HP Integrity Virtual Machines Installation, Configuration, and Administration

2.2 Installation Procedure
Once you have read the product release notes and verified that you have met the system
requirements as described in “VM Host System Requirements” (page 21), install the Integrity
VM software as described in this section.
NOTE: Installing the Integrity VM software requires the system to reboot. Therefore, the
swinstall command line installation includes the autoreboot=true parameter.
To install the HP Integrity VM software, follow these steps:
1. If you have the installation media, mount it.
If you are installing from the network, identify the VM Host and path name that correspond
to the software distribution depot that contains the T2767AC bundle (for example,
my.server.foo.com:/depot/path).
2. Use the swinstall command to install Integrity VM and specify the path to the depot. For
example:
# swinstall -x autoreboot=true -s my.server.foo.com:/depot/path T2767AC
If you are using the GUI (swinstall i), perform the following steps:
a. Enter the following commands:
# export DISPLAY=your display variable
# swinstall
b. Select the Integrity VM bundle (T2767AC) from the list presented by the GUI.
The VM Host and guest configuration files are stored at /var/opt/hpvm. The new
configuration files are not compatible with those of previous versions of Integrity VM.
Therefore, if you are upgrading to the current version, the guest configuration files (except
the /ISO-Images/ directory) are saved to the /var/opt/hpvm_backup directory. If you
revert to the older version of Integrity VM, you can use the backup configuration files to
restore your VM Host and guest configurations.
3. Unmount and remove any installation media. The VM Host system automatically reboots,
if necessary.
4. Once the Integrity VM software is installed and running, the VM Host is available. Enter
the following command to get information about the status of the guests:
# hpvmstatus
hpvmstatus: No guest information is available.
hpvmstatus: Unable to continue.
The installation is now complete, with the following results:
• The Integrity VM guest management software is installed in the /opt/hpvm/guest-images
directory.
• The HP Serviceguard for Integrity VM Toolkit is installed in the
/opt/cmcluster/toolkit/hpvm/ directory.
• The Integrity VM software and data files are installed in the /var/opt/hpvm directory.
• The Integrity VM commands are installed in the /opt/hpvm/bin directory.
You can now create guests using the hpvmcreate command, as described in Chapter 3 (page 27).
Integrity VM installation modifies certain kernel parameters. For this reason, you cannot install
any other applications besides Integrity VM on the VM Host system, regardless of whether guests
are running or not. Table 2-2 lists the kernel parameters that are modified when you install
Integrity VM.
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