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• HP Serviceguard — A software product that allows you to create clusters of HP-UX systems for high
availability. For moreinformation, see the ManagingServiceguard manual, and“Using HP Serviceguard
with Integrity VM” (page 115), in this manual.
• HP Integrity Essentials Global Workload Manager (gWLM) — A software product that allows you
to centrally define resource-sharing policies that you can use across multiple Integrity servers. These
policies increase system utilization and facilitate controlled sharing of system resources.
1.4 Using This Manual
This manual provides all the information you need to install Integrity VM, create virtual machines, install
and manage guests, and use all the features of Integrity VM. Table 1-1 describes each chapter in this
manual.
Table 1-1 Chapters of this Manual
Read if...Chapter
Youare new to HP Integrity Virtual Machines.“Introduction” (page 15)
Youare installing the HP Integrity Virtual Machines product.“Installing Integrity VM” (page 21)
Youare setting up new virtual machines on your VM Host
system.
“Creating Virtual Machines” (page 27)
Youare creating virtual machines that will run the HP-UX
operating system.
“Creating HP-UX Guests” (page 41)
Youare creating virtual machines that willrun the HP Integrity
Windows 2003 Enterprise operating system.
“Creating Windows Guests” (page 47)
Youneed to make changes to the storage devices used by the
VM Host or virtual machines.
“Creating Virtual Storage Devices” (page 61)
Youneed to make changes to the network devices on the VM
Hostsystemortothevirtualnetworkdevicesusedbythevirtual
machines.
“Creating Virtual Networks” (page 89)
Youneed to manage existing virtual machines.“Managing Guests” (page 101)
Youneed to move virtual machines from one VM Host system
to another.
“Migrating Virtual Machines” (page 111)
YouneedtosetupServiceguardtomanageyourVMHostsystem
or your virtual machines.
“Using HP Serviceguard with Integrity VM” (page 115)
Youencounterproblemswhilecreatingorusingvirtualmachines.“Reporting Problems with Integrity VM” (page 129)
Youneed to understand how to use an IntegrityVM command.“Integrity VM Manpages” (page 133)
Youdo not understand the definition of a term used in the
Integrity VM product documentation.
“Glossary” (page 181)
1.5 Using the Integrity VM Documentation
The Integrity VM product includes several useful sources of information, whether you are considering
how to set up your virtual machines or determining how to upgrade your installation.
1.5.1 Integrity VM Manpages
For online information about using Integrity VM, refer to the following manpages:
• hpvm(5) - describes the Integrity VM environment.
• hpvmclone(1M) - describes how to create virtual machines based on existing virtual machines.
• hpvmcollect(1M) - describes how to collect virtual machine statistics.
• hpvmconsole(1M) - describes how to use the virtual machine console.
• hpvmcreate(1M) - describes how to create virtual machines.
• hpvmdevmgmt(1M) - describes how to modify the way virtual devices are handled.
• hpvminfo(1M) - describes how to get information about the VM Host.
• hpvmmigrate(1M) - describes how to migrate virtual machines from one VM Host to another.
18 Introduction