HP Integrity VM v6 and HP-UX vPars v6 Administration (H1L51S)

COURSE OVERVIEW

HP Integrity vPars/HPVM v6.2 allows creating, managing, and administering both virtual partitions (vPars) and virtual machines (VMs) with the same software. This course provides experienced HP-UX 11i v3 administrators with the knowledge to develop the skills needed to manage this virtual server environment. The course is 50 percent lecture and 50 percent hands-on labs using HP Integrity c-Class i2 blade servers.

PREREQUISITES

• HP-UX System and Network Administration I (H3064S) and
• HP-UX System and Network Administration II (H3065S) or
• HP-UX System and Network Administration for Experienced UNIX® System Administrators (H5875S) or
• Equivalent HP-UX administration experience on Integrity servers

AUDIENCE

• Experienced HP-UX system administrators responsible for managing and monitoring Integrity i2 servers virtualized with vPars/HPVM v6.1+

IMPORTANT NOTE

Students administering partitions on cell-based servers should attend course U5075S. Students partitioning Superdome 2 from the Onboard Administrator should attend course HK713S.

COURSE OBJECTIVES

At the conclusion of this course you should be able to:

• Identify potential Virtualization Services Provider (VSP) systems, based on available hardware and software resources
• Configure vPars and VMs using vPars/HPVM v6.2 software installed on the VSP
• Control, monitor, and manage vPars and VMs, including modification of resources statically and dynamically
• Migrate VMs offline and online between VSPs
• Migrate vPars offline between VSPs
• Configure the Globally Unique ID manager (GUIDmgr) software to support virtualized fibre channel HBAs using NPIV
• Position virtual servers in a highly-available Serviceguard environment

BENEFITS TO YOU

• Gain the skills to configure, monitor, and manage a virtual server environment using vPars/HPVM v6.2
• Gain valuable hands-on experience using the server virtualization management tools

COURSE OUTLINE

HP Integrity VM v6 and HP-UX vPars Introduction

• Distinguishing features of HP’s Server Virtualization technologies
• vPars/HPVM v6 terminology
• How CPU, memory, network devices, and storage devices are virtualized
• Supported hardware and software revisions

Preparing the VSP

• Components of a c-Class enclosure, Integrity i2/i4 blades and Superdome 2
• vPars/HPVM v6.2 and related software and reboot as VSP
• vPars/HPVM v6.2 manpages on the VSP
• Physical disk backing stores
• Virtual switches
• VSP CPU resource pool

Administration Basics with vPars/HPVM v6

• Create a virtual partition and virtual machine
• Assign virtual network devices
• Assign virtual storage devices
• Modify virtual partition and virtual machine configurations
• Display the virtual partition and virtual machine configuration
• Manually boot a virtual partition and a virtual machine from its console
• Power down and remove a virtual partition and a virtual machine

Administering vPars/HPVM v6 Beyond the Basics

• VSP resources
• Configure vPar/VM console and viLO options
• Backing store options
• Add a virtual DVD device to a vPar/VM
• Install HP-UX on a vPar/VM boot disk
• Configure the vEFI boot manager menu
• Manage virtual switch VLAN settings
• Suspend/resume a virtual machine
• Configure dynamic memory and cores
• Clone a virtual server
• Monitor vPar/VM resource utilization

Migrating Integrity Virtual Servers with vPars/HPVM v6

• Define a virtual server with resources compatible with offline vPar or VM migration
• Define a VM to be migrated online
• Configure two VSPs as current and target hosts
• Migrate a virtual server offline
• Migrate a VM online to another VSP

vPars/HPVM v6 with GUIDmgr v1.0 and NPIV

• SAN LUN zoning with NPIV
• Initializing the Global Unique IDentifier manager (GUIDmgr) on a server and client
• Using the GUID to assign a vHBA to a virtual server

Using HP Serviceguard with vPars/HPVM v6

• Different scenarios for involving virtual servers in Serviceguard clusters
• Benefits of different scenarios for involving virtual servers in Serviceguard clusters

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For whom it is intended:

• System administrator