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

3.2 Specifying Virtual Machine Characteristics
When you create a new virtual machine, you specify its characteristics. Later, you can change
the virtual machine characteristics.
You can set the characteristics of a virtual machine using the following commands:
• hpvmcreate, which creates new virtual machines.
• hpvmclone, which creates new virtual machines based on existing virtual machines.
• hpvmmigrate, which moves virtual machines from one system to another.
• hpvmmodify, which modifies existing virtual machines.
All of these commands accept the same options for specifying virtual machine characteristics.
Table 3-2 describes each characteristic and command option.
Table 3-2 Characteristics of an Integrity Virtual Machine
Where DescribedCommand OptionDefault SettingVirtual Machine Characteristic
Section 3.2.1 (page 45)
-P vm-name
You must specify a name
when you create or modify
the virtual machine. You
cannot modify this
characteristic.
Virtual machine name
Section 3.2.2 (page 45)
-O os_type
[:version]
If you do not specify the
operating system type, it is
set to UNKNOWN.
Operating system type
Section 3.2.3 (page 45)
-c number_vcpus
If you omit this option when
you create the virtual
machine, the default is one
vCPU.
Virtual CPUs (vCPUs)
Section 3.2.4 (page 46)
-epercent[:max_percent]
-E
cycles[:max_cycles]
If you omit this option when
you create the virtual
machine, the default is 10%.
CPU entitlement
Section 3.2.5 (page 46)
-r amount
If you omit this option when
you create the virtual
machine, the default is 2 GB.
Memory
Section 3.2.7 (page 47)
-a rsrc
If you omit this option when
you create the virtual
machine, it has access to no
network and storage devices.
Virtual devices
Section 3.2.8 (page 50)
-lvm_label
If you omit this option, the
virtual machine has no label.
Virtual machine label
Section 3.2.9 (page 50)
-B start_attribute
If you omit the option, it is
set to auto, and the virtual
machine starts when
Integrity VM is started.
Startup behavior
Section 3.2.10 (page 51)
-x
keyword=parameter
If you omit the option,
dynamic memory is not
enabled for the guest.
Dynamic memory
Section 9.3 (page 147)
-g [+]group[:admin
| oper]
If you omit this option, no
group accounts have admin
or oper privileges.
Group with administrator or
operator privileges
Section 9.3 (page 147)
-u [+]user[:admin |
oper]
If you omit this option, no
user accounts have admin or
oper privileges.
User with administrator or
operator privileges
44 Creating Virtual Machines