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

HP-UX Handbook – Rev 13.00 Page 5 (of 49)
Chapter 18 Integrity Virtual Machines (HPVM)
October 29, 2013
Introduction
This chapter provides an overview of the Integrity Virtual Machine product. Integrity Virtual
Machine is not included with the HP-UX Operating System. With this product it is possible to
run multiple instances of HP-UX on one node. The detailed product information can be found at
The Business Support Center(BCS): HP-UX Virtual Partitions (vPars) and Integrity Virtual
Machines (VM).
 HP Integrity VM Installation, Configuration & Administration
 HP Integrity VM Release Notes
 White Papers
The HP Integrity Virtual Machines product is a robust soft partitioning and virtualization
technology that provides operating systems isolation, with sub-CPU allocation granularity and
shared I/O. Put simply, Integrity VM enables you to create a virtual machine – a software
abstraction that presents all of the interfaces provided by a computer system’s hardware.
Integrity VM software enables virtual devices by emulating them with real hardware devices. A
single HP Integrity server running Integrity VM can support multiple virtual machines, each with
its own separate “guest” operating system. As a result, each virtual machine (VM) can host its
own applications in a fully isolated environment. The physical resources of the Integrity server
are shared amongst any of the virtual machines it hosts.