HP Integrity Virtual Machines Installation, Configuration, and Administration

3.1.7 Creating Virtual Machine Labels
The —l option specifies the label of the virtual machine. The virtual machine label is a descriptive
label unique to this virtual machine. The label can be useful in identifying a specific virtual
machine in the hpvmstatus -V display. The label can contain 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 ("").
3.1.8 Specifying the Virtual Machine Boot Attribute
The —b option 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.
3.1.9 Specifying Dynamic Memory Parameters
Specifies whether the new virtual machine will use dynamic memory and the values associated
with it by including the following keywords:
• dynamic_memory_control={0|1}
• ram_dyn_type={none|any|driver}
• ram_dyn_min=amount
• ram_dyn_max=amount
• ram_dyn_target_start=amount
For more information about using dynamic memory for guests, see Section 9.6: “Dynamic
Memory” (page 120).
3.2 Using the hpvmcreate Command
To create a virtual machine, enter the hpvmcreate command. Enter the —P option to specify
the virtual machine name (up to 256 alphanumeric characters). All other options are optional
and may be added to the virtual machine configuration later using the hpvmmodify command.
Table 3-2 describes the options you can use with the hpvmcreate command.
Table 3-2 Options to the hpvmcreate Command
DescriptionOption
Virtual machine name. You must specify a name when you create or modify
the virtual machine. You cannot modify this characteristic.
-P vm-name
Operating system. If you do not specify the operating system type, it is set
to UNKNOWN.
-O os_type
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