Installing and configuring HP SIM 5.x on HP Integrity VM (447783-002, January 2009)

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Summary of content (11 pages)

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Installing and Configuring HP SIM 5.x on HP Integrity VM Table of Contents IntTroduction ....................................................................................................................................... 2 Requirement ........................................................................................................................................ 2 Software ............................................................................................................................
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Introduction This paper will explain the procedure to install and configure HP Integrity Virtual Machine for HP Systems Insight Manager on Integrity Machine. Installation of Integrity VM can be carried out in HPUX 11.23 or later operating environment. The virtual machine environment consists of:  VM Host  Virtual Machines (also known as Guest) The VM Host virtualizes the CPU, Memory and any input/output devices, enabling you to allocate resources.
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Configuring C re a tin g sto ra g e s p a c e fo r th e v irtu a l m a ch in e When you create a guest, you specify the virtual storage device that the guest will use. It is best practice to allocate the storage devices the guest will use first. The example below uses SAM to allocate the Logical Volume that will be used for a single guest. Launch SAM # SAM Select Disk and File SystemsLogical VolumesActionCreate, the Create New Logical Volume menu appears as shown in Figure 1.
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C re a tin g v irtu a l s w itc h e s To provide network access for the guests, you must create virtual network switches (vswitch) for them. To create virtual switches, use the hpvmnet command.
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 -r number of virtual memory  -a indicates the addition of resource to use – network – disk – dvd Note: The default amount of virtual CPU and Memory is 1.
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/vmm_config.current): Allocated 86016 bytes at 0x6000000140000000 Loading boot image Image initial IP=102000 GP=5E4000 Initialize guest memory mapping tables Initializing System Event Log Initializing Forward Progress Log Starting event polling thread Starting thread initialization Daemonizing....
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 Select EFI Shell  Enter fs0: INSTALL
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 The installation will start. To boot from LAN, make sure you have access to an Ignite Server and that it is configured correctly to handle PXE request. Launch the virtual console to access the EFI Boot Manager. EFI Boot Manager ver 1.10 [14.62] [Build: Tue Nov 8 09:15:06 2005] Please select a boot option EFI Shell [Built-in] Boot option maintenance menu Use ^ and v to change option(s).
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M anaging HPVM in HP SIM Managing your Integrity Virtual Machines (VM) with HP System Insight Manager (HP SIM) requires Virtual Server Environment (VSE) Management Software installed on the same server as HP SIM. More information on VSE can be found at: http://docs.hp.com/en/T2786-90012/T2786-90062.pdf In sta llin g H P S IM and V S E Use the following procedure to install HP SIM and the VSE Management Software on an HP-UX CMS. 1.
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Figure 3 VSE M anagem ent Virtualization M anager
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For more information Integrity Virtual Machine Overview http://h20293.www2.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=integrity_vm HP Integrity Virtual Machines Installation, Configuration and Administration http://docs.hp.com/en/T2767-90004/T2767-90004.pdf VSE Management Software Quick Start Guide http://docs.hp.com/en/T2786-90012/T2786-90012.pdf VSE Management Overview http://h20293.www2.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.