HP-UX 11.31 guest on Integrity VM

[Francis Flan]

Hi,

Finished installing Windows guest OS and now want to add a second guest - hpux v3.

When i hpvmcreate the VM it tells me that the other VM (windows) is using the dvd drive.

How can I disconnect the dvd drive from the Windows VM or whats the best way to proceed?


# hpvmcreate -P HPUXv3_VM -O hpux -c 1 -r 2G -a disk:scsi::disk:/dev/rdsk/c0t0d4 -a dvd:scsi::disk:/dev/rdsk/c12t2d0
HPVM guest HPUXv3_VM configuration problems:
Warning 1 on item /dev/rdsk/c12t2d0: Device file '/dev/rdsk/c12t2d0' in use by another guest.
These problems may prevent HPVM guest HPUXv3_VM from starting.
hpvmcreate: The creation process is continuing.
# hpvmstatus
[Virtual Machines]
Virtual Machine Name VM # OS Type State #VCPUs #Devs #Nets Memory Runsysid
==================== ===== ======= ========= ====== ===== ===== ======= ========
Win2k3_VM 12 WINDOWS On (OS) 1 2 1 5 GB 0
HPUXv3_VM 16 HPUX Off 1 2 0 2 GB 0
#

thanks,
Francis

[melvyn burnard · Accepted solution]

use hpvmmodify to delete the dvd from the windows guest before trying to add it to the Ux guest

hpvmmodify -p 12 -d dvd:scsi::disk:/dev/rdsk/c12t2d0

Assuming that this is the way the dvd was added to the windows guest.
to verify do:
hpvmstatus -v -p 12

[Torsten.]

Still on A.03.00, right?

You need to share the DVD device.

I'll post a command if I can open some documents on my PC ... :-(

[Mike Shilladay]

Hi Francis,

You could also share the DVD between guests by using the command:

# hpdevmgmt -m gdev:/:attr:SHARE=YES

Use the command

# hpdevmgmt -l gdev

To show the attributes of all the guest devices.

(Use the above commands from the vmhost)

Mike.

[Torsten.]

Now the forum website is slow ...


Here we go:

# hpvmdevmgmt -m gdev:/dev/rdsk/c12t2d0:attr:SHARE=YES

A physical DVD drive is not shared by default.




@Melvyn:
What is your opinion about a "virtualization" sub-forum?
vPar and HPVM threads are "everywhere" in the hpux forum, because nobody knows to which subforum the question belongs.

[Mike Shilladay]

@Melvyn

I would second Torsten's suggestion - it would make sense. Maybe the section could be "Partitioning", so as to include vPar and nPar ?

Mike

[Francis Flan]

That worked a treat (sharing the dvd device)
thanks for that

Now that Im here if I may be so cheeky as to ask another question about the vswitch and vlan side of it!

When i created the windows guest vswitch i assigned it to lan 0.
When i try to do the same with the hpux guest it's also being used.
Can I share the lan or something like that.

# hpvmnet -c -S vswitch2 -n 0
# hpvmnet -b -S vswitch2
hpvmnet: WARNING (host): Unable to start vswitch 'vswitch2'. Lan in use.
hpvmnet: Unable to start the vswitch.
hpvmnet: Unable to continue.
#
Tryied to choose another lan but get error "hpvmnet: WARNING (host): Unable to start vswitch 'vswitch1' - 'lan2' lanadmin Operation Status is not up."
# lanscan
Hardware Station Crd Hdw Net-Interface NM MAC HP-DLPI DLPI
Path Address In# State NamePPA ID Type Support Mjr#
0/2/2/0 0x001B787A410C 2 UP lan2 snap2 1 ETHER Yes 119
0/1/1/0 0x0017A4777410 0 UP lan0 snap0 2 ETHER Yes 119
0/1/1/1 0x0017A4777412 1 UP lan1 snap1 3 ETHER Yes 119
0/2/2/1 0x001B787A410D 3 UP lan3 snap3 4 ETHER Yes 119

[Torsten.]

You don't need another switch - just assign the existing switch to your second HPVM.

[Mike Shilladay]

Hi Francis,

If you run the command, from the vmhost.

# hpvmdevmgmt -l all

You should see the vlan as being shared. As Torsten says, you should just be able to add to existing vlan.

Mike.

[Francis Flan]

didnt think of that!
super, thanks to all of you. You've made my day :-)

[melvyn burnard]

right, third try at replying.

A few points
1. be careful about sharing the physical dvd between guests, it can cause issues

2. If you already did a create and a boot of a vswitch for the windows guest, you simply add the same vswitch into the ux guest, there is no need to recreate it.

3. I agree re the comments about a spearate partitioning sub-forum, but this may be turned down for variosu reasons.


just my two pence worth

[melvyn burnard]

request for new sub-forum submitted, don't hold your breath

[melvyn burnard]

well, that was a lot was easier than I expected. See where this thread now resides

[Torsten.]

Still in networking ;-)
But I'm sure this will be changed in a few moments.

Thank you very much Melvyn for your efforts.

[Tim Nelson]

Another great option to avoid having to be a CD monkey.

Put ISO files from CDs in on VM Host. Then share them as a file based DVD backingstore to your guests.

[melvyn burnard]

Francis
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