HP Integrity Virtual Machines 4.2: Installation, Configuration, and Administration

NOTE: Guest operating systems, applications, or configuration files sensitive to device names
or hardware paths need to be repaired after the move. Because HP-UX 11i v3 supports the agile
device naming model, 11i v3 guest applications using agile device names are not affected as long
as they are configured with disk backing stores.
HP recommends the use of agile device names for guest configurations to avoid problems when
VM Hosts are reconfigured.
If the VM Host administrator sets up a Virtual FileDVD for the virtual machine, the virtual
console options to eject and insert are used to select among the ISO files provided in the file
directory for the Virtual FileDVD. The eject command changes the Virtual FileDVD into a
Virtual NullDVD device. ISO files can be added to or removed from the file system directory for
the Virtual FileDVD by the VM Host administrator. Once this ISO file directory is updated, use
an insert command to view all the newly available ISO files in the directory and to choose one
to be used for a new Virtual FileDVD. It is not necessary to change the file directory between
each eject and insert operation. The guest administrator can change the ISO files provided in the
file directory without any VM Host administrator interaction. For example:
# diskinfo /dev/rdisk/disk0
SCSI describe of /dev/rdisk/disk0:
vendor: HP
product id: Virtual FileDVD
type: CD-ROM
size: 665600 Kbytes
bytes per sector: 2048
vMP> ej
Ejectable Guest Devices
Num Hw-path (Bus,Slot,Tgt) Gdev Pstore Path
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
[1] 0/0/1/0.7.0 (0,1,7) dvd file /var/opt/hpvm/ISO-images/hpux/IOTdisc
Enter menu item number or [Q] to Quit: 1
Confirm eject action
G - Go
F - Force
Enter menu item or [Q] to Quit: G
vMP> co
vm # diskinfo /dev/rdisk/disk0
SCSI describe of /dev/rdisk/disk0:
vendor: HP
product id: Virtual NullDVD
type: CD-ROM
size: 0 Kbytes
bytes per sector: 0
vMP> in
Insertable Guest Devices
Num Hw-path (Bus,Slot,Tgt) Gdev
--------------------------------------------
[1] 0/0/1/0.7.0 (0,1,7) dvd
Enter menu item number or [Q] to Quit: 1
Insertable File Backing Stores
Num File
---------------------
[1] 0505-FOE.iso
[2] 0512-FOE.iso
[3] 0603-FOE-D1.iso
[4] 0603-FOE-D2.iso
[5] IOTdisc
Enter menu item number or [Q] to Quit: 1
Confirm insertion action
G - Go
F - Force
Enter menu item or [Q] to Quit: G
vMP> co
# diskinfo /dev/rdisk/disk0
SCSI describe of /dev/rdisk/disk0:
vendor: HP
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