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

HP-UX Handbook – Rev 13.00 Page 46 (of 49)
Chapter 18 Integrity Virtual Machines (HPVM)
October 29, 2013
o HP-UX 11.23 (May 2005 [0505] or later)
o HP-UX 11.31
o Windows 2003 (Enterprise or Datacenter edition)
o RedHat Linux Enterprise Edition Advanced Server Release 4 update 4.
 Administrators can dynamically change the size of memory allocated to the HP-UX
guest. This feature includes:
o Changes to the hpvmcreate, hpvmmodify, and hpvmclone commands to
configure the guest.
o Changes to the hpvmstatus command to view dynamic memory data for a
configured guest.
o A new guest-only utility (hpvmmgmt) to view guest dynamic memory data.
 Networking enhancements include:
o Administrators can change the physical network interface card (pNIC) for a
vswitch using the -C option to the hpvmnet command.
o Administrators can clone the selected vswitch to a newly named vswitch using
the —N option to the hpvmnet command. The cloned vswitch will have the
same VLAN port information configuration data as the parent vswitch.
 Multiple virtual machine administrator and operator accounts can be created to
manage virtual machines remotely.
 Workloads can be migrated from a physical Integrity system or nPar to a virtual
machine using the P2V (physical to virtual) assistant.
 Attached I/O (tape, changer, CD/DVD burner) can be used as backing storage by all
types of guests.
A.03.05 (T2767AC)
 Guests can run any of the following operating systems:
o HP-UX 11i v2 (May 2005 [0505] or later), including HP–UX 11i v2 0712
o HP-UX 11i v3
o Windows 2003 (Enterprise or Datacenter edition) SP1 and SP2