HP Integrity Virtual Machines Installation, Configuration, and Administration
3.4 Changing Virtual Machine Configurations.....................................................................................36
3.5 Cloning Virtual Machines...............................................................................................................39
3.6 Stopping Virtual Machines..............................................................................................................42
3.7 Removing Virtual Machines............................................................................................................43
3.8 Troubleshooting Virtual Machine Creation Problems....................................................................43
3.8.1 Configuration Error on Starting the Virtual Machine.............................................................44
4 Creating HP-UX Guests................................................................................................45
4.1 Installing the HP-UX Guest Operating System...............................................................................45
4.2 Installing HP-UX Guest Management Software.............................................................................47
4.3 Troubleshooting HP-UX Guest Creation.........................................................................................48
4.3.1 The guest hangs in the EFI shell..............................................................................................48
5 Creating Windows Guests..........................................................................................49
5.1 Windows Guest Requirements........................................................................................................49
5.2 Installing Windows Guests.............................................................................................................49
5.2.1 Installing from HP Reinstall (OPK) Media.............................................................................51
5.2.2 Installing from Windows Media.............................................................................................54
5.3 Managing Windows Guests............................................................................................................58
5.4 Installing Integrity VM Windows Guest Management Software...................................................60
5.5 Troubleshooting Windows Guest Installation................................................................................60
5.5.1 Remote desktop unable to connect.........................................................................................61
6 Creating Linux Guests..................................................................................................63
6.1 Installing Linux Guests...................................................................................................................63
6.1.1 Preparing to Install Linux Guests...........................................................................................63
6.1.2 Using this Procedure...............................................................................................................63
6.1.3 Linux Guest Installation Media...............................................................................................64
6.2 Installing Linux Guests from ISO Images.......................................................................................64
6.3 Installing Linux Guests from a Boot Disk and Network Server.....................................................68
6.4 Installing Integrity VM Linux Guest Management Software.........................................................70
6.5 Managing Linux Guests..................................................................................................................70
7 Creating Virtual Storage Devices...............................................................................71
7.1 Introduction to Integrity VM Storage.............................................................................................71
7.1.1 Integrity VM Storage Goals.....................................................................................................71
7.1.1.1 Storage Utilization...........................................................................................................71
7.1.1.2 Storage Availability.........................................................................................................71
7.1.1.3 Storage Performance.......................................................................................................71
7.1.1.4 Storage Security...............................................................................................................72
7.1.1.5 Storage Configurability...................................................................................................72
7.1.2 Integrity VM Storage Architectures........................................................................................72
7.1.2.1 Shared I/O........................................................................................................................72
7.1.2.2 Attached I/O....................................................................................................................73
7.1.3 Integrity VM Storage Implementations..................................................................................73
7.1.3.1 Integrity VM Storage Adapters.......................................................................................73
7.1.3.2 Integrity VM Storage Devices.........................................................................................73
7.1.3.2.1 Virtual Devices........................................................................................................73
7.1.3.2.2 Attached Devices.....................................................................................................74
7.2 Configuring Integrity VM Storage..................................................................................................74
7.2.1 Integrity VM Storage Considerations.....................................................................................74
7.2.1.1 VM Storage Supportability.............................................................................................75
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