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Installing the HP-UX Guest Operating System

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You can install following versions of HP-UX on a virtual machine:

  • HP-UX 11i V2 May 2005 or later

  • HP-UX 11i V3

To install the HP-UX operating system on the virtual machine, follow this procedure:

  1. Start the virtual machine from the VM Host administrator account using the hpvmstart command. For example, to start the virtual machine called compass1, enter the following command. The hpvmstatus command shows that the virtual machine is started.

    # hpvmstart -P compass1 (C) Copyright 2000 - 2008 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. Initializing System Event Log Initializing Forward Progress Log Opening minor device and creating guest machine container Creation of VM, minor device 2 Allocating guest memory: 2048MB allocating low RAM (0-40000000, 2048MB) /opt/hpvm/lbin/hpvmapp (/var/opt/hpvm/uuids/8ba249f2-3399-11db-aacc-00306ef392e0 /vmm_config.next): Allocated 1073741824 bytes at 0x6000000100000000 locking memory: 0-40000000 allocating firmware RAM (ffaa0000-ffab5000, 84KB) /opt/hpvm/lbin/hpvmapp (/var/opt/hpvm/uuids/8ba249f2-3399-11db-aacc-00306ef392e0 /vmm_config.next): Allocated 86016 bytes at 0x6000000140000000 locked SAL RAM: 00000000ffaa0000 (4KB) locked ESI RAM: 00000000ffaa1000 (4KB) locked PAL RAM: 00000000ffaa4000 (4KB) locked Min Save State: 00000000ffaa5000 (1KB) RAM alignment: 40000000 Memory base low : 6000000100000000 Memory base FW : 6000000140000000 Loading boot image Image initial IP=102000 GP=62C000 Initialize guest memory mapping tables Starting event polling thread Starting thread initialization Daemonizing.... hpvmstart: Successful start initiation of guest 'compass1' # hpvmstatus [Virtual Machines] Virtual Machine Name VM # OS Type State #VCPUs #Devs #Nets Memory Runsysid ==================== ===== ======= ========= ====== ===== ===== ======= ======== config1 1 HPUX Off 1 5 1 512 MB 0 config2 2 HPUX Off 1 7 1 1 GB 0 winguest1 5 WINDOWS On (OS) 1 5 1 1 GB 0 winguest2 9 WINDOWS Off 1 3 1 2 GB 0 compass1 12 UNKNOWN On (EFI) 1 0 0 2 GB 0
  2. To boot the guest from the virtual console, enter the following command:

    # hpvmconsole -P compass1 vMP MAIN MENU CO: Console CM: Command Menu CL: Console Log SL: Show Event Logs VM: Virtual Machine Menu HE: Main Help Menu X: Exit Connection [compass1] vMP>

    The hpvmconsole command opens the virtual machine console. From the virtual console, you can control the virtual machine just as if it were a physical Integrity server.

  3. In response to the virtual machine prompt, enter the co command:

    [compass1] vMP> co EFI Boot Manager ver 1.10 [14.62] [Build: Wed Jun 4 11:37:36 2008] Please select a boot option EFI Shell [Built-in] Boot option maintenance menu Use ^ and v to change option(s). Use Enter to select an option
  4. Select Boot option maintenance menu.

    EFI Boot Maintenance Manager ver 1.10 [14.62] Main Menu. Select an Operation Boot from a File Add a Boot Option Delete Boot Option(s) Change Boot Order Manage BootNext setting Set Auto Boot TimeOut Select Active Console Output Devices Select Active Console Input Devices Select Active Standard Error Devices Cold Reset Exit
  5. Select Add a Boot Option.

    EFI Boot Maintenance Manager ver 1.10 [14.62] Add a Boot Option. Select a Volume Removable Media Boot [Acpi(PNP0604,0)] Load File [Acpi(PNP0A03,0)/Pci(1|0)/Mac(763AE48F393F)] Load File [EFI Shell [Built-in]] Legacy Boot Exit

    To install from virtual DVD, select Removable Media Boot.

    To install from the Ignite-UX server, select the entry with your MAC address. For example:

    Device Path Acpi(PNP0A03,0)/Pci(1|0)/Mac(763AE48F393F) Enter New Description: lan0boot New BootOption Data. ASCII/Unicode strings only, with max of 240 characters Enter BootOption Data Type [A-Ascii U-Unicode N-No BootOption] : N Save changes to NVRAM [Y-Yes N-No]: Y
  6. Exit the EFI Boot Maintenance Management screen to return to the EFI Boot Manager screen. Boot from the new boot entry, indicated by the virtual machine's MAC address:.

    EFI Boot Maintenance Manager ver 1.10 [14.62] Add a Boot Option. Select a Volume Removable Media Boot [Acpi(PNP0604,0)] Load File [Acpi(PNP0A03,0)/Pci(1|0)/Mac(763AE48F393F)] Load File [EFI Shell [Built-in]] Legacy Boot Exit

    The installation process continues just as if the virtual machine were an Ignite-UX client.

When the basic installation process is complete, the software is copied from the distribution media to the guest's disk. Then the operating system reboots. If this reboot fails, restart it, as follows:

  1. Enter the EFI shell by enter the co command at the virtual machine console prompt:

    [compass1] vMP> CO (Use Ctrl-B to return to vMP main menu.) - - - - - - - - - - Prior Console Output - - - - - - - - - - Shell>
  2. Enter fs0:

    Shell> fs0:
  3. Enter hpux:

    fs0\> hpux

The guest boots from fs0.

If you used a DVD to install the guest operating system, remove the virtual DVD, as follows:

  1. Determine the bus, device, and target ID by entering the following command:

    # hpvmstatus -P compass1
  2. Delete the virtual DVD by entering the following command (substituting the correct PCI bus, slot, and target number for 0,0,0):

    # hpvmmodify -P compass1 -d dvd:scsi::0,0,0
  3. If necessary, restart the guest to remove the DVD from the guest configuration.

NOTE: You might receive a warning message during the guest installation process indicating that the AVIO bundles are not installed. The installation will continue and complete successfully. The AVIO bundles are optional and install by default. If they do not, and if you want to install them with the Integrity VM bundle T2767BC, go to the HP-UX 11i v3 0809 media and look for the following bundles to install on the HP-UX guest, GuestAVIOStor and GuestAvioLan.

After you install the AVIO bundles, upgrade your guest configurations to use AVIO.

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