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

Table of Contents
About This Document.......................................................................................................11
Intended Audience................................................................................................................................11
New and Changed Information in This Edition...................................................................................11
Typographic Conventions.....................................................................................................................11
Product Naming Conventions..............................................................................................................11
Document Organization.......................................................................................................................12
Related Information..............................................................................................................................12
Publishing History................................................................................................................................13
HP Encourages Your Comments..........................................................................................................13
1 Introduction...................................................................................................................15
1.1 About HP Integrity Virtual Machines.............................................................................................15
1.2 New Features and Enhancements in This Release..........................................................................16
1.3 Using AVIO with Integrity VM.......................................................................................................18
1.4 Running Applications in the Integrity VM Environment...............................................................19
1.5 Related Products..............................................................................................................................21
1.6 Using the Integrity VM Documentation.........................................................................................21
1.6.1 Integrity VM Manpages..........................................................................................................22
1.6.2 Help Files.................................................................................................................................22
1.7 Using This Manual..........................................................................................................................22
2 Installing Integrity VM..................................................................................................25
2.1 Installation Requirements...............................................................................................................25
2.1.1 VM Host System Requirements..............................................................................................25
2.1.2 Bundle Names.........................................................................................................................26
2.1.3 Integrity VM Requires HP WBEM Services on the VM Host.................................................26
2.2 Installation Procedure.....................................................................................................................27
2.3 Upgrading from Earlier Versions of Integrity VM..........................................................................28
2.4 Verifying the Installation of Integrity VM.......................................................................................28
2.5 Removing Integrity VM..................................................................................................................28
2.6 Reserving VM Host Devices............................................................................................................29
2.7 Troubleshooting Installation Problems...........................................................................................29
2.7.1 Error Messages During Installation........................................................................................29
3 Creating Virtual Machines..........................................................................................31
3.1 Specifying Virtual Machine Characteristics....................................................................................31
3.1.1 Virtual Machine Name............................................................................................................32
3.1.2 Guest Operating System Type.................................................................................................32
3.1.3 Virtual CPUs............................................................................................................................32
3.1.4 Entitlement..............................................................................................................................33
3.1.5 Guest Memory Allocation.......................................................................................................33
3.1.6 Virtual Devices........................................................................................................................34
3.1.6.1 Creating Virtual Network Devices..................................................................................34
3.1.6.2 Creating Virtual Storage Devices....................................................................................35
3.1.7 Creating Virtual Machine Labels............................................................................................37
3.1.8 Specifying the Virtual Machine Boot Attribute.......................................................................37
3.1.9 Specifying Dynamic Memory Parameters..............................................................................38
3.1.10 Configuration Limits.............................................................................................................38
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