HP Integrity Virtual Machines 4.3: Installation, Configuration, Administration

1 The minimum memory requirement for HP-UX 11i v2 is 512 MB. The minimum memory requirement for HP-UX
11i v3 is 1 GB (see "System Requirements" section in the HP-UX 11i v3 Installation and Update Guide); however, the
HP-UX 11i v3 Installation and Update Guide warns that cold installations with 1 GB or less memory might fail or take
a long time to complete. Therefore, 2 GB is recommended for cold installations of HP-UX 11i v3.
NOTE: The amount of memory you should allocate to the guest must be sufficient to allow the
guest operating system to boot. This amount might differ from the defaults documented here.
For specific memory requirements, see the product documentation for the operating system and
applications on the guest.
3.3 Using the hpvmcreate Command
To create a virtual machine, enter the hpvmcreate command. Enter the -P option to specify
the virtual machine name (up to 256 alphanumeric characters). All other options are optional
and may be added to the virtual machine configuration later using the hpvmmodify command.
Table 3-5 describes the options you can use with the hpvmcreate command.
Table 3-5 Options to the hpvmcreate Command
DescriptionOption
Virtual machine name. You must specify a name when you create or modify
the virtual machine. You cannot modify this characteristic.
-P vm-name
Specifies the type and version of the operating system. If you do not specify
the operating system type, it is set to UNKNOWN.
The version is specific to the operating system type and can consist of up to
256 alphanumeric characters, including A-Z, a-z, 0–9, the dash (—), the
underscore (_), and the period (.).
-O os_type[:version]
Virtual CPUs (vCPUs) allocated. If you omit this option when you create
the virtual machine, the default is one vCPU.
-c number_vcpus
CPU entitlement allocated. If you omit this option when you create the virtual
machine, the default is 10%.
-e percent[:max_percent]
-E cycles[:max_cycles]
Memory allocated. If you omit this option when you create the virtual
machine, the default is 2 GB.
-r amount
Virtual devices created. If you omit this option when you create the virtual
machine, it has access to no network and storage devices.
-a rsrc
The label for the virtual machine (an optional text string associated with the
virtual machine).
-l vm_label
The startup behavior of the virtual machine (auto or manual).-B start_attribute
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