HP vPars and Integrity Virtual Machines V6.1 Administrator Guide
11.10 vPar/VM log files..........................................................................................................189
11.11 Managing the device database.......................................................................................189
11.11.1 The vPars/VM device database file...........................................................................190
11.11.2 Using the hpvmdevmgmt command..........................................................................190
11.11.2.1 Sharing devices..............................................................................................191
11.11.2.2 Replacing devices...........................................................................................192
11.11.2.3 Deleting devices.............................................................................................192
11.11.2.4 Restricting VSP devices....................................................................................192
11.11.3 Inspect and edit the repair script..............................................................................193
11.12 HP AVIO Stor EFI Driver enumeration policy.....................................................................193
12 Migrating virtual machines and vPars......................................................195
12.1 Introduction to migration.................................................................................................195
12.1.1 Reasons for migrating an online VM..........................................................................196
12.1.2 Reasons for migrating virtual machines or vPars offline................................................198
12.2 Command line interface for online and offline migration.....................................................198
12.2.1 Using the hpvmmigrate command.............................................................................199
12.2.2 Examples of the hpvmmigrate command...................................................................203
12.2.3 Using the hpvmstatus command to see migration details..............................................204
12.2.4 Options to hpvmmodify command for online migration...............................................204
12.2.5 Using the hpvminfo command in the guest................................................................205
12.3 VSP and virtual machine configuration considerations........................................................205
12.3.1 Using Network Time Protocol (NTP) in Integrity VM environments..................................206
12.3.2 VSP requirements and setup....................................................................................207
12.3.2.1 VSP processors for online migration...................................................................207
12.3.2.2 Private network setup......................................................................................208
12.3.2.3 Conventions for using target-hpvm-migr names for private networks.......................209
12.3.2.4 Using NTP on VSPs........................................................................................210
12.3.3 SSH setup between the VSPs...................................................................................210
12.3.3.1 Troubleshooting SSH key setup.........................................................................210
12.3.3.2 Using a Third-Party SSH..................................................................................211
12.3.4 Virtual machine requirements and setup....................................................................211
12.3.4.1 Setting online migration phase time-out values....................................................211
12.3.4.2 Migrations might time out and need to be restarted............................................212
12.3.4.3 Guest storage device shareable attribute not propagated during online migration....212
12.3.4.4 Using NTP on the VM guests...........................................................................213
12.3.4.5 Marking a guest not runnable..........................................................................213
12.3.5 Restrictions and limitations of online VM migration.....................................................213
13 Reporting problems with vPars and Integrity VM........................................215
13.1 Collecting vPars and Integrity VM data.............................................................................215
13.1.1 Using the hpvmcollect command on the VSP...............................................................215
13.1.2 Using the hpvmcollect command on vPars/VMs..........................................................218
13.2 Managing the size of the VMM driver log file...................................................................219
14 Support and other resources...................................................................221
14.1 Contacting HP ..............................................................................................................221
14.1.1 Before you contact HP..............................................................................................221
14.1.2 HP contact information............................................................................................221
14.1.3 HP Insight remote support........................................................................................221
14.1.4 Subscription service................................................................................................222
14.1.5 Documentation feedback.........................................................................................222
14.2 Related information.......................................................................................................222
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