HP Integrity Virtual Machines Installation, Configuration, and Administration Version A.03.50

hpvm(5)
NAME
hpvm -- HP Integrity Virtual Machines (Integrity VM).
SYNOPSIS
Virtualization technology
DESCRIPTION
HP Integrity Virtual Machines allows the creation and management of virtual machines, in which
unmodified operating systems designed for HP Integrity servers can run. Integrity VM provides
a VM Host, which manages the physical machine and allocates system resources, such as memory,
CPU time, and I/O devices to virtual machines. The VM Host is the HP-UX operating system
installed on the physical machine and running the Integrity Virtual Machines product. Virtual
machines run on the same physical machine as the VM Host and appear to be ordinary HP-UX
processes. Each virtual machine emulates a real Integrity machine, including firmware. A virtual
machine is sometimes referred to as a guest. The operating system running in a virtual machine
is referred to as the guest operating system, or guest OS.
Following are the Integrity VM commands:
• hpvmclone: Creates a cloned copy of a virtual machine. Runs on the VM Host.
• hpvmcollect: Collects crash dumps, logs, system status, and configuration on host and
guest. Runs on the VM Host and on guests.
• hpvmconsole: Connects to the console of a virtual machine. Runs on the VM Host.
• hpvmcreate: Creates a new virtual machine. Runs on the VM Host.
• hpvmdevmgmt: Manages the device database. Runs on the VM Host.
• hpvmmgmt: Manages the guest memory allocation. Runs on guests only.
• hpvminfo: Displays information about the Integrity VM environment. Runs on the VM
Host and on guests.
• hpvmmigrate: Moves a virtual machine from one VM Host to another. Runs on the VM
Host.
• hpvmmodify: Renames or modifies the attributes of a virtual machine. Runs on the VM
Host.
• hpvmnet: Configures virtual network devices. Runs on the VM Host.
• hpvmremove: Removes a virtual machine. Runs on the VM Host.
• hpvmstart: Starts a virtual machine. Runs on the VM Host.
• hpvmstatus: Displays status of one or more virtual machines. Runs on the VM Host.
• hpvmstop: Stops a virtual machine. Runs on the VM Host.
• p2vassist: Moves a system workload from a discreet server to a virtual machine. Runs
on the VM Host.
All commands except hpvmconsole require superuser privileges.
To use Integrity VM commands on the guest, install the guests management software as described
in HP Integrity Virtual Machines Installation, Configuration, and Administration.
AUTHORS
HP Integrity Virtual Machines was developed by HP.
SEE ALSO
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