HP vPars and Integrity Virtual Machines V6.1 Administrator Guide

1 Introduction
HP-UX vPars and Integrity VM Version 6.1 is a new product bundle that brings together vPars and
Integrity VM functionality in a single, common, easy-to-use management environment. This product
is a follow-on to HP-UX Virtual Partitions v6.0 and HP Integrity VM V4.3. The V6.1 product supports
either a VM-only environment or a vPar-only environment, but not a mixed VM and vPar environment.
A VM-only environment has the same user experience as an Integrity VM V4.3 follow-on release.
Similarly, a vPar-only environment has the same user experience as a follow-on release of vPars
V6.0.
This release features support for:
• HP-UX Virtual Partitions V6.1
• HP-UX Integrity Virtual Machines V6.1
• HP-UX 11i v3 March 2012 release
• The direct I/O networking feature
• N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV) for direct SAN access
• HP Integrity Virtual Server Manager V6.1 (formerly, HP Integrity Virtual Machines Manager)
support
• HP-UX GUID Manager support
NOTE: There is no HP OpenVMS operating system support at this time.
The single SMH-launched GUI interface (Integrity Virtual Server Manager) consolidates and simplifies
management functions, and HP-UX GUID Manager can ensure NPIV storage access remains secure.
This chapter describes the “converged” vPars V6.1 and Integrity VM V6.1 product, including the
following topics:
• About vPars
• About Integrity VM
• New and changed terminology
• vPar and Integrity VM media
• Types of I/O
• Running applications in the vPars and Integrity VM environment
1.1 Intended audience
This document is intended for system and network administrators responsible for installing,
configuring, and managing virtual partitions and virtual machines. Administrators are expected to
have an in-depth knowledge of HP-UX operating system concepts, commands, and configuration.
In addition, administrators must be familiar with the Integrity machine console and how to install
the operating systems running in their virtual environments (vPars and virtual machines).
1.2 Common Manageability of vPars and VMs
The V6.1 environment consists of a VSP (virtual server platform) and individual virtual servers. The
virtual servers are either VMs or vPars. VSP supports the common manageability framework for
both VMs and vPars. When managing VMs, VSP provides the same management functionality
supported by an Integrity VM Host in prior Integrity VM releases. When managing vPars, VSP
supports the same management functionality supported by VSP in the vPars V6.0 release. In
addition, the HP Integrity Virtual Server Manager provides the same level of support for both VMs
and vPars.
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