HP Integrity Virtual Machines Installation, Configuration, and Administration

hpvmdevmgmt(1M)
NAME
hpvmdevmgmt -- Manage the devices that are associated with the VM Host and the guests.
SYNOPSIS
hpvmdevmgmt -a { server | rdev | gdev }:entry-name [-V]
hpvmdevmgmt -d { server | rdev | gdev }:entry-name [-V]
hpvmdevmgmt -d { all | entry-name }:depend:dependent-name [-V]
hpvmdevmgmt -d { server | rdev | gdev }:attr:attr_name [-V]
hpvmdevmgmt -m { server | rdev | gdev }:attr:attr-name [-V]
hpvmdevmgmt -n gdev:oldentry-name:newentry-name0,newentry-name1 [-V]
hpvmdevmgmt -l { server | rdev | gdev } [-V]
hpvmdevmgmt -l { server | rdev | gdev }:depend:dependent-name [-V]
hpvmdevmgmt -l { server | rdev | gdev }:attr-name=attr-value [-V]
hpvmdevmgmt -I [-V]
hpvmdevmgmt -v
hpvmdevmgmt -S file-size file-name [-V]
DESCRIPTION
Manages entries in the Integrity VM device-management database, which tracks and validates
guest-device usage, ensures that devices are only shared deliberately, and optionally restricts
guest access to devices used by the VM Host. Guest devices are added, modified, and removed
from this database when you use Integrity VM commands, such as hpvmcreate, hpvmmodify,
and hpvmclone. The hpvmdevmgmt command allows you to examine the database entries, alter
specific device attributes, such as shared devices. You can also use the hpvmdevmgmt command
to create database entries for restricted devices (to which guest access is prohibited) and for
pre-extending files used as virtual devices.
The device management database contains three types of entries:
• Restricted devices (rdev)
• Guest devices (gdev)
• VM Host devices (server).
A device management database entry contains a name or alias, attributes in the form
attribute-name=value, a list of guest names and device entities that depend on the entry (called its
dependents), and a unique identifier.
Only superusers can execute the hpvmdevmgmt command.
If you have the Serviceguard environment set up, you can use this command to add the VM Host
to the Serviceguard cluster environment. To establish a multiserver entry, enter the following
commands:
# hpvmdevmgmt -a server:hostname
# hpvmdevmgmt -m server:hostname:attr:SERVERADDR=ip-address
hpvmdevmgmt -m server:hostname:attr:SERVERID=server-id
In this command sequence, you supply the IP address (ip-address) used by Serviceguard to
monitor the cluster. Also specify a server identifier (server-id) from 1 to 255. To delete a
multiserver entry, enter the following command:
# hpvmdevmgmt -d server:hostname
Options
No options can be specified more than once.
hpvmdevmgmt recognizes the following command-line options and arguments:
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