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

7.3.1 Integrity VM Storage Roles...................................................................................................119
7.3.1.1 VM Host Administrator................................................................................................119
7.3.1.2 Guest Administrator......................................................................................................119
7.3.1.3 Guest User.....................................................................................................................120
7.3.2 Integrity VM Storage Use Cases............................................................................................120
7.3.2.1 Adding Virtual Storage Devices....................................................................................120
7.3.2.2 Deleting VM Storage Devices........................................................................................121
7.3.2.3 Modifying VM Storage Devices....................................................................................122
8 Creating Virtual Networks........................................................................................127
8.1 Introduction to Virtual Network Configuration...........................................................................127
8.2 Creating and Managing vswitches................................................................................................128
8.2.1 Creating vswitches................................................................................................................128
8.2.1.1 Local Networks..............................................................................................................130
8.2.2 Changing vswitches..............................................................................................................130
8.2.3 Cloning vswitches.................................................................................................................130
8.2.4 Deleting vswitches.................................................................................................................131
8.2.5 Recreating vswitches.............................................................................................................132
8.2.6 Starting vswitches..................................................................................................................132
8.2.7 Halting vswitches..................................................................................................................132
8.3 Managing vNICs...........................................................................................................................132
8.3.1 Adding vNICs.......................................................................................................................133
8.3.2 Removing vNICs...................................................................................................................134
8.4 Configuring VLANs......................................................................................................................134
8.4.1 Cloning Guests with VLAN Information..............................................................................136
8.4.2 Displaying VLAN Information.............................................................................................137
8.4.3 Configuring VLANs on Physical Switches...........................................................................138
8.4.4 Guest-Based VLANs..............................................................................................................138
8.5 Troubleshooting Network Problems.............................................................................................138
8.5.1 Redefining pNICs for HP-UX Guests....................................................................................138
8.5.2 Troubleshooting VLAN Problems.........................................................................................139
8.5.3 Troubleshooting VLAN-Backed vswitches...........................................................................139
9 Managing Guests......................................................................................................141
9.1 Integrity VM Virtualization Provider............................................................................................141
9.1.1 Adding and Removing Devices............................................................................................141
9.1.2 Registering and Unregistering a VM.....................................................................................142
9.1.3 Changes to the hpvmmodify Command.............................................................................142
9.1.4 Cannot Distinguish Between JBOD and Remote SAN with Device Check..........................143
9.1.5 Changes to the hpvmstatus Command..............................................................................143
9.2 Monitoring Guests.........................................................................................................................144
9.3 Creating Guest Administrators and Operators.............................................................................147
9.4 Installing the Guest Management Software..................................................................................148
9.5 Using the Virtual Console.............................................................................................................150
9.6 Guest Configuration Files..............................................................................................................151
9.7 Dynamic Memory..........................................................................................................................151
9.7.1 Managing Dynamic Memory from the VM Host..................................................................152
9.7.1.1 Configuring a Virtual Machine to Use Dynamic Memory............................................153
9.7.1.2 Viewing Dynamic Memory on the VM Host................................................................153
9.7.1.3 Modifying a Virtual Machine's Memory Size on the VM Host.....................................155
9.7.2 Managing Dynamic Memory from the Guest.......................................................................155
9.7.2.1 Viewing Dynamic Memory Information from the Guest.............................................155
9.7.2.2 Modifying a Virtual Machine's Memory Size from the Guest......................................156
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