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

Table 3-1 Characteristics of an Integrity Virtual Machine (continued)
Where DescribedCommand OptionDefault SettingVirtual Machine Characteristic
Section 3.1.8: “Specifying the
Virtual Machine Boot
Attribute” (page 37)
-b start_attribute
If you omit the option, it is
set to auto, and the virtual
machine starts when
Integrity VM is started.
Startup behavior
Section 3.1.9: “Specifying
Dynamic Memory
Parameters” (page 38)
-x
keyword=parameter
If you omit the option,
dynamic memory is not
enabled for the guest.
Dynamic memory
Section 9.2: “Creating Guest
Administrators and
Operators” (page 126)
-g group[:kind]
If you omit this option, no
group accounts have admin
or oper privileges.
Group with administrator or
operator privileges
Section 9.2: “Creating Guest
Administrators and
Operators” (page 126)
-u user[:kind]
If you omit this option, no
user accounts have admin or
oper privileges.
User with administrator or
operator privileges
3.1.1 Virtual Machine Name
Use the -P vm-name option to specify the name of the new virtual machine. This option is
required for the hpvmcreate command. In the following example, the new virtual machine is
named compass1. On the VM Host, enter the following command:
# hpvmcreate -P compass1
The virtual machine name can be up to 256 alphanumeric characters, including A-Z, a-z, 0-9, the
dash (-), the underscore character (_), and period (.). The virtual machine name must not start
with a dash.
3.1.2 Guest Operating System Type
Use the -O os_type option to specify the type of operating system that will run on the virtual
machine. This option is not required.
For os_type, specify one of the following case-insensitive values:
• hpux
For specific information about installing HP-UX guests, see Chapter 4 (page 51).
• windows
For specific information about installing Windows guests, see Chapter 5 (page 55).
• linux
For specific information about installing Linux guests, see Chapter 6 (page 69).
If you do not supply the operating system type, it defaults to UNKNOWN. When you install the
operating system and boot the guest, this guest configuration parameter is automatically set to
the appropriate operating system type.
In the following example, the virtual machine compass1 is specified as a Linux guest:
# hpvmcreate -P compass1 -O linux
When a running guest transitions from running in the machine console to running in the operating
system, the operating system type is detected. If the operating system type is different from the
information in the guest's configuration file, it is automatically updated to reflect the current
operating system.
3.1.3 Virtual CPUs
Use the -c number_vcpus option to the command to specify the number of virtual CPUs (vCPUs)
that the virtual machine can use. If you do not specify the number of vCPUs, the default is 1. For
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