HP-UX virtual Machine Cheat Sheet

HP VM Cheat Sheet 

1) How to Start HP VM?

 On a host
a) 

# vi /etc/rc.config.d/hpvmconf

     # Set to 1 (0) to enable (disable) Integrity VM at boot time.

             HPVM_ENABLE=1

#  /sbin/init.d/hpvm start

Note: When host is rebooted it will start all the guest by default  
 b) Starting HPVM on the guest

 #   hpvmstart –P guestname

2) How to Stop HP VM?

# shutdown –hy 0  (gracefully shutdown, from guest OS)

           # hpvmstop  -P guestname ( forced shutdown from host – not recommended)

 3) How to identify Identify Host or Guest using hpvminfo command?

 Examples: Using hpviminfo on a host

hpvminfo  (-v, -V)(on host)

  # hpvminfo 

  hpvminfo: Running on an HPVM host.

# hpvminfo -v

  Version B.04.10.00

  hpvminfo: Running on an HPVM host.

  #hpvminfo -V

  hpvminfo: Running on an HPVM host. 

# model

        ia64 hp server XXXX

Example: Using hpviminfo on a Guest
# model

        ia64 hp server Integrity Virtual Machine

# hpvminfo (On guest OS)

hpvminfo: Running inside an HPVM guest.

# hpvminfo -v
Version B.04.10.0
hpvminfo: Running inside an HPVM guest.

#hpvminfo -V

 hpvminfo: Running inside an HPVM guest.
configured guest name: guest_hostname
  Host chassis information
    Host model string               : ia64 hp server xxxxx
    Host serial number              :xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
    Host partition ident            : xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
    Host machine ident              : bxxxxxxxxxxxx
    Host physical serial number     :xxxxxxxxxxx
    Host physical ident             : xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
  Host Inet information
    Hostname                        : hostname.x.x.x
    Number of host IPv6 Addresses   : 0
    Number of host IPv4 Addresses   : 2
      IP Address                    : X.X.X.X
      IP Address                    : X.X.X.X
  Host SCSI information
    Timeout                         : 4000 

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 4) How to connect to guest console?

# hpvmconsole –P guestname

   vMP MAIN MENU

         CO: Console

         CM: Command Menu

         CL: Console Log

         SL: Show Event Logs

         VM: Virtual Machine Menu

         HE: Main Help Menu

          X: Exit Connection

[XXXXX] vMP> co

5) How to check status of VM's?

# hpvmstatus

6) How to create a VM?

# hpvmcreate -P (name)\

-O (ostype)\

-a (resource/device)\

-e (CPU entitlement in %)\

-E (CPU entitlement in clock cycles)\

-r (memory allocation in MB or GB; default: 2GB)\

-c (#cpus; default: 1)

7) How to check  the device management 

# hpvmdevmgmt -l all (List all entries)

# hpvmdevmgmt -d rdev:/dev/vx/rdsk/rootdg/test1vol ( to delete Restricted device)

# hpvmdevmgmt -l rdev  (to check restricted devices)

8) How to add memory to an HPVM guest?

Procedures to add memory to an HPVM guest:
a.  Display and note status of guests (on host)
# hpvmstatus
b.  Display and note current available resources (on host)
# hpvmstatus -s 

c.  Change memory of guest (use below command on host)
# hpvmmodify -P <guest_name> -r <total_amout_of_memory_in_GB>

Example:  hpvmmodify -P guesthostname -r 10G

Note:  The command above will go in as deferred (pending).
d.  Display deferred memory assignment (on host)
# hpvmstatus -D -P <guest_name> 

e.  Reboot system (on guest)
# shutdown -ry 0
f.  Display and note status of guests to verify change (on host)
# hpvmstatus

g.  Display and note remaining resources to verify change (on host)

#hpvmstatus -s

9) How to remove a guest?

a)# shutdown -ry 0 (on guest)

b) # hpvmstatus (on host, check if all guests are "off" state"

c)# hpvremove -P guestname

    hpvmremove: Remove the virtual machine 'guestname'? [n/y]: y

Confirm all retired guests are gone:

d) # hpvmstatus

hpvmstatus: No guests currently configured.

hpvmstatus: Unable to continue.