HP Integrity Virtual Machines 4.2: 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 topics:
• “Installation Requirements”
• “Installation Procedure for New Installations”
• “Upgrading the VM Host from Previous Versions of Integrity VM V3.X to Integrity VM
V4.2”
• “Verifying the Installation of Integrity VM”
• “Removing Integrity VM”
• “Reserving VM Host Devices”
• “Troubleshooting Installation Problems”
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 must install Integrity VM Version 4.2 software on a system that is running HP-UX 11i v3.
You can install Integrity VM on a hard partition (nPar) running HP-UX, but do not attempt to
install Integrity VM on a virtual partition (vPar). Integrity VM cannot be installed on a system
that has HP-UX Virtual Partitions (vPars) software installed. There is a check during the Integrity
VM installation that prevents this occurrence.
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 V4.2
DescriptionResource
An Integrity serverComputer
HP-UX 11i v3 March 2010 running on an Integrity server, as well as any appropriate
software patches (see the HP Integrity Virtual Machines 4.2: Release Notes). The license for
Integrity VM includes the license for running the HP-UX 11i v3 Base Operating
Environment (BOE) 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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