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

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About This Document.......................................................................................................13
Intended Audience................................................................................................................................13
New and Changed Information in This Edition...................................................................................13
Typographic Conventions.....................................................................................................................13
Product Naming Conventions..............................................................................................................13
Document Organization.......................................................................................................................14
Related Information..............................................................................................................................15
Publishing History................................................................................................................................15
HP Encourages Your Comments..........................................................................................................16
1 Introduction...................................................................................................................17
1.1 About HP Integrity Virtual Machines.............................................................................................17
1.2 New Features and Enhancements in This Release..........................................................................18
1.3 Integrity VM Media.........................................................................................................................19
1.4 Using AVIO with Integrity VM.......................................................................................................19
1.5 Running Applications in the Integrity VM Environment...............................................................21
1.6 Related Products..............................................................................................................................22
1.7 Using the Integrity VM Documentation.........................................................................................23
1.7.1 Integrity VM Manpages..........................................................................................................23
1.7.2 Help Files.................................................................................................................................24
1.8 Using This Manual..........................................................................................................................24
2 Installing Integrity VM..................................................................................................27
2.1 Installation Requirements...............................................................................................................27
2.1.1 VM Host System Requirements..............................................................................................27
2.1.2 Inhibitors to Installing Integrity VM.......................................................................................28
2.1.3 Bundle Names.........................................................................................................................28
2.1.4 Installing VMProvider.............................................................................................................29
2.1.5 Integrity VM Requires HP WBEM Services on the VM Host.................................................29
2.2 Installation Procedure for New Installations..................................................................................29
2.3 Upgrading the VM Host from Previous Versions of Integrity VM V3.X to Integrity VM V4.2......31
2.3.1 Study the Current HP-UX 11i v2 to HP-UX 11i v3 Update Documentation..........................33
2.3.2 Analyze HP-UX 11i v2 based Integrity VM Server.................................................................33
2.3.2.1 Run the HP-UX msv2v3check Tool.................................................................................34
2.3.2.2 Run the Integrity VM Upgrade Tool...............................................................................34
2.3.2.3 Determine HP-UX 11i v3 Memory and System Disk Requirements..............................35
2.3.2.4 Determine Version Requirements for HP-UX OE and Integrity VM .............................35
2.3.3 Decide Whether to Perform a Cold-Install or an Update........................................................37
2.3.4 Perform Required Hardware and Firmware Upgrades..........................................................37
2.3.5 Perform Either a Cold-Install or an Update............................................................................38
2.3.6 Verifying Guests after Installing Layered Products................................................................39
2.3.7 Upgrade Troubleshooting Issues............................................................................................39
2.4 Updating Previous Versions of the Integrity VM Host to Integrity VM V4.2................................40
2.5 Verifying the Installation of Integrity VM.......................................................................................41
2.6 Removing Integrity VM..................................................................................................................41
2.7 Reserving VM Host Devices............................................................................................................42
2.8 Troubleshooting Installation Problems...........................................................................................42
2.8.1 Error Messages During Installation........................................................................................42
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