Installation Procedure

Once you have read the product release notes and verified that you have met the system requirements as described in Section , install the Integrity VM software as described in this section.




	NOTE: Installing the Integrity VM software requires the system to reboot. Therefore, the swinstall command line installation includes the autoreboot=true parameter.

To install the HP Integrity VM software, follow these steps:

If you have the installation media, mount it.
If you are installing from the network, identify the VM Host and path name that correspond to the software distribution depot that contains the T2767AC bundle (for example, my.server.foo.com:/depot/path).

Use the swinstall command to install Integrity VM and specify the path to the depot. For example:

# swinstall -x autoreboot=true -s my.server.foo.com:/depot/path T2767AC

If you are using the GUI (swinstall i), perform the following steps:

Enter the following commands:

# export DISPLAY=your display variable
# swinstall

Select the Integrity VM bundle (T2767AC) from the list presented by the GUI.

The VM Host and guest configuration files are stored at /var/opt/hpvm. The new configuration files are not compatible with those of previous versions of Integrity VM. Therefore, if you are upgrading to the current version, the guest configuration files (except the /ISO-Images/ directory) are saved to the /var/opt/hpvm_backup directory. If you revert to the older version of Integrity VM, you can use the backup configuration files to restore your VM Host and guest configurations.




	NOTE: You may receive a warning message during the swinstall session indicating that the AVIO bundles are not installed. The installation will continue and complete successfully. The AVIO bundles are optional and should install by default. If they did not, and you want to install them with the Integrity VM bundle T2767AC, go to the HP-UX 11i v2 0712 media and look for the following bundles to install on the VM Host, HostAVIOStor and HostAvioLan.

Unmount and remove any installation media. The VM Host system automatically reboots, if necessary.
Once the Integrity VM software is installed and running, the VM Host is available. Enter the following command to get information about the status of the guests:
# hpvmstatus hpvmstatus: No guest information is available. hpvmstatus: Unable to continue.

The installation is now complete, with the following results:

The Integrity VM guest management software is installed in the /opt/hpvm/guest-images directory.
The HP Serviceguard for Integrity VM Toolkit is installed in the /opt/cmcluster/toolkit/hpvm/ directory.
The Integrity VM software and data files are installed in the /var/opt/hpvm directory.
The Integrity VM commands are installed in the /opt/hpvm/bin directory.

You can now create guests using the hpvmcreate command, as described in Chapter 3.

Integrity VM installation modifies certain kernel parameters. For this reason, you cannot install any other applications besides Integrity VM on the VM Host system, regardless of whether guests are running or not. Table 2-2 lists the kernel parameters that are modified when you install Integrity VM.

Table 2-2 Kernel Parameters

Parameter	Default Value	Modified Value
dbc_max_pct	50	1
dbc_min_pct	5	1
maxdsiz_64bit	4294967296	34359738368
swapmem_on	1	0

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