HP Integrity Virtual Machines 4.3: Installation, Configuration, Administration

To obtain the virtual iLO Remote Console settings of a guest, use the hpvmstatus command.
For example:
# hpvmstatus -P guestname
....
[Remote Console]
Remote Console Ip Address: .92.81.68
Remote Console Net Mask: 255.255.252.0
When users connect to the virtual iLO Remote Console IP Address, they must log in using the
standard telnet or ssh system authentication. After authenticating, they receive immediate access
to the guest console:
# ssh -l guest1admin .92.81.68
Password:
vMP MAIN MENU
CO: Console
CM: Command Menu
CL: Console Log
SL: Show Event Logs
VM: Virtual Machine Menu
HE: Main Help Menu
X: Exit Connection
[guest1] vMP>
The username used to access and log into the virtual iLO Remote Console must have Guest
Administrator/Operator privileges. The following example creates a guest administrator name
guest1admin for the guest guest1. The hpvmmodify -u option is used to grant the guest
administrator privilege:
# useradd -d /var/opt/hpvm/guests/guest1 -c 'guest1 console' guest1admin
# passwd guest1admin
# hpvmmodify -P guest1 -u guest1admin:admin
# hpvmmodify –P pqsvm53 –K xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx –L xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
# telnet xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
For more information, see Section 8.5 (page 152)
When a guest is migrated to another VM Host using Online VM Migration (OVMM), the Integrity
VM virtual iLO virtual iLO Remote Console is also migrated to the new VM Host. Before
migration, the virtual iLO Remote Console process is running on only the source VM Host. After
migration, the virtual iLO Remote Console process is stopped on the source VM Host. Any client
that was connected to that virtual iLO Remote Console is disconnected. A new virtual iLO Remote
Console process is started on the target VM Host. New client connections to the virtual iLO
Remote Console IP address are now sent to the virtual iLO Remote Console process on the new
VM Host.
8.8.2 Integrity VM virtual iLO Remote Console Limitations
The virtual iLO Remote Console feature has four limitations:
• The telnet method of connecting is not supported for the virtual iLO Remote Console by
default, only Secure Shell.
To add telnet support for virtual iLO Remote Console, you must install two additional
HP-UX enhancement patches, one for telnetd and one for the login (/usr/bin/login) command.
If you try to telnet to the virtual iLO Remote Console without these patches, an error message
is sent to the telnet client, and the connection is closed.
Install the following patches on the VM Host:
158 Managing Guests