HP Integrity Virtual Server Manager 6.3 User Guide

NOTE: You cannot remove a device that is currently being used by the guest OS or if I/O is
outstanding.
If a VM or vPar is running the Windows operating system, Integrity Virtual Server Manager indicates
that it will not remove the VM or vPar's devices. The operating system must be shut down first.
If a VM or vPar is running HP-UX, devices selected for removal might not be removed until you
restart the VM or vPar. To confirm that the device has been removed from the VM or vPar, view
the appropriate Network or Storage tab.
NOTE: If the VM or vPar is powered on, preliminary actions might be required to remove an
AVIO storage device. If the VM or vPar is powered off, no preliminary actions are required to
remove the AVIO storage device (or any other selected storage device). To remove an AVIO
storage device from a VM or vPar that is powered on, note the following:
• If the VM or vPar is powered on and running at EFI, to remove the device, first stop the VM
or vPar. To stop the VM or vPar, use the Integrity Virtual Server Manager Tools→Stop VM or
vPar... menu option. Once the VM or vPar has stopped, delete the device using the Delete→I/O
Device... menu option.
• If the VM or vPar is powered on and running HP-UX 11i v3, you must remove all instances of
the device from the guest OS. To do so, follow these steps:
1. Obtain the device's hardware target path (tgtpath class) or lun path (lunpath class), using
the ioscan command at the guest in either of the following ways:
ioscan -kfNC tgtpath
or
ioscan -kfNC lunpath
2. Remove the device by using the rmsf command at the guest, specifying the obtained
hardware path:
rmsf -H tgtpath
or
rmsf -H lunpath
Once the device has been completely removed from the guest OS, then you can delete
the storage device by using the Integrity Virtual Server Manager Delete→I/O Device...
menu option.
NOTE: HP Integrity VM maintains a device database that includes entries for all devices and
their associations. If deleting a device causes removal of the last association of that device with
any other VM or vPar on the VSP, HP Integrity VM removes that device from its device database
unless it is marked for preservation. To preserve an entry, use the Integrity VM hpvmdevmgmt
command, specifying PRESERVE=YES; or, when creating a file as a backing device, specify the
-S) and -A attributes with that command.
When you use Integrity Virtual Server Manager to create a file as a backing device for a disk, the
PRESERVE attribute is set as PRESERVE=YES.
Opening iLO console
The virtual console is a terminal from which you can manage all the VMs or vPars within VSP.
To start the virtual console terminal of a VM or a vPar:
1. Click the Virtual Servers tab.
The VMs or vPars are listed in this tab.
2. Select one or more VMs or vPars by selecting the check box against each required VM or
vPar.
108 Working with VMs or vPars