HP Integrity Virtual Machines Installation, Configuration, and Administration

2 Installing Integrity VM
This chapter describes how to install the Integrity VM software and how to prepare the VM Host
environment for guests. It includes the following sections:
• Section 2.1: “Installation Requirements” (page 21)
• Section 2.2: “Installation Procedure” (page 23)
• Section 2.3: “Upgrading from Earlier Versions of Integrity VM” (page 24)
• Section 2.4: “Verifying the Installation of Integrity VM” (page 24)
• Section 2.5: “Removing Integrity VM” (page 24)
• Section 2.6: “Reserving VM Host Devices” (page 25)
• Section 2.7: “Troubleshooting Installation Problems” (page 25)
2.1 Installation Requirements
To prepare your VM Host system for Integrity VM installation, your configuration must satisfy
the hardware, software, and network requirements described in this section.
Before you install this product, read the HP Integrity Virtual Machine Release Notes, which are
available on the product media. The most up-to-date release notes are available on
http://docs.hp.com.
2.1.1 VM Host System Requirements
You can install the Integrity VM software on a system that is running HP-UX 11i v2 September
2006 (0609) or later. You can install Integrity VM on a hard partition (nPar) running HP-UX, but
do not attempt to install it on a virtual partition (vPar). Integrity VM fails to install on a virtual
partition (vPar).
The resources on the VM Host system (such as disks, network bandwidth, memory, and processing
power), are shared by the VM Host and all the running guests. Guests running simultaneously
share the remaining memory and processing power. By default, network devices are also sharable
among guests. Some resources must be made exclusive to the VM Host, such as the VM Host
operating system boot disk.
Table 2-1 describes the minimum configuration requirements for installing Integrity VM on the
VM Host system.
Table 2-1 Requirements for Installing Integrity VM
DescriptionResource
An Integrity serverComputer
HP-UX 11i v2 September 2006 (0609) or later, running on an Integrity server, as well as
any appropriate software patches (see the HP Integrity Virtual Machines Release Notes).
The license for Integrity VM includes the license for running the HP-UX Foundation
Operating Environment on the VM Host system.
Operating system
Required for network connection and configuration.Local area network (LAN)
card
An appropriate source for installing software (DVD or network connection).Source installation media
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