Coming back to the IVM world
Yes I have to admit it, it’s been a while since the last time I created an Integrity Virtual Machine. In my last job didn’t have HPVM and here the VMs were already running when I arrived. So a few...
View ArticleMoving vNICs between vSwitches
Following with my re-learning HPVM process today I’ve been playing around with my virtual switches and a question had arise. How can I move a vNic from one vSwitch to another? I discovered is not a...
View ArticleCloning HPVM guests
Our next step in the wonderful HPVM World is… cloning virtual machines. If you have used VMware Virtual Infrastructure cloning, probably are used to the easy “right-click and clone vm” procedure. Sadly...
View ArticleHPVM clones first boot tasks
Welcome again to “HPVM World!” my dear readers :-D Have to say that even with the initial disappointment about hpvmclone, cloning IVMs was a very funny task but I believe that the after cloning tasks...
View ArticleGuest migration in HPVM 3.5
As I already said many times my current HPVM version is 3.5 so it doesn’t support guest online migration. But lacking the online migration feature doesn’t mean that we can not perform Integrity VM...
View ArticleNew HP-UX release, new HPVM, new features… same odd naming convention
Last month HP released the last update of HP-UX 11iv3, the Update 6 or the March 2010 Update or 11.36… I decided some time ago to do not try to understand why we have a so stupid naming scheme for...
View ArticleHPVM memory management
Like other virtualization software, HP Integrity Virtual Machines comes with several memory management capabilities. In this new post about HPVM I will try to explain what are these capabilities, their...
View ArticleConfigure AVIO Lan in HPVM Linux guests
The AVIO Lan drivers for Linux HPVM guests are supported since HPVM4.0 but as you will see enabling it is a little more complicated than in HP-UX guests. The first prerequisite is to have installed...
View ArticleOpenVMS 8.4 is here and it comes full of new features
This week HP has released OpenVMS 8.4 for Alpha and Integrity servers. This new version of this robust and reliable operating system introduces a bunch of great new features. Some of the more important...
View ArticleMapping VLAN to ports in HPVM
Long time since my last post about HP Integrity Virtual Machines, well you know I’ve been very occupied with vSphere and Linux but that doesn’t mean that I completely eliminate HP-UX from my life, on...
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