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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.

VM Host System Requirements

You must install Integrity VM Version 4.0 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

ResourceDescription
ComputerAn Integrity server
Operating systemHP-UX 11i v3 September 2008 or later running on an Integrity server, as well as any appropriate software patches (see the HP Integrity Virtual Machines 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.
Local area network (LAN) cardRequired for network connection and configuration.
Source installation mediaAn appropriate source for installing software (DVD or network connection).
Disk storage

Sufficient disk space for the following:

  • The VM Host operating system (see the HP-UX 11i v3 Installation and Update Guide)

  • The VM Host software (50 MB)

  • Disk space for each guest operating system, including swap space

  • Disk space for the applications running on each guest

  • 4.7 MB for each running guest as the allowance for backing up configuration files

For information about configuring storage devices for guests, see Chapter 7.

MemorySufficient physical memory (RAM), including the following:

  • 750 MB + 8.5% of memory beyond the first GB (that is, 8.5% of (total physical memory - 1 GB))

  • Total aggregate memory required for each guest (operating system and application requirements)

    HP-UX 11i v2 May 2005 requires a minimum of 1 GB of memory, so a guest running HP-UX must be configured with at least that much memory.

  • Additional 8% of aggregate guest memory for overhead for guests less than or equal to 4 GB and between 8% and 8.3% for guests larger than 4 GB.

For example, for a VM Host with 16 GB of memory and two VMs configured with 3 GB of memory each, the memory requirements would be calculated as follows:

  • 2 GB for the VM Host (750 MB plus 8.5% of 15 GB)

  • 6.48 GB total guest requirement (108% of 6 GB)

  • Total requirements = 8.48 GB of memory

    This leaves 7.52 GB of memory for additional guests.

Network configurationA configured and operational network. To allow guests network access, the VM Host must have at least one functioning network interface card (NIC). For more information about configuring network devices for virtual machines, see Chapter 8.

 

Inhibitors to Installing Integrity VM

The following items block Integrity VM Version 4.0 from installing:

  • Hierarchical Files System (HFS) files in the /etc/fstab file. You must remove any entries before installing Integrity VM. Check for these entries with the following command:

    # grep -i hfs /etc/fstab

  • HP System Insight Manager (HP SIM) Server bundle. Check for this product with the following command:

    # swlist | grep HPSIM-HP-UX

  • HP-UX Virtual Partitions bundle. Check for this product with the following command:

    # swlist -l bundle | grep VirtualPartition

Bundle Names

The Integrity VM release contains the following software:

  • T2767BC (the Integrity VM software bundle)

  • VMProvider (allows you to use the HP Integrity VM Manager to manage the VM Host)

  • HP-UX 11i V3 (the HP-UX 11i v3 Virtual Server Operating Environment [VSE-OE] that is provided for the VM Host system)

  • PRM-Sw Krn (installed as part of the HP-UX VSE-OE and required by Integrity VM)

  • VMGuestLib (installed as part of the HP-UX VSE-OE and required by Integrity VM)

  • B8465BA (HP WBEM Services for HP-UX, installed as part of the VSE-OE and required by Integrity VM)

Integrity VM Requires HP WBEM Services on the VM Host

The version of HP WBEM Services for HP-UX must be A.02.00.10 or later. Integrity VM fails to install if the version of WBEM Services on your VM Host is not A.02.00.10 or later.



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