HP vPars and Integrity Virtual Machines V6.1 Administrator Guide

8 Installing the HP-UX guest operating system and software
To create HP-UX guests, install the HP-UX operating system on the vpar or virtual machine. To install
the HP-UX guest operating system, follow the procedures in the following sections:
• Installing the HP-UX guest operating system
• Installing the HP-UX vPar/VM VirtualBase software
• Troubleshooting HP-UX guest creation
NOTE: The following topics apply to both vPars and Integrity VM.
8.1 Installing the HP-UX guest operating system
You can install the HP-UX 11i v3 operating system as a guest OS, See the HP-UX vPars and Integrity
VM V6.1 Release Notes, Chapter 11 vPars and Integrity VM Support Policy for a list of supported
versions of the HP-UX operating system.
To install the HP-UX operating system on the virtual machine, follow this procedure:
1. Start the virtual machine from the VSP administrator account using the hpvmstart command.
For example, to start the virtual machine called host1, enter the following command. The
hpvmstatus command shows that the virtual machine is started.
# hpvmstart -P host1
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Initializing System Event Log
Initializing Forward Progress Log
Opening minor device and creating guest machine container
Creation of VM, minor device 2
Allocating guest memory: 2048MB
allocating low RAM (0-40000000, 2048MB)
/opt/hpvm/lbin/hpvmapp (/var/opt/hpvm/uuids/8ba249f2-3399-11db-aacc-00306ef392e0
/vmm_config.next): Allocated 1073741824 bytes at 0x6000000100000000
locking memory: 0-40000000
allocating firmware RAM (ffaa0000-ffab5000, 84KB)
/opt/hpvm/lbin/hpvmapp (/var/opt/hpvm/uuids/8ba249f2-3399-11db-aacc-00306ef392e0
/vmm_config.next): Allocated 860 bytes at 0x6000000140000000
locked SAL RAM: 00000000ffaa0000 (4KB)
locked ESI RAM: 00000000ffaa1000 (4KB)
locked PAL RAM: 00000000ffaa4000 (4KB)
locked Min Save State: 00000000ffaa5000 (1KB)
RAM alignment: 40000000
Memory base low : 6000000100000000
Memory base FW : 6000000140000000
Loading boot image
Image initial IP=102000 GP=62C000
Initialize guest memory mapping tables
Starting event polling thread
Starting thread initialization
Daemonizing....
hpvmstart: Successful start initiation of guest 'host1'
# hpvmstatus
[Virtual Machines]
Virtual Machine Name VM # OS Type State #VCPUs #Devs #Nets Memory Runsysid
==================== ===== ======= ========= ====== ===== ===== ======= ========
config1 1 HPUX Off 1 5 1 512 MB 0
config2 2 HPUX Off 1 7 1 1 GB 0
guest1 5 HPUX On (OS) 1 5 1 1 GB 0
host1 12 UNKNOWN On (EFI) 1 0 0 2 GB 0
2. To boot the guest from the virtual console, enter the following command:
# hpvmconsole -P host1
vMP MAIN MENU
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