HP Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager Software - Manual (Page 683)

Functional Differences Between Version 7.6 and Versions
Earlier Than 7.6
For FC-SAN environments, the number of paths in the Offline(E) status no
longer increases if the server is restarted when no system (path)
configuration has been changed and no path error has occurred. For IP-SAN
environments, there are no functional differences.
Functional Differences Between Version 7.2 and Versions
Earlier Than 7.2
When creating an initial RAM disk image file in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6,
the dracut command is now used, instead of the dlmmkinitrd boot disk
support utility.
Due to this change, the dlmmkinitrd utility is no longer installed in a Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 6 environment.
Functional Differences Between Version 6.2.1 and Versions
Earlier Than 6.2.1
The output destination of the HDLM command operation log data has been
changed from Hitachi Network Objectplaza Trace Library (HNTRLib2)
integrated trace information files (/var/opt/hitachi/HNTRLib2/spool/
hntr2n.log
# ) to process-specific-trace (traces for multiple processes)
information files (/var/opt/DynamicLinkManager/log/dlnkmgrn.log # ).
# n indicates a file number.
Functional Differences Between Version 6.1 and Versions
Earlier Than 6.1
In a new installation of HDLM, the default load balancing algorithm has been
changed from the Round Robin algorithm to the Extended Least I/Os
algorithm.
Functional Differences Between Version 6.0 or Later and
Versions Earlier Than 6.0
• The description of the HDLM version displayed as a result of executing
HDLM commands or utilities has been changed.
• In versions earlier than 6.0, the messages KAPL09210-I, KAPL09211-I,
and KAPL09212-E will not be output when you install HDLM. In versions
6.0 or later, one of the above messages will be output when you install
HDLM.
Functional Differences Between Versions of HDLM
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