To run Windows on a virtual machine, you must install the following
on the virtual machine:
HP Integrity Windows 2003 software media with Service Pack
1. Make sure you have the product key, which appears on the lower section
of your Certificate of Authenticity.
Integrity VM Windows guest management software.
Optional: For management from HP Integrity Virtual Machines
Manager (VM Manager) and the HP Virtual Server Environment (VSE), the provider
utilities are available on the Windows Smart Setup Media (SSM).
The following procedure assumes that HP Integrity Virtual Machines A.02.00
or later is installed on the VM Host system.
To install the Windows operating system on the virtual machine, select
a physical backing storage unit to be used as the guest's boot disk. For applications
requiring optimal I/O performance, HP recommends using a whole disk or disk
partition of at least 34 GB. Logical volumes and file backing stores do not
perform as well as whole disks and partitions. To determine the device file
name, enter the following command:
To prepare for the installation:
If you are installing from the host's physical CD/DVD, find
the physical CD/DVD in the ioscan output.
If you are installing from an ISO file on the host, determine
the full path name to that file.
If you are using a disk, partition, or logical volume for the backing
storage unit, it should be cleaned to reduce the chance of existing installations
causing errors during this installation. For a whole disk, enter the following
command:
# dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/rdsk/c0t0d0 bs=1024k |
where /c0t0d0 is the disk device name.
For a disk partition, enter the following command:
# dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s0 bs=1024k |
where /c0t0d0s0 is the disk partition name.
If you are using a file for the backing storage, use the hpvmdevmgmt utilitity
with the -S option to create the file.
The utility automatically cleans the file when it is created
The installation procedure automatically repartitions the virtual disk.
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