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

HP-UX Handbook – Rev 13.00 Page 28 (of 49)
Chapter 18 Integrity Virtual Machines (HPVM)
October 29, 2013
hpvmclone
Create a VM that is copy of an existing VM
hpvmmigrate
Migrate a VM to a different host
hpvmcollect (*)
Collect crash dumps, logs, system status, and configuration on the
VM host or guests for analysis
hpvminfo (*)
Display information about VM environment
(*)Available on guests if HPVM-Guest software is installed (recommended)
Note: Man pages are available at: WTEC SharePoint
hpvmcreate
The hpvmcreate command creates a new virtual machine (a guest), and assigns the specified
attributes and resources to it. This command creates an association between the virtual devices
seen by the guest and the physical devices managed by the VM Host.
Use the corresponding hpvmcreate command line options:
Guest
Characteristic
Syntax
Default
Notes
Guest name
-P vm_name
-p vm_number
required
Operating system
-O os_type
HPUX
Virtual CPUs
-c number_vcpus
1
max virtual cpus =
min( # physical cpus, 4)
CPU entitlement
-e percent
-E cycles
10%
sum of VMs cpu
entitlement <= 100%
(no oversubscribing)
Memory
-r amount
1GB
must be a multiple of
64MB
I/O Resources:
network, disks, dvds
-a rsrc
none
see hpvmmodify info
Startup behavior
-B start_attr
manual
Admin account
name
-u usergroup:[kind]
-g group:[kind]
none
hpvmremove
The hpvmremove command deletes a virtual machine´s configuration information and frees any
resources associates with it. VM must be down.
Example:
vmhost# hpvparremove –P vmguest2