HP vPars and Integrity Virtual Machines V6.1 Administrator Guide

Table 11 Characteristics of an VM (continued)
Where DescribedCommand OptionDefault SettingVirtual Machine Characteristic
Section 7.1.10 (page 80)-a rsrcIf you omit this option when
you create the virtual machine,
it has access to no network
and storage devices.
Virtual devices
Section 7.1.11 (page 83)-lvm_labelIf you omit this option, the
virtual machine has no label.
Virtual machine label
Section 7.1.12 (page 83)-B
start_attribute
If you omit the option, it is set
to auto, and the virtual
machine starts when Integrity
VM is started.
Startup behavior
Section 7.1.13 (page 84)-x
keyword=parameter
If you omit the option, dynamic
memory is not enabled for the
guest.
Dynamic memory
Section 11.5 (page 174)-g
[+]group[:admin |
oper]
If you omit this option, no
group accounts have admin
or oper privileges.
Group with administrator or
operator privileges
“Reserved resources” (page
77)
—x
resources_reserved=[true|false]
If not specified, resources will
not be reserved when the
virtual machine is off.
Resource reservations
Section 11.5 (page 174)-u [+]user[:admin
| oper]
If you omit this option, no user
accounts have admin or oper
privileges.
User with administrator or
operator privileges
7.1.1 Virtual machine name
Use the -P vm-name option to specify the name of the new virtual machine. This option is required
for the hpvmcreate command. In the following example, the new virtual machine is named
host1. On the VSP, enter the following command:
# hpvmcreate -P host1
The virtual machine name can be up to 256 alphanumeric characters, including A-Z, a-z, 0-9, the
dash (—), the underscore (_), and period (.). The virtual machine name must not start with a dash.
7.1.2 Virtual machine type
Use the -x vm_type=type to specify the virtual machine type. A virtual machine that shares
CPU resources with other virtual machine types can be specified with the shared type. While a
virtual machine that has exclusive access to CPU resources is specified with the vpar . By default,
a shared type is created.
Note that when creating a vPar, resource reservations and AutoBoot are not set by default, as is
the default when using the vparcreate command. The following two commands are functionally
equivalent:
vparcreate -P vparName
hpvmcreate -P vparName -B auto -x vm_type=vpar -x resources_reserved=true
Before changing the vm_type of the existing virtual machine, the virtual machine must be shut
down, and the Matrix OE Portable Image product must be installed and enabled.
Note that when a vPar is created, its CPU entitlement (-e) is automatically set to (forced) 100%.
Converting a shared VM to a vPar automatically adjusts its entitlement to 100%, while converting
a vPar to a shared VM does not change the entitlement (meaning it remains 100% unless modified
using the -e option).
76 Creating virtual machines