HP Integrity Virtual Machines 4.2: Installation, Configuration, and Administration

hpvmresources(5)
NAME
hpvmresources -- Specifying virtual storage and virtual network devices.
SYNOPSIS
Virtual resource specification
DESCRIPTION
Use the hpvmcreate, hpvmclone, and hpvmmodify commands to specify storage devices and
vswitches for guests. To specify the name of the storage device or vswitch, use the syntax described
here.
The resource specification contains the virtual device information and the backing store
information, separated by a colon (:). The resource specification can be used to define a virtual
storage device or a virtual network device.
Specifying Storage Devices
For storage devices, enter the resource specification in the following format:
devicetype:adaptertype:bus,device,target:storage:device
If you omit any part of the resource specification, you must include the colon (:) character as the
field delimiter.
The guest virtual device information consists of the following fields, separated by colons:
• devicetype (virtual device type):
— disk
— dvd
— tape
— changer
— burner
— hba
• adaptertype (virtual device adapter type): scsi or avio_stor.
• bus, device, target (virtual device hardware address) (optional):
The virtual device hardware address consists of three fields, separated by commas:
— bus (the virtual device PCI bus number)
— device (the virtual device PCI slot number)
— target (the virtual device SCSI target number)
If you do not specify the virtual device hardware address, it is generated automatically. If
you specify a portion of the virtual device hardware address (for example, just the target),
you must include the commas (for example, to specify just target 2, enter ,,2).
The physical device information consists of two fields, separated by a colon:
• storage (physical storage type)
• device (physical device)
The physical storage type and device specification can be one of the following:
• disk. For the physical device, specify a disk device file (for example, /dev/rdisk/disk1).
• lv. For the physical device, specify the LVM or VxVM character logical device file (for
example, /dev/vg01/rlv0l2).
• file. For the physical device, specify a locally mounted, non-NFS VxFS file (for example,
/guestfiles/diskfile1).
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