HP Integrity Virtual Machines: Installation, Configuration, and Administration
HP Integrity Virtual Machines Version 2.0

Table of Contents

About This Document

Intended Audience

New and Changed Information in This Edition

Typographic Conventions

Product Naming Conventions

Document Organization

Related Information

Publishing History

HP Encourages Your Comments

1 Introduction

About HP Integrity Virtual Machines

Running Applications in the Integrity VM Environment

Related Products

Using This Manual

Using the Integrity VM Documentation

Integrity VM Manpages

Help Files

2 Installing Integrity VM

Installation Requirements

VM Host System Requirements

Bundle Names

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

Installation Procedure

Upgrading from Earlier Versions of Integrity VM

Verifying the Installation of Integrity VM

Removing Integrity VM

Reserving VM Host Devices

Troubleshooting Installation Problems

Error messages during installation

3 Creating Virtual Machines

Specifying Virtual Machine Characteristics

Virtual Machine Name

Guest Operating System

Virtual CPUs

Entitlement

Guest Memory Allocation

Virtual Devices

Creating Virtual Network Devices

Creating Virtual Storage Devices

Using the hpvmcreate Command

Example of Virtual Machine Creation

Starting Virtual Machines

Changing Virtual Machine Configurations

Cloning Virtual Machines

Stopping Virtual Machines

Removing Virtual Machines

Troubleshooting Virtual Machine Creation Problems

Configuration Error on Starting the Virtual Machine

4 Creating HP-UX Guests

Installing the HP-UX Guest Operating System

Installing HP-UX Guest Management Software

Troubleshooting HP-UX Guest Creation

The guest hangs in the EFI shell

5 Creating Windows Guests

Windows Guest Requirements

Installing Windows Guests

Installing from HP Reinstall (OPK) Media

Installing from Windows Media

Managing Windows Guests

Installing Integrity VM Windows Guest Management Software

Troubleshooting Windows Guest Installation

Remote desktop unable to connect

6 Creating Virtual Storage Devices

Introduction to Integrity VM Storage

Integrity VM Storage Goals

Integrity VM Storage Architectures

Integrity VM Storage Implementations

Configuring Integrity VM Storage

Integrity VM Storage Considerations

Setting up Virtual Storage

Using Integrity VM Storage

Integrity VM Storage Roles

Integrity VM Storage Use Cases

7 Creating Virtual Networks

Introduction to Virtual Network Configuration

Creating Vswitches

Local Networks

Configuring Guest Virtual Networks

Deleting Vswitches

Recreating Vswitches

Starting Vswitches

Halting Vswitches

Managing VNICs

Removing VNICs

Configuring VLANs

Cloning Guests with VLAN Information

Displaying VLAN Information

Configuring VLANs on Physical Switches

Troubleshooting Network Problems

Redefining PNICs

Troubleshooting VLAN Problems

8 Managing Guests

Monitoring Guests

Creating Guest Administrators and Operators

Creating the Guest Management Software Repository

Using the Virtual Console

Guest Configuration Files

Integrity VM Log Files

Managing the Device Database

The Device Database File

Using the hpvmdevmgmt Command

9 Migrating Virtual Machines

Introduction to Virtual Machine Migration

Performing a Guest Migration

Using the hpvmmigrate Command

Example of the hpvmmigrate Command

Network and Storage Migration Considerations

Network Configuration Considerations

Storage Configuration Considerations

Security Considerations

10 Using HP Serviceguard with Integrity VM

Introduction to HP Serviceguard with Integrity VM

Serviceguard in Guest Configurations

Cluster in a Box

Virtual/Virtual Cluster

Virtual/Physical Cluster

Configuring Serviceguard in Guests

Serviceguard in VM Host Configuration

Configuring the Integrity VM Multiserver Environment

Creating Guest Packages

Modifying the Package Configuration Files

Starting the Distributed Guest

Starting the Vswitch Monitor

Verifying That Distributed Guests Can Fail Over

Managing Distributed Guests

Monitoring Network Connections

Upgrading from Integrity VM A.01.20 Toolkit

Removing the Serviceguard for Integrity VM Toolkit

Guest Toolkit Removal

Repackaging Guests

Troubleshooting Serviceguard with Integrity VM

Serviceguard in Host Troubleshooting

Creating Distributed Guests

Networking

11 Reporting Problems with Integrity VM

Managing the Size of the VMM Driver Log File

Integrity VM Manpages

hpvmclone(1M) - Create a new virtual machine that is a copy of an existing virtual machine.

hpvmcollect(1M) - Collects crash dumps, logs, system status, and configuration on the VM Host and guests for post-mortem analysis.

hpvmconsole(1M) - Connect to the console of a virtual machine.

hpvmcreate(1M) - Create a new Integrity Virtual Machines virtual machine.

hpvmdevmgmt(1M) - Manage the devices that are associated with the VM Host and the guests.

hpvminfo(1M) - Display information about the Integrity VM environment.

hpvmmigrate(1M) - Migrate a virtual machine to a different VM host.

hpvmmodify(1M) - Rename a virtual machine or modify the attributes of a virtual machine.

hpvmnet(1M) - Create and control an Integrity Virtual Machines virtual network switch (vswitch).

hpvmremove(1M) - Remove an Integrity Virtual Machines virtual machine.

hpvmresources(1M) - Specifying storage and network devices.

hpvmstart(1M) - Start a virtual machine.

hpvmstatus(1M) - Display status information about one or more virtual machines.

hpvmstop(1M) - Stop a virtual machine.

hpvm(5) - HP Integrity Virtual Machines (Integrity VM).

Glossary

Index