HP-UX HB v13.00 Ch-18 - HPVM

HP-UX Handbook – Rev 13.00 Page 24 (of 49)
Chapter 18 Integrity Virtual Machines (HPVM)
October 29, 2013
 Recovery -> recovery/cloning
DVD Installation / Recovery
Using VM Host internal DVD
You will be able to install a virtual machine from the host local DVD, you just need to add the
guest configuration a virtual dvd associated with the local DVD and insert HPUX media.
Using an ISO golden image
You will need to install the Ignite-UX utilities software on the golden system. Version C.6.5.61
or later of B5725AA (Ignite-UX) and Ignite-UX-11-31 (HP-UX Installation Utilities for
Installing 11.31 Systems) is highly recommended so that larger ISO images (up to 4GB) can be
accommodated.
After the golden system is prepared, the ISO image is created with the following steps.
a) Making the operating system archive
The operating system archive is created locally on the golden system itself with the following
command:
# /opt/ignite/data/scripts/make_sys_image -s local \
-d /scratch/staging -n vm.gz
You can also create it on the ignite server:
# /opt/ignite/data/scripts/make_sys_image -s <ignite_server> \
-d /var/opt/ignite/data/Rel_B.11.31.VM/scratch/staging -n vm.gz
It may take several minutes to complete.
b) Creating an archive configuration file
An archive configuration file must be created for the golden image. First, capture the necessary
impacts statements to be used in the configuration file by executing:
# /opt/ignite/lbin/archive_impact -t -g ./vm.gz > impacts.txt
in the directory where the system archive file was created. This may take several minutes to
complete.
Now create a configuration file by copying the example configuration file to the directory with
the system archive. For example: