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A. Functional Differences Between Versions of HDLM
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A. Functional Differences Between Versions of HDLM
This section explains the functional differences between newer and older versions of
HDLM.
A.1 Functional Differences Between Version 6.6 or Later and
Versions Earlier Than 6.6
The type of the messages listed below that are output to the event log has been
changed from Error to Warning in HDLM version 6.6. Also, the level of the
message IDs has been changed from E to W.
• KAPL12150, KAPL12151, and KAPL12152
Drive and Disk Number can be displayed in the Path List view of the HDLM
GUI in HDLM version 6.6.
The values for the
storage_emc
key and the
storage_eva
key in the sample
file (
sample_installhdlm.ini
) of the installation information settings file
used by the HDLM installation utility (
installhdlm
) have been changed from
n
to blank.
If the value of a key is blank,
n
is assumed for Windows Server 2003, and
y
is
assumed for Windows Server 2008.
A.2 Functional Differences Between Version 6.2 or Later and
Versions Earlier Than 6.2
In HDLM versions earlier than 6.2, the
KAPL02087-I
message was displayed and
indicated that the Hitachi AMS2000 series, Hitachi SMS storage, and Universal
Storage Platform V/VM storage was not supported in the HDLM GUI configuration
view. However, in HDLM version 6.2, you can now display those items in the HDLM
GUI configuration view.
A.3 Functional Differences Between Version 6.0.1 or Later and
Versions Earlier Than 6.0.1
• 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.
A.4 Functional Differences Between Version 6.0 or Later and
Versions Earlier Than 6.0
• The format of the displayed HDLM version has been changed when HDLM
commands or utilities are executed.
• The Java execution environment (JRE) bundled with HDLM has been changed to
the Sun Microsystems 5.0_11 (32-bit) JRE. The Java execution environment no