HP Integrity Virtual Machines Installation, Configuration, and Administration

-e percent
Specifies the percentage of CPU resources to which each of the new guest's virtual CPUs is
entitled. If the entitlement is not specified with this option or the -E option, the new virtual
machine's entitlement will be that of the existing virtual machine.
The percentage can be set to an integral value between 0 and 100. If the value specified is less
than 5 then the virtual machine will be allocated the minimum percentage of 5%. The default
is 10%.
The entitled CPU resources inherited from the existing virtual machine, specified in cycles
or percentages, will be replaced in the new virtual machine by this percentage.
The -e and the -E options are mutually exclusive.
-E cycles
Specifies the virtual machine's CPU entitlement in number of CPU clock cycles. If the cycles
are not specified with this option and the -e option is not specified, the new virtual machine's
entitled CPU resources will be that of the existing virtual machine.
The cycles are expressed as an integer, followed by one of the following letters to specify
units:
• M: Megahertz
• G: Gigahertz
If no letter is specified, the default unit is Megahertz.
The value of entitlement inherited from the existing virtual machine (specified in either cycles
or percentages) will be replaced in the new virtual machine by the new value in CPU clock
cycles.
The -e and the -E options are mutually exclusive.
-l vm_label
Specifies a descriptive text string for the new virtual machine. This can be useful in identifying
a specific virtual machine in the hpvmstatus -V display. The label can be up to 256
alphanumeric characters, including A-Z, a-z, 0-9, the dash (-), the underscore character (_),
and the period (.). If white space is desired, the label must be quoted ("").
-B start_attr
Specifies the startup behavior of the virtual machine. The start_attr attribute can have
the following (case-insensitive) values:
• auto: Automatically start the virtual machine when Integrity VM is initialized on the
host.
• manual: Manually start the virtual machine.
If the start_attr attribute is set to auto, the virtual machine is started when Integrity VM is
initialized.This is the default. This occurs when the VM Host system is booted, and when the
Integrity VM software is stopped and restarted on a running VM Host. For example, when
you upgrade Integrity VM to a new version on a running system, the software is started
automatically. The VM Host attempts to start all virtual machines for which the attribute is
set to auto. If insufficient resources exist, some virtual machines may fail to start.
If the attribute is set to manual, the virtual machine will not be started automatically when
Integrity VM is initialized on the VM Host. The virtual machine can then be started manually
with the hpvmstart command or through its virtual console.
This option does not set the virtual machine's console to enable booting when the virtual
machine is started. This function must be set with the virtual machine's console.
-O os_type[:version]
Specifies the type and version of the operating system running on the virtual machine. The
response will affect the default selection of certain virtual machine attributes, such as amount
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