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To create a virtual machine, enter the hpvmcreate command
in the following format: hpvmcreate -P vm-name [-F | -s] [-l vm_label] [-B start_attr]
[-O os_type[:version]] [-c number_vcpus] [-e percent | -E cycles]
[-g group[:{admin|oper}]] [-u user[:{admin|oper}]]
[-a rsrc] [-r amount]
[-i {SG | -i SG_pkgname | -i GWLM | -i SG_pkgname,GWLM | -i NONE}]
[-j {0|1}] |
Table 3-2 describes
the options you can use with the hpvmcreate command. Table 3-2 Options to the hpvmcreate Command | Option | Description |
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| -P vm-name | Specifies the name of the virtual machine. The virtual machine name
can be up to eight alphanumeric characters. To provide remote console access
to the guest, its name must be a legal UNIX account name (no more than eight
characters, where the colon (:) and newline (\) characters are not valid).
The -P option is required. | | -F | Suppresses all resource-conflict checks and associated warning messages
(force mode). Use force mode for troubleshooting purposes only. | | -s | Sanity checks the virtual machine configuration and returns warnings
or errors, but does not create the virtual machine. | | -l vm_label | Specifies a descriptive label for this virtual machine. The label can
contain up to 256 alphanumeric characters, including A-Z, a-z, 0-9, the dash
(-), the underscore character (_), and the period (.). To include spaces,
the label must be quoted (" "). | | -B start_attr | Specifies the startup behavior of the virtual machine. For start_attr,
enter one of the following keywords: auto: Automatically
starts the virtual machine when the VM Host is started. manual:
The virtual machine is not started automatically. Use the hpvmstart command
to start the virtual machine manually. | | -O os_type[:version] | Specifies the type and version of the operating system running on the
virtual machine. The os_type parameter can have the
following (case-insensitive) values: HPUX Windows | | -c number_vcpus | Specifies the number of vCPUs this virtual machine detects at boot
time. If unspecified, the number defaults to one. The maximum number of vCPUs
that you can allocate to a virtual machine is the number of physical processors
on the VM Host system. | | -e percent | -E cycles | Specifies the virtual machine's CPU entitlement in CPU cycles. To specify
the percentage of CPU power, enter the following option:To
specify the clock cycles, enter one of the following options:-E cyclesM (for megahertz)
-E cyclesG (for gigahertz) |
| | -g group[:{admin|oper}] | Specifies a group authorization. The specified administrative level
(admin or oper)
is applied to the specified user group. | | -u user[:{admin|oper}] | Specifies a user authorization. The specified administrative level
(admin or oper)
is applied to the specified user. | | -a rsrc | Creates a virtual device for the virtual machine. To create a virtual
storage device, enter the rsrc as:virtual_devicetype:scsi:[bus,device,target]:phstorage_type:physical_device |
For information about forming a virtual storage device specification,
see Chapter 6. To create
a virtual network device for a virtual machine, enter the rsrc as:network:adaptertype:[bus,device,mac-addr]:vswitch:vswitch-name:portid:portnumber |
For information
about forming a virtual network device specification, see Chapter 7. | | -r amount | Specifies the amount of memory available to this virtual machine. Specify
the amount as either amountM (for
megabtyes) or amountG (for gigabytes). | | Specifies whether the virtual machine is managed by Serviceguard or
gWLM (or both). The argument is one of the following:SG indicates that the VM
Host is a Serviceguard cluster node. SG_pkgname indicates
that the VM Host is a Serviceguard package. GWLM indicates that the VM
Host is managed by gWLM. NONE indicates there are
no external managers.
| | -j [0|1] | Specifies whether the virtual machine is a distributed guest (that
is, managed by Serviceguard and can be failed over to another cluster member).
Do not specify this option. This option is used internally by Integrity VM. |
Example of Virtual Machine Creation | |
To create a virtual machine named compass1, enter
the following command: This command creates a virtual machine named compass1 with
no network access and no allocated storage devices. To view the characteristics
of the virtual machine, enter the hpvmstatus command. For
example: # hpvmstatus
[Virtual Machines]
Virtual Machine Name VM # OS Type State #VCPUs #Devs #Nets Memory Runsysid
==================== ===== ======= ========= ====== ===== ===== ======= ========
config1 1 HPUX Off 1 5 1 512 MB 0
config2 2 HPUX Off 1 7 1 1 GB 0
winguest1 5 WINDOWS On (OS) 1 5 1 1 GB 0
winguest2 9 WINDOWS Off 1 3 1 2 GB 0
compass1 12 UNKNOWN Off 1 0 0 2 GB 0 |
The compass1 virtual machine has been
assigned virtual machine number 12, has been created with an UNKNOWN operating
system type, one vCPU, no storage devices, no network devices, and 2 GB of
memory. The Runsysid column indicates the
VM Host that runs the virtual machine in a Serviceguard cluster. If the virtual
machine runs on the local VM Host, or if Serviceguard is not configured, the Runsysid is
zero. For more information about running virtual machines under Serviceguard,
see “Using HP Serviceguard with Integrity VM”. |
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