Integrity Virtual Machines Upgrade

[Aggy]

We will be upgrading the IVM software from A.0.1.20 to A02.00
We will shutdown the guests and upgrade the VMHOST Server

Will the guest machines get upgraded automatically when we upgrade the VMHOST Server or do we have to upgrade the guests as well ?

[Torsten.]

No,

you have to install the guest software on any guests.

Please see the manual and release notes on http://docs.hp.com !

[Torsten.]

This is the link:

http://docs.hp.com/en/T2767-90024/index.html

[Steven E. Protter]

Shalom Aggy,

I can't see how a running vm machine in any implementation would be updated without being explictily updated. I mean this thing boots of disk. If the contents are not changed by an upgrade in the VM how else is it going to happen.

As A. Clay says, the force isn't going to do it for you. I'm 99% sure you have to do it manually for each virtual system.

SEP

[Aggy]

what is the easy way of upgrading the guests.Can I create a depot on VMHOST and upgrade the guest via the depot

FYI - SWLIST of Guest VM
swlist | grep -i integrity
HPVM-Guest A.01.20 Integrity VM Guest
VMGuestLib A.01.20.67 Integrity VM Guest Support Librar
ies
VMProvider A.01.00 WBEM Provider for Integrity VM

[Torsten.]

"Can I create a depot on VMHOST and upgrade the guest via the depot?"

Yes!

Run swinstall -s server:depotlocation on the guest and install the software. You can initiate this from the host also. See the man pages of SD-UX for details.

[melvyn burnard]

Firstly, PLEASE do not refer to this software as "IVM" as this is an IBM product/service

Call it Integrity Virtual Machines please.

You need to understand that HP Integrity Virtual Machine software allows you to create virtual machines (hardware) on a Virtual Machine Host. These are called guests.
You then install the guest with an Operating System, such as HP-UX and now Windows 2003 64bit EE.

As a result, updating the Integrity Virtual Machine software on the host ONLY updates the functionality of the virtual machines and NOT tnhe OS that resides in the guest.

Each guest OS would need updating separately and individually as and where they require any updates.

[Aggy]

Thanks