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

9 Managing Guests
To manage a guest, connect to the guest using a remote connection and use the operating system
administration procedures appropriate to the guest OS. Integrity VM provides utilities for
managing virtual machines from the VM Host and from inside the guest. This chapter describes
how to manage guests using Integrity VM commands and utilities, including:
• Section 9.1: “Monitoring Guests” (page 123)
• Section 9.2: “Creating Guest Administrators and Operators” (page 126)
• Section 9.3: “Installing the Guest Management Software” (page 127)
• Section 9.4: “Using the Virtual Console” (page 128)
• Section 9.5: “Guest Configuration Files” (page 130)
• Section 9.6: “Dynamic Memory” (page 130)
• Section 9.7: “Integrity VM Log Files” (page 138)
• Section 9.8: “Managing the Device Database” (page 138)
9.1 Monitoring Guests
To display information about all the virtual machines configured on the VM Host, enter the
hpvmstatus command.
# hpvmstatus
[Virtual Machines]
Virtual Machine Name VM # OS Type State #VCPUs #Devs #Nets Memory Runsysid
==================== ===== ======= ======== ====== ===== ===== ======= ========
config1 1 HPUX Off 1 5 1 512 MB 0
config2 2 HPUX On (OS) 1 7 1 1 GB 0
winguest1 5 WINDOWS Off 1 5 1 1 GB 0
winguest2 9 WINDOWS On (OS) 1 3 1 2 GB 0
The virtual machine status is displayed in the State column and indicates whether the virtual
machine is powered off or on. When the virtual machine is on, the status also includes one of
the following:
• EFI indicates the virtual machine is running normally in EFI.
• OS indicates the virtual machine is running normally in the operating system.
• ATTN! indicates the guest is not responding to interrupts.
Table 9-1 describes the options to the hpvmstatus command.
Table 9-1 Options to the hpvmstatus Command
DescriptionOption
Displays the version of the Integrity VM product that is
running on the VM Host.
-v
Displays detailed information about the specified virtual
machine or about all the virtual machines if you do not
specify one using either the -p or -P option.
-V
Specifies the display output should be in
machine-readable format.
-M
Specifies the display output should be in XML format.
-X
Specifies the name of the virtual machine for which to
display information.
-P vm-name
Specifies the number of the virtual machine for which to
display information.
-p vm-number
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