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

Specify the guest using one of the following options:
• -P source-vm-name to specify the guest name
• -p source-vm_number to specify the virtual machine number
Specify the target host by including the –h option and specifying one of the following:
• Target host alias for the private, high-speed network connection
• Target host IP address of the private, high-speed network connection
NOTE: If you migrate a virtual machine that is being managed by ID-VSE, use Capacity Advisor
to collect utilization data before you migrate the virtual machine. Otherwise, the utilization
information for the VM Host prior to the migration is lost.
Table 10-1 lists the options to the hpvmmigrate command.
Table 10-1 Options to the hpvmmigrate Command
DescriptionOption
Attempts to abort an online guest migration.
-A
For offline migrations, causes hpvmmigrate command to boot the
virtual machine on the target automatically after the migration process
is complete. If the -b option is specified for an offline migration, all
backing stores must be copied.
-b
For offline migrations, specifies the number of virtual CPUs for which
this virtual machine will be configured on the target.
-c number-vcpus
For offline migrations, physically copies the storage device specified
with the -m option to the target VM Host during the migration process.
If specified before the first -m option, it applies to all -m options that
specify an appropriate type of storage. This might take a long time to
complete if a large amount of storage needs to be copied.
-C
For offline migrations, causes hpvmmigrate to automatically shut
down a running guest before migrating the virtual machine
configuration to the target VM Host. Consider migrating the guest online
by using the -o option instead.
-d
Deletes the virtual machine from the source VM Host after migrating
the virtual machine to the target VM Host system. If not specified, the
virtual machine is marked Not Runnable on the source VM Host after
migration.
-D
For offline migrations, specifies the percentage of CPU resources to
which each of the virtual machines virtual CPUs is entitled. During
peak system CPU load, the entitlement is the guaranteed minimum
allocation of CPU resources for this virtual machine. The percent can
be set to an integral value between 0 and 100. If the value specified is
less than 5, the virtual machine is allocated the minimum percentage
of 5%. The default is 10%. Integrity VM reserves processing power for
essential system functions such as logging, networking, and file system
daemons. The -e and the -E options are mutually exclusive.
-e [:max-percent ]
For offline migrations, specifies the virtual machine's CPU entitlement
in CPU cycles. The cycles are expressed as an integer followed by one
of these units:
• M (megahertz)
• G (gigahertz)
If no letter is specified, the default unit is megahertz. The -e and the
-E options are mutually exclusive.
-E [:max-cycles]
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