How to migrate HP-UX workloads between physical and virtual servers easily

Number Active FlexFC VFC = 0

HPVM Virtual Fibre Channel (VFC)

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Maximum Supported HPVM VFC = 16

Number Active HPVM VFC = 0

Populating an HP Integrity host database with SAN fabrics

As explained earlier, the hardware database of potential HP Integrity VM host targets must be populated with the

SAN fabrics defined in the Virtual Connect modules. We can obtain the list of the SAN fabrics from the Virtual Connect

Manager with the show fabric command issued on the VCM of the infrastructure:

visor1# ssh user@vcm show fabric

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Name Bay Ports Status Speed LinkDist

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ATC_RACK 6 1 OK Auto Manual

ATC_RACK0 5 1 OK Auto Manual

Populating the host hardware database with ATC_RACK and ATC_RACK0 is performed using the hpvmdevmgmt

command:

visor1# hpvmdevmgmt -a gdev:/dev/fcd0:attr:FABRIC=ATC_RACK,PRESERVE=YES

visor1# hpvmdevmgmt -a gdev:/dev/fcd1:attr:FABRIC=ATC_RACK0,PRESERVE=YES

Verify that the database is populated correctly:

visor1# hpvmdevmgmt -l gdev | grep fcd

/dev/fcd0:CONFIG=gdev,EXIST=YES,DEVTYPE=HBA,SHARE=NO,FABRIC=ATC_RACK,PRESERVE=YES:

:WWID_NULL

/dev/fcd1:CONFIG=gdev,EXIST=YES,DEVTYPE=HBA,SHARE=NO,FABRIC=ATC_RACK0,PRESERVE=YES

::WWID_NULL

Note: The above output does not contain any space characters around commas or colons. A corrupted hardware database makes it impossible to activate

logical servers on HP Integrity VM hosts.

The content of this modified hardware database must now be communicated to the Matrix OE database using the

Refresh Server Resource Information page. From the Tools  Matrix OE Visualization tab,

select Tools  Logical Servers  Refresh. Select both Virtual Connect Enterprise Manger

(VCEM) and Insight Control VMM as shown in figure 12. Click on the Refresh button and wait for completion

of the job.