HP-UX vPars and Integrity VM V6.1.5 Administrator Guide (5900-2295, April 2013)

9.1.4.2 Sample script for adding multiple devices at once.................................................116
9.1.4.3 vPar/VM storage devices...................................................................................117
9.1.4.3.1 Virtual devices...........................................................................................117
9.1.4.3.2 Attached devices.......................................................................................117
9.2 Configuring vPar/VM storage...........................................................................................118
9.2.1 Storage considerations.............................................................................................118
9.2.1.1 Storage supportability........................................................................................118
9.2.1.2 Performance of virtual devices............................................................................118
9.2.1.3 Storage multipath solutions.................................................................................120
9.2.1.4 VM storage management...................................................................................121
9.2.1.5 VM storage changes.........................................................................................123
9.2.1.6 Virtual storage setup time ..................................................................................123
9.2.2 Setting up virtual storage..........................................................................................123
9.2.2.1 Storage specification.........................................................................................124
9.2.2.2 VSP storage specification..................................................................................124
9.2.2.3 Storage resource statements..............................................................................125
9.2.2.3.1 Virtual Disks.............................................................................................126
9.2.2.3.2 Virtual LvDisks..........................................................................................126
9.2.2.3.3 Virtual FileDisks........................................................................................128
9.2.2.3.4 Virtual DVDs............................................................................................129
9.2.2.3.5 Virtual FileDVDs.......................................................................................130
9.2.2.3.6 Virtual NullDVDs......................................................................................131
9.2.2.3.7 Attachable devices...................................................................................132
9.2.2.4 NFS-Mounted backing stores for root, swap, and dump........................................134
9.3 Using vPars and Integrity VM storage................................................................................135
9.3.1 Storage roles...........................................................................................................135
9.3.1.1 VSP administrator..............................................................................................135
9.3.1.2 Creating vPar/VM administrator and operator accounts........................................135
9.3.1.3 Guest administrator...........................................................................................137
9.3.1.4 Guest user.......................................................................................................138
9.3.2 Storage use cases....................................................................................................138
9.3.2.1 Adding virtual storage devices...........................................................................138
9.3.2.2 Deleting storage devices...................................................................................139
9.3.2.3 Modifying storage devices................................................................................140
10 Creating virtual networks.......................................................................145
10.1 Introduction to virtual network configuration......................................................................145
10.2 Creating and managing vswitches...................................................................................146
10.2.1 Creating vswitches.................................................................................................146
10.2.1.1 Local networks................................................................................................149
10.2.2 Changing vswitches...............................................................................................149
10.2.3 Cloning vswitches..................................................................................................150
10.2.4 Deleting vswitches.................................................................................................150
10.2.5 Recreating vswitches..............................................................................................151
10.2.6 Starting vswitches..................................................................................................151
10.2.7 Halting vswitches...................................................................................................151
10.2.8 Restarting vswitches...............................................................................................152
10.2.9 Guest AVIO interface behavior................................................................................152
10.3 Managing vNICs..........................................................................................................152
10.3.1 Adding vNICs.......................................................................................................153
10.3.2 Removing vNICs....................................................................................................154
10.4 Configuring VLANs.......................................................................................................154
10.4.1 Port-Based VLANs..................................................................................................155
10.4.1.1 Cloning guests with VLAN information...............................................................157
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