HP Integrity Virtual Machines Installation, Configuration, and Administration Version A.03.50

hpvmcreate(1M)
NAME
hpvmcreate -- Create a new Integrity Virtual Machines virtual machine.
SYNOPSIS
hpvmcreate -P vm-name [ -F | -s ] [-l vm-label] [-B start-attr] [-O
os-type[:version] [-c number-vcpus] [ -e percent | -E cycles ] [-r amount] [-g
group[: { admin | oper }]] [-u user[: { admin | oper }]] [-a rsrc] [-i { SG | SG-pkgname
| GWLM | NONE }] [-j { 0 | 1 }] [-x keyword=value]
DESCRIPTION
The hpvmcreate command creates a new virtual machine (a guest), and assigns the specified
attributes and resources to it. This command creates an association between the virtual devices
seen by the guest and the physical devices managed by the VM Host.
Only superusers can execute the hpvmcreate command.
Virtual machine creation is designed for flexibility, and assumes that not all created virtual
machines will necessarily be running at the same time or on the current VM Host. Therefore, the
hpvmcreate command will allow the creation of virtual machines that cannot boot on the
current system. A guest configuration will receive a warning at creation, and an error at start
time, for any issues that would prevent it from starting on the current VM Host. To verify a
particular configuration for the current VM Host without actually creating the guest, use the -s
option.
Options
-P vm-name
Specifies the name of the virtual machine. This name must be
unique on the VM Host. This virtual machine name is used in
other Integrity VM commands to specify which virtual machine
the command affects. If you plan to allow remote access to the
virtual machine's console, the virtual machine name must be
a legal UNIX account name.
The name can consist of up to 256 alphanumeric characters
including A-Z, a-z, 0-9, the dash (-), the underscore character
(_), and the period (.). The virtual machine name cannot start
with a dash (-). The -P option is required.
-e percent
Specifies the percentage of CPU resources to which each of the
guest's virtual CPUs is entitled. During peak system CPU load,
the entitlement is the guaranteed minimum allocation of CPU
resources for this virtual machine.
The percent can be set to an integral value between 0 and 100.
If the value specified is less than 5, then the virtual machine
will be allocated the minimum percentage of 5%. The default
entitlement is 10%.
In addition to the guest calculation, Integrity VM reserves
processing power for essential system functions like logging,
networking, and file system daemons.
The -e and -E options are mutually exclusive.
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