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HP Part Number: T2767-90076

Published: April 2007, Edition 4.0

© Copyright 2007 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.

Table of Contents

About This Document
Intended Audience
New and Changed Information in This Edition
Typographic Conventions
Document Organization
Related Information
Publishing History
HP Encourages Your Comments
1 Introduction
New Features and Enhancements in This Version of Integrity VM
Using Linux Guests
Dynamic Memory
Creating Virtual Machine Administrator and Operator Accounts
Using P2V Workload Migration
Integrity VM Command Changes
Guest Management Software
2 Installation Notes
Installing Integrity VM
Integrity VM Includes the Foundation Operating Environment
Upgrade HP WBEM Services
Installing the hpvmmigrate Command
Installing VM Provider
Ugrade the VM Host to 0609 or Later
HP-UX Patches Required in the VM Host
Patches Required in the HP-UX Guest
Patches Required for Ignite/UX Servers
Patches Required for Windows Guests
Upgrading from Earlier Versions of Integrity VM
Installing the HP Integrity Virtual Machines Product Over the Evaluation Software
Do Not Install Applications on the VM Host System
Do Not Install Integrity VM on a Virtual Partition
Do Not Install Windows as Alternate Boot on a VM Host System
3 Creating Virtual Machines
Default Guest Settings for HP-UX, Windows, and Linux
Autoboot Causes Virtual Machines to Start
Reserving Swap Space for Guests
Do Not Create Golden Images of the VM Host for Guest Installation
4 Installing Guests
Windows Guests
Removing Media During Installation Hangs Guest
HP Insight Manager Automatic Server Recovery Does Not Work
Running Windows Guests on a Dual Core Intel Itanium2 Processor (Montecito) System
Installing Windows with Virtual NullDVD is Not Recommended
Enabling MP Services on Windows Guest Logs telnetd Errors
Using Windows Firewall Requires ICMP to Allow Echo
Poor Console Screen Formatting
The hpvmstop Command Does Not Shut Down Windows Guests Gracefully
Do Not Delete EFI Shell Boot Option
HP-UX Guests
HP-UX 11.31 Guests May Fail to Configure More than Two MPT Interfaces
Patches for HP-UX 11.31 Guests
Do Not Run Live Kernel Debuggers Inside a Guest
Do Not Use the iomap(7) Command on HP-UX Guests
iCAP Commands Fail on HP-UX Guests
Linux Guests
Linux Guest Installation Errors
Linux Guests with FC Tapes Display Errors
Disable IPv6 on Linux Guests
Preparing Linux Guests for VM Manager
IPv6 Dynamic Address Resolution is Broken in Linux
Infrequent “Ooops: timer ticks before it is due” Errors
Infrequent “e1000: eth1: e1000_clean_tx_irq: Detected Tx Unit Hang” Errors
Inconsistent “Bogomips” Values between Virtual CPU0 and Other Virtual CPUs
Incorrect Display of Special Characters when Displayed Using HP-UX Terminal
Occasional Floating-Point Assist Fault Messages.
5 Using Integrity VM Commands
Using hpvmmodify -N -s Options Together Causes Guest to Be Inaccessable
The hpvmmodify Command Reevaluates Guest Configurations
The hpvmdevmgmt Command Truncates File Sizes
Setting Devices to Sharable Can Lead to Device Conflicts
Errors on Displaying Guest or Vswitch Information While that Information is Being Modified
Do Not Attempt to Remove Busy Virtual Devices
Missing uuid or .vmid Files
Maintain Minimum Entitlement
Guest Memory Must Be a Multiple of 64 MB
Actual Running Entitlement May Differ from Configured Entitlement
Duplicate Messages when Modifying Running Guests
Manpages Display on Linux Guests
6 Guest Administration
Administrator Account Names
Guest User Accounts
Creating Virtual Machine Administrator and Operator Accounts
Modifying Guests
Do Not Add User Accounts to the hpvmsys Group
Do Not Enter Ctrl/B after Starting Guest with Virtual Console
Restoring the NVRAM for Windows Guests
How to Stop Guests
The hpvmconsole pc –cycle Command Occasionally Doesn’t Complete
How to Recover from a Guest Hang
Using HP Serviceguard to Manage Guests
Required HP Serviceguard Patches
Reenter Command to Start Packages
Do not Use Integrity VM Commands to Manage Distributed Guests
Different Cluster Nodes Report Virtual Machine Status Differently
Syslog Entries for cmcld Can Be Ignored
Using Virtual Machines Manager (VM Manager) to Manage Distributed Guests
Polling Interval for Virtual Machine Serviceguard Nodes
Managing Guests using gWLM
7 Networking Information
Vswitches Are Always in SHARED Mode
Do Not Use the HP A5506B PCI 10/100Base-TX 4 Port Interface for Virtual Networking
MAC Address Validation Can Be Enhanced
Auto Port Aggregation (APA) is Supported on the VM Host, Not on the Guest
Do Not Run Applications that Set Network Devices into Promiscuous Mode
Do not Turn on Checksum Offloading (CKO) on the Physical Network Interface Backing the Vswitch
Do Not Turn on TSO on the VM Host and on HP-UX Guests
Do Not Configure VLAN Vswitches on HP-UX VLANs
For VLANs Between VM Host and Guests, Turn Off CKO
Restarting Vswitches
8 Storage Information
DMP Files Not Supported as Backing Stores
Using Database Management Products on Virtual Machines
Integrity VM Does Not Honor File Permissions on Backing Stores
Using USB CD/DVD Devices
The hpvmmodify Command Fails to Change a DVD
Virtual FileDVD Reverts to Original Resource Statement
Physical Device null Assigned to Nonexistent Path
Using sam on Guest Cannot Initialize Disk
Extending a Logical Volume Backing Store Corrupts the Guest
Management Limitations of Virtual SCSI Devices
Installing Integrity VM Clears SecurePath 3.0F SP1 Settings
9 Migrating Virtual Machines
Do Not Migrate Distributed Guests
Collect CapAd Data before Migrating
10 Error Logging
Guest Log Can Grow Unbounded
Log Messages Written to Old Log File
Saved MCA or INIT Register State Can Be Inaccurate
Modifying the Size of the Monitor Log File
Virtual Console Event Logs Different from Physical Machine Logs
Index

List of Tables

1-1 Option Keywords for Virtual Machine MAC Address and Serial Number
1-2 Guest Management Software Kit Locations
2-1 VM Host Patches
2-2 HP-UX Guest Patches
2-3 Do Not Install Products or Patches on HP-UX Guests
2-4 Ignite/UX Patches
2-5 Windows Patches
2-6 Do Not Install Products or Patches on Windows Guests
3-1 Guest Default Settings
   


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