HP Integrity VM v6 and HP-UX vPars Introduction
- Distinguishing features of HP's Server Virtualization technologies
- vPars/HPVM v6 terminology
- How CPU, memory, network devices, and storage devices are virtualized
- Supported hardware and software revisions
Preparing the VSP
- Components of a c-Class enclosure, Integrity i2/i4 blades and Superdome 2
- vPars/HPVM v6.2 and related software and reboot as VSP
- vPars/HPVM v6.2 manpages on the VSP
- Physical disk backing stores
- Virtual switches
- VSP CPU resource pool
Administration Basics with vPars/HPVM v6
- Create a virtual partition and virtual machine
- Assign virtual network devices
- Assign virtual storage devices
- Modify virtual partition and virtual machine configurations
- Display the virtual partition and virtual machine configuration
- Manually boot a virtual partition and a virtual machine from its console
- Power down and remove a virtual partition and a virtual machine
Administering vPars/HPVM v6 Beyond the Basics
- VSP resources
- Configure vPar/VM console and viLO options
- Backing store options
- Add a virtual DVD device to a vPar/VM
- Install HP-UX on a vPar/VM boot disk
- Configure the vEFI boot manager menu
- Manage virtual switch VLAN settings
- Suspend/resume a virtual machine
- Configure dynamic memory and cores
- Clone a virtual server
- Monitor vPar/VM resource utilization
Migrating Integrity Virtual Servers with vPars/HPVM v6
- Define a virtual server with resources compatible with offline vPar or VM migration
- Define a VM to be migrated online
- Configure two VSPs as current and target hosts
- Migrate a virtual server offline
- Migrate a VM online to another VSP
vPars/HPVM v6 with GUIDmgr v1.0 and NPIV
- SAN LUN zoning with NPIV
- Initializing the Global Unique IDentifier manager (GUIDmgr) on a server and client
- Using the GUID to assign a vHBA to a virtual server
Using HP Serviceguard with vPars/HPVM v6
- Different scenarios for involving virtual servers in Serviceguard clusters
- Benefits of different scenarios for involving virtual servers in Serviceguard clusters