HP Integrity Virtual Machines 4.3: Installation, Configuration, Administration

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About This Document.......................................................................................................13

Intended Audience................................................................................................................................13

New and Changed Information in This Edition...................................................................................13

Typographic Conventions.....................................................................................................................13

Product Naming Conventions..............................................................................................................13

Document Organization.......................................................................................................................14

Related Information..............................................................................................................................15

Publishing History................................................................................................................................15

HP Insight Remote Support..................................................................................................................15

HP Encourages Your Comments..........................................................................................................16

1 Introduction...................................................................................................................17

1.1 About HP Integrity Virtual Machines.............................................................................................17

1.2 New Features and Enhancements in This Release..........................................................................18

1.3 Integrity VM Media.........................................................................................................................19

1.4 Using AVIO with Integrity VM.......................................................................................................19

1.5 Running Applications in the Integrity VM Environment...............................................................21

1.6 Do Not Install Applications on the VM Host System.....................................................................22

1.7 Attributes That Can Be Changed Dynamically...............................................................................25

1.8 Related Products..............................................................................................................................25

1.9 Using the Integrity VM Documentation.........................................................................................26

1.9.1 Integrity VM Manpages..........................................................................................................26

1.9.2 Help Files.................................................................................................................................27

1.10 Using This Manual........................................................................................................................27

2 Installing Integrity VM..................................................................................................29

2.1 Installation Requirements...............................................................................................................29

2.1.1 VM Host System Requirements..............................................................................................29

2.1.2 Inhibitors to Installing Integrity VM.......................................................................................30

2.1.3 Bundle Names.........................................................................................................................30

2.1.4 Installing VMProvider.............................................................................................................31

2.1.5 Integrity VM Requires HP WBEM Services on the VM Host.................................................31

2.2 Installation Procedure for New Installations..................................................................................31

2.3 Upgrading the VM Host from Previous Versions of Integrity VM V3.X to Integrity VM V4.3......33

2.3.1 Study the Current HP-UX 11i v2 to HP-UX 11i v3 Update Documentation..........................35

2.3.2 Analyze HP-UX 11i v2 based Integrity VM Server.................................................................36

2.3.2.1 Run the HP-UX msv2v3check Tool.................................................................................36

2.3.2.2 Run the Integrity VM Upgrade Tool...............................................................................37

2.3.2.3 Determine HP-UX 11i v3 Memory and System Disk Requirements..............................37

2.3.2.4 Determine Version Requirements for HP-UX OE and Integrity VM..............................38

2.3.3 Decide Whether to Perform a Cold-Install or an Update........................................................39

2.3.4 Perform Required Hardware and Firmware Upgrades..........................................................40

2.3.5 Perform Either a Cold-Install or an Update............................................................................40

2.3.6 Verifying Guests after Installing Layered Products................................................................41

2.3.7 Upgrade Troubleshooting Issues............................................................................................42

2.4 Updating Previous Versions of the Integrity VM Host to Integrity VM V4.3................................42

2.5 Verifying the Installation of Integrity VM.......................................................................................43

2.6 Removing Integrity VM..................................................................................................................44

2.7 Reserving VM Host Devices............................................................................................................44

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