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

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hpvmstart: Successful start initiation of guest 'host1'
The hpvmstatus command displays the allocation of memory and devices. After you start the
virtual machine, the hpvmstatus command displays the virtual machine status as On (EFI),
because the virtual machine is powered on but the guest operating system is not running. Because
the operating system has not been installed, the guest OS type is listed as UNKNOWN.
# hpvmstatus
[Virtual Machines]
Virtual Machine Name VM # OS Type State #VCPUs #Devs #Nets Memory Runsysid
==================== ===== ======= ========= ====== ===== ===== ======= ========
config1 1 HPUX Off 1 5 1 512 MB 0
config2 2 HPUX Off 1 7 1 1 GB 0
winguest1 5 WINDOWS On (OS) 1 5 1 1 GB 0
winguest2 9 WINDOWS Off 1 3 1 2 GB 0
host1 13 UNKNOWN On (EFI) 1 0 0 2 GB 0
For more information about using the hpvmstatus command, see Chapter 9 (page 141).
3.5 Changing Virtual Machine Configurations
You can create a virtual machine with characteristics that the VM Host cannot supply at the time
of creation. This allows you to create virtual machines to run after system configuration changes.
For example, the following command creates the virtual machine host1 with 3 vCPUs and 4
GB of allocated memory:
# hpvmcreate -P host1 -c 3 -r 4G
HPVM guest host1 configuration problems:
Warning 1: Guest's vcpus exceeds server's physical cpus.
Warning 2: Insufficient cpu resource for guest.
These problems may prevent HPVM guest host1 from starting.
hpvmcreate: The creation process is continuing.
Because the VM Host is not currently configured to support the new virtual machine, warning
messages indicate the specific characteristics that are inadequate.
When you start a virtual machine, the VM Host determines whether the current system
configuration can support the virtual machine's characteristics. The ability of the system to run
the virtual machine can be affected by the other virtual machines that are currently running,
because they share the physical processors and memory. Any allocated vswitches must be started,
and storage devices must be made available to the virtual machine. If the virtual machine cannot
be started, the following type of message is generated:
# hpvmstart -P host1
HPVM guest host1 configuration problems:
Warning 1: Insufficient free memory for guest.
Warning 2: Insufficient cpu resource for guest.
These problems may prevent HPVM guest host1 from booting.
hpvmstart: Unable to continue.
You can either change the system configuration, or modify the virtual machine. To modify the
characteristics of a virtual machine, use the hpvmmodify command. Table 3-7 describes the
options you can use on the hpvmmodify command.
Table 3-7 Options to the hpvmmodify Command
DescriptionOption
Specifies the name of the virtual machine. You must specify either the -P
option or the -p option..
-P vm-name
Specifies the number of the virtual machine. To determine the virtual machine
number, enter the hpvmstatus command.
-p vm_number
Suppresses all resource conflict checks and associated warning messages
(force mode). Use force mode for troubleshooting purposes only.
-F
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