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NDO
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creating vm guests

Hi All

 

I have a C7000 blade chassis with a "ia64 hp Integrity BL860c i2" on it in, and using the admin manual I have created 2 VMs, but I am a bit stuck now on how actually to create the vm guests, because the C7000 do not have a DVD drive for me to boot a guest VM.

what I have done so far is as follows:

 

hpvmstatus
[Virtual Machines]
Virtual Machine Name VM #  OS Type State     #VCPUs #Devs #Nets Memory  Rmt Host
==================== ===== ======= ========= ====== ===== ===== ======= ========
vmguest1                 2 HPUX    On (EFI)       2     0     0   16 GB        -
vmguest2                 3 HPUX    Off            2     0     0   16 GB        -

 and :

 

hpvmnet -v
Version B.04.30.01
Name     Number State   Mode      NamePPA  MAC Address    IPv4 Address
======== ====== ======= ========= ======== ============== ===============
localnet      1 Up      Shared             N/A            N/A
vsw01         2 Up      Shared    lan1     0x2c4138318400 10.1.20.32

 I now need to create a guest but I am stuck on :

 

"adding a boot option"

 

Please can you help?

 

 

FR

 

 

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Torsten.
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Re: creating vm guests

If the missing DVD drive is your problem, why not using vMedia over ILO?

 

In the older virtual machines versions you can assign an ISO image as a virtual DVD to the guests, I guess you can do this here with version 6.x too.

 

What version you are using exactly?


Hope this helps!
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Torsten.

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NDO
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Re: creating vm guests

Hi

 

Thank you for your reply.

 

I am using:

 

swlist | grep -i integrity
  T2801AA               B.04.30.01     Integrity VM
  VMGuestLib            B.04.30        Integrity VM Guest Support Libraries
  VMGuestSW             B.04.30        Integrity VM Guest Support Software
  VMKernelSW            B.04.20        Integrity VM Kernel Software

 

The C7000 do not have dvd drive, so how do I assign a vMedia over ilo?

 

 

regards

 

FR

Torsten.
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Re: creating vm guests

You have at least 3 options:

 

- connect to the ILO of the blade and use vMedia (in fact you mount a DVD or an ISO located on your PC and present it to the blade)

- copy an ISO to the host and assign it as virtual DVD to the guest

- copy the install media to an ignite server and install via ignite server


Hope this helps!
Regards
Torsten.

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NDO
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Re: creating vm guests

I have choosen your first option, but it does not seem to be working:

 

Add a Boot Option.  Select a Volume


    Load File [EFI Shell [Built-in]]
    Legacy Boot
    Exit
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


    Timeout-->[10] sec SystemGuid-->[8681B2AE-FCC0-11E1-A80C-2C41383183FC]
    SerialNumber-->[VM01237001          ]
EFI Boot Maintenance Manager ver 1.10 [14.62]

Add a Boot Option.  Select a Volume


    Load File [EFI Shell [Built-in]]
    Legacy Boot
    Exit

 But

 

 

I did mount it as you can see from attached, but I also cannot see when doing bdf.

 

 

FR

Torsten.
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Re: creating vm guests

You assigned it to the vm host, now you need to assign this "virtual" drive from the host to the guest.

Hope this helps!
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NDO
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Re: creating vm guests

 

 

Hi

 

I am having the following error:

hpvmmodify -P vmguest1 -a dvd:scsi::disk:/dev/rdsk/c0t0d0
hpvmmodify: ERROR (vmguest1): Device file '/dev/rdsk/c0t0d0' is a server-restricted device and cannot be used by a guest while restricted.  See 'hpvmdevmgmt -l rdev:/dev/rdsk/c0t0d0'.
hpvmmodify: Unable to create device dvd:scsi:0,0,0:disk:/dev/rdsk/c0t0d0.
hpvmmodify: WARNING (vmguest1): Device file '/dev/rdsk/c0t0d0' is a server-restricted device and cannot be used by a guest while restricted.  See 'hpvmdevmgmt -l rdev:/dev/rdsk/c0t0d0'.
hpvmmodify: ERROR (vmguest1): Due to errors affecting the device database, the guest configuration file will not be updated.
hpvmmodify: Unable to modify the guest.

 Can you help

 

FR

Torsten.
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Re: creating vm guests

vMedia installation is slooow anyway, how about the other 2 options (much faster)?

Hope this helps!
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Torsten.

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NDO
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Re: creating vm guests

Hi

 

I am now a bit coonfused:

 

hpvmmodify -P vmguest1 -a dvd:scsi::disk:/dev/rdsk/c1t0d0
hpvmmodify: Unable to dynamically add virtual device dvd:scsi:0,0,1:disk:/dev/rdsk/c1t0d0.
hpvmmodify: Cannot add a new adapter to a running guest.
hpvmmodify: Guest needs to be restarted (using hpvmstop followed by hpvmstart) for all changes to take effect.
HPVM guest vmguest1 configuration problems:
    Warning 1 on item /dev/rdsk/disk2: '/dev/rdsk/disk2' backing device does not exist or is not currently available.
These problems may prevent HPVM guest vmguest1 from starting.
hpvmmodify: The modification process is continuing.
mcelVMhost4[180]/ #

 

Do I have to stop the VM to create a virtual storage device? Does not make sense, or I am wrong?

 

 

FR

Dave Olker
HPE Pro

Re: creating vm guests


@Torsten. wrote:
vMedia installation is slooow anyway, how about the other 2 options (much faster)?

I agree.  I install all of my VMs via Ignite.  It's fast, easy, allows for multiple simultaneous installations, and makes repeat installs a breeze.  

 

Dave

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