HP Integrity Virtual Machines 4.3: Installation, Configuration, Administration
6.3.2.3 Modifying VM Storage Devices....................................................................................118
7 Creating Virtual Networks........................................................................................123
7.1 Introduction to Virtual Network Configuration...........................................................................123
7.2 Creating and Managing vswitches................................................................................................124
7.2.1 Creating vswitches................................................................................................................124
7.2.1.1 Local Networks..............................................................................................................127
7.2.2 Changing vswitches..............................................................................................................127
7.2.3 Cloning vswitches.................................................................................................................128
7.2.4 Deleting vswitches.................................................................................................................128
7.2.5 Recreating vswitches.............................................................................................................129
7.2.6 Starting vswitches..................................................................................................................129
7.2.7 Halting vswitches..................................................................................................................130
7.2.8 Restarting Vswitches.............................................................................................................130
7.2.9 Guest AVIO Interface Behavior.............................................................................................130
7.3 Managing vNICs...........................................................................................................................130
7.3.1 Adding vNICs.......................................................................................................................131
7.3.2 Removing vNICs...................................................................................................................132
7.4 Configuring VLANs......................................................................................................................132
7.4.1 Port-Based VLANs.................................................................................................................133
7.4.1.1 Cloning Guests with VLAN Information......................................................................135
7.4.1.2 Displaying VLAN Information.....................................................................................135
7.4.2 Guest-Based VLANs (AVIO).................................................................................................136
7.4.3 Configuring VLANs on Virtual Switches..............................................................................136
7.4.3.1 Creating and Managing a vswitch with a VLAN Interface..........................................137
7.4.4 Configuring VLANs on Physical Switches...........................................................................138
7.5 Troubleshooting Network Problems.............................................................................................138
7.5.1 Redefining pNICs for HP-UX Guests....................................................................................139
7.5.2 Troubleshooting VLAN Problems.........................................................................................140
7.5.3 Troubleshooting VLAN-Backed vswitches...........................................................................141
7.6 Other Issues and Notes..................................................................................................................141
8 Managing Guests......................................................................................................143
8.1 Managing Guests with LSM..........................................................................................................143
8.1.1 Storage Requirements for Managing Existing Integrity VM Guests with Logical Server
Management..................................................................................................................................144
8.1.2 Storage for Deactivated Volume Groups not Protected by Integrity VM Storage
Management..................................................................................................................................144
8.1.3 Managing Existing Integrity VM Guests With LSM.............................................................145
8.1.4 Managing Guests using gWLM.............................................................................................145
8.2 Integrity VM Virtualization Provider............................................................................................145
8.2.1 Adding and Removing Devices............................................................................................145
8.2.2 Registering and Unregistering a VM.....................................................................................146
8.2.3 Changes to the hpvmmodify Command.............................................................................147
8.2.4 Cannot Distinguish Between JBOD and Remote SAN with Device Check..........................148
8.2.5 Unpresenting SAN Devices to Integrity VM Hosts..............................................................148
8.2.6 Changes to the hpvmstatus Command..............................................................................148
8.3 Monitoring Guests.........................................................................................................................149
8.4 Monitoring Integrity VM Performance.........................................................................................151
8.5 Creating Guest Administrators and Operators.............................................................................152
8.5.1 Administrator Account Names.............................................................................................153
8.5.2 Guest User Accounts.............................................................................................................154
8.6 Installing the Guest Management Software..................................................................................154
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