HP Integrity Virtual Machines 4.3: Installation, Configuration, Administration

Homepage (HP SMH) or HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) as part of the HP Insight
Dynamics — VSE (ID-VSE) Integrity. For more information, see the HP Integrity Virtual
Machines Manager 4.1 Software: User Guide.
• HP Integrity VM Providers — To manage Integrity VM guests with VM Manager, gWLM,
or any ID-VSE components, install the appropriate provider software from the operating
system media or the Integrity VM guest management software kit.
• VERITAS Volume Manager— A data storage solution product that can be used to manage
the physical disks on the VM Host. For more information, see the VERITAS Volume Manager
Administrator's Guide.
• HP Auto Port Aggregation (APA) — A network switch that allows you to manage multiple
network interfaces, which can be allocated to guests. For more information, see the HP Auto
Port Aggregation (APA) Support Guide
• HP Serviceguard — A software product that allows you to create clusters of HP-UX systems
for high availability. For more information, see the Managing Serviceguard manual, and
Chapter 10 (page 201), in this manual.
1.9 Using the Integrity VM Documentation
The Integrity VM product includes several useful sources of information, whether you are
considering how to set up your virtual machines or determining how to upgrade your installation.
1.9.1 Integrity VM Manpages
For online information about using Integrity VM, see the following manpages on the VM Host
system:
• hpvm(5) — Describes the Integrity VM environment.
• hpvmclone(1M) — Describes how to create virtual machines based on existing virtual
machines.
• hpvmcollect(1M) — Describes how to collect virtual machine statistics.
• hpvmconsole(1M) — Describes how to use the virtual machine console.
• hpvmcreate(1M) — Describes how to create virtual machines.
• hpvmdevinfo(1M) — Reports about storage for a virtual machine.
• hpvmdevmgmt(1M) — Describes how to modify the way virtual devices are handled.
• hpvmdevtranslate(1M) — Translates Integrity VM guest devices to agile devices.
• hpvmhostgdev(1M) — Manages Integrity VM Host devices available for virtual machine
access.
• hpvmhostrdev(1M) — Manages virtual machine access to devices used by the Integrity VM
Host system.
• hpvminfo(1M) — Describes how to get information about the VM Host.
• hpvmmigrate(1M) — Describes how to migrate active guests and offline virtual machines
from one VM Host to another.
• hpvmmodify(1M) — Describes how to modify virtual machines.
• hpvmmove_suspend(1M) — Moves suspend files to a different directory.
• hpvmnet(1M) — Describes how to create and modify virtual networks.
• hpvmnvram(1M) — Displays, creates, edits and removes EFI variables in NVRAM files from
a VM Host.
• hpvmpubapi(3) — Describes several new public APIs.
• hpvmremove(1M) — Describes how to remove a virtual machine.
• hpvmresources(5) — Describes how to specify the storage and network devices used by virtual
machines.
• hpvmresume(1M) — Manages Integrity VM Host devices available for virtual machine access.
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