The VM Host system runs the Integrity VM software. It can also run physical
resource, performance, and software management and monitoring tools. Do not
run end-user applications on the VM Host. Typical software you can run on
the VM Host includes the following:
HP-UX Foundation Operating Environment (FOE)
Software installation tools (Ignite-UX and Software Distributor-UX)
Hardware diagnostic and support tools to monitor guests (WBEM,
online diagnostics, Instant Support Enterprise Edition (ISEE))
System performance monitoring tools (GlancePlus, Measureware,
OpenView Operations Agent)
Utility pricing tools (Instant Capacity, Pay Per Use)
Hardware management tools (nPartition Manager, storage and
network management tools)
Software that should not be run on the VM Host system includes the following:
Process Resource Manager (PRM)
vpars (Virtual Partitions and Virtual Machines are mutually
exclusive.)
A guest running on a virtual machine runs the way it does on a physical
system. By allocating virtual resources, you provide the guest operating system
and applications with the same access to memory, CPUs, network devices, and
storage devices as if they were part of dedicated system.
Typical software to run on a guest includes the following:
HP-UX Foundation Operating Environment (FOE)
Software installation tools (Ignite-UX and Software Distributor-UX)
System performance monitoring tools (GlancePlus, Measureware,
OpenView Operations Agent)
Applications do not have to be changed to run on a guest OS.
The following types of applications should not be run on a guest:
Hardware diagnostic tools and support tools (should be run
on the VM Host)
Utility pricing tools (should be run on the VM Host)
Applications that require direct access to physical hardware
(for example, disaster-tolerant solutions)
SAN Management tools and applications that require access
to serial interfaces (Integrity VM virtualizes SCSI and Ethernet devices only.)
You must purchase licenses for any software you run in a virtual machine,
including the HP-UX operating system and any HP or third-party layered software.
You can purchase the licenses for HP software under HP's Virtualization Licensing
program. For more information, contact your HP representative.
You can install the VM Host on a system that is running HP-UX 11i v2
May 2005 and later. Guests must also be running HP-UX 11i v2 May 2005 or later.
Always read the product release notes before installing any software product
so that you have the latest information about changes and additions to the
documentation. The following chapters describe how to install the Integrity
VM software and how to create guests to run on the VM Host system.
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