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

You can pass a command to the virtual machine console using the —c option to the hpvmconsole

command. For example, to start a virtual machine named compass1, enter the following

command:

# hpvmconsole -P compass1 -c "pc -on"

Table 9-2 lists the options to the hpvmconsole command.

Table 9-2 Options to the hpvmconsole Command

DescriptionOption

Specifies the name of the virtual machine console to open.

-P vm-name

Specifies the number of the virtual machine console to

open.

-p vm-number

Specifies a machine console command to run on the

virtual machine.

-c command

Specifies an alternate interrupt character. The default

interrupt character is Ctrl/B.

-e echar

Follows the console output after reaching EOF on

standard input. Used for scripting.

-f

Interacts with the console. Used for scripting.

-i

Makes scripted operations less verbose.

-q

To get information about using the virtual console, enter the HE command. For example:

[compass1] vMP> he

==== vMP Help: Main Menu ================================= (Admin) ============

HPVM A.03.00 clearcase opt Wed Feb 21 2007 07h13m54s PST

Virtual Management Processor (vMP) Help System

Enter a command at the help prompt:

OVerview - Launch the help overview

LIst - Show the list of vMP commands

<COMMAND> - Enter the command name for help on an individual command

TOPics - Show all vMP Help topics and commands

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