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To prepare your VM Host system for Integrity VM installation, your configuration must satisfy the hardware, software, and network requirements described in this section. To install Integrity VM, you need a computer that fits the specifications listed in “VM Host System Requirements”.

NOTE: Before installing this product, read the HP Integrity Virtual Machine Release Notes. The most up-to-date release notes are available on http://docs.hp.com.

VM Host System Requirements

The resources on the VM Host system (such as disks, network bandwidth, memory, and processing power, are shared by the VM Host and all the running guests. Guests running simultaneously share the remaining memory and processing power. By default, network and storage devices are also sharable among guests. Some resources must be made exclusive to the VM Host, such as the VM Host operating system boot disk.

Table 2-1 describes the minimum configuration requirements for installing Integrity VM on the VM Host system.

Table 2-1 Requirements for Installing Integrity VM

ResourceDescription
ComputerAn Integrity server
Operating systemHP-UX 11i v2 May 2005 or later, running on an Integrity server, as well as any appropriate software patches (see the HP Integrity Virtual Machines Release Notes). The license for Integrity VM includes the license for running the HP-UX Foundation Operating Environment on the VM Host system.
Local area network (LAN) cardRequired for network connection and configuration.
Source installation mediaAn appropriate source for installing software (DVD or network connection).
Disk storage

Sufficient disk space for the following:

  • The VM Host operating system (refer to the HP-UX 11i v2 Installation and Upgrade Guide)

  • The VM Host software (50 MB)

  • Swap space size should be at least as large as physical memory plus 4GB (for example, for 16 GB of RAM, swap space should be 20 GB)

    NOTE: HP-UX uses this space to start up guests, but guests are never swapped out.

  • Disk space for each guest operating system, including swap space

  • Disk space for the applications running on each guest

  • 4.7 MB for each running guest as the allowance for backing up configuration files

MemorySufficient physical memory (RAM), including the following:

  • 750 MB + 7.5% of memory beyond the first GB (that is, 7.5% of (total physical memory - 1 GB))

  • Total aggregate memory required for each guest (operating system and application requirements)

    HP-UX 11i v2 May 2005 requires a minimum of 1 GB of memory, so a guest running HP-UX must be configured with at least that much memory.

  • Additional 7% of aggregate guest memory for overhead

For example, for a VM Host with 16 GB of memory and two VMs configured with 3GB of memory each, the memory requirements would be calculated as follows:

  • 1.86 GB for the VM Host (750 MB plus 7.5% of 15 GB)

  • 6.42 GB total guest requirement (107% of 6 GB)

  • Total requirements = 8.28 GB of memory

    This leaves 7.72 GB of memory for additional guests.

Integrity VM softwareThe software bundle T2767AC. Refer to “Bundle Names” for information about the required software for installing Integrity VM.
Network configurationA configured and operational network, with at least one LAN card if you plan to allow remote access to guest virtual consoles. To allow guests network access, the VM Host must have at least one functioning network interface card (NIC). For more information about configuring network devices for virtual machines, see “Creating Virtual Networks”.

 

Bundle Names

Integrity VM software is bundled as T2767AC, which includes VMAGENT, the Integrity VM fair-share scheduler. When you install Integrity VM, the following software bundles are installed:

  • T2767AC

  • PRM-Sw-Krn (included with T2767AC)

  • VMGuestLib

In addition to the T2767AC bundle, you can install the following optional software bundles:

  • VMProvider (to use the HP Integrity VM Manager to manage the VM Host)

  • VMMigrate (to be able to migrate virtual machines from one VM Host to another). For information about using the hpvmmigrate command, see “Migrating Virtual Machines”.

Using VM Manager Requires the Latest WBEM Services on the VM Host

The version of HP WBEM Services for HP-UX must be A.02.00.10 or later. Integrity VM fails to install if the version of WBEM Services on your VM Host is older than A.02.00.10. The HP WBEM Services for HP-UX software bundle (B8465BA) is available as part of the HP-UX 11i V2 0606 (June 2006) operating system and later. For VM Hosts running earlier versions of HP-UX, download the latest version of WBEM Services from www.hp.com.



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