'm curious how the vmKernel fileset was installed in the guest. Did you use the same Ignite image or DRD disk image to install the OS on the guest that you used for installing VM Hosts? Was this guest's boot disk previously used by a VM Host?

My guess is the guest libraries are not installing because they find the vmKernel fileset and assume the system is a acting as VM Host. Have you tried using swremove to remove the vmKernel fileset from the Guest?

Regards,

Dave