Installation Guide

24 HP VSC Software Installation

3. Enter:

cp vsc*disk.qcow2 /var/lib/libvirt/images/

chown qemu:qemu /var/lib/libvirt/images/*.qcow2

For Ubuntu:

chown libvirt-qemu:kvm /var/lib/libvirt/images/*.qcow2

4. (Optional) Modify the HP VSC XML configuration to rename the VM or the disk files.

5. Define VM:

virsh define vsc.xml

6. Configure VM to autostart:

virsh autostart vsc

7. Start the VM:

virsh start vsc

8. Connect to the HP VSC console using libvirt:

virsh console vsc

HP VSC should boot to a login prompt on the console.

9. From the console, log in and configure the HP VSC. Default login:

password: admin

Emulated Disks Notes

There are two types of HP VSC deployment:

• Single disk configuration requires one QEMU emulated disk in the qcow2 format

(vsc_singledisk.qcow2) configured as IDE 0/1 (bus 0, master). This emulated disk is

accessible within the HP VSC as device “CF1:”

• Two disk configuration requires two QEMU emulated disks in the qcow2 format:

• IDE 0/1 (bus 0, master) must be configured as the “user” disk. The HP VSC

configuration, logs and other user data reside on this disk. This emulated disk is

accessible within the HP VSC as device “CF1:”. A minimum of 1GB is recommended

for this disk (a reference user disk is provided).

• IDE 0/2 (bus 0, slave) must be configured as the “image” disk. This disk contains HP

VSC binaries and a default boot options file. This emulated disk is accessible within the

HP VSC as device “CF2:”. The user should treat this disk as “read only” and essentially

dedicated to use by the image file. After the user customizes the boot options file, the

modified file should be stored on the user disk CF1:.

• It is possible to interchangeably boot different HP VSC versions by using the

corresponding image disk qcow2 file via the libvirt XML.

It is highly recommended to host the “user” disk locally (on CompactFlash, SSD or hard drive

storage as available). Likewise, to achieve the best boot times, it is recommended the “image”

disk be hosted locally on the hypervisor as well.