This 2-days RAIL hands-on course is designed for experienced HP-UX Integrity server administrators. As of March 2007, the full content of this course is included in U5075S.
Course overview
This course covers Integrity server virtualization using the HP Integrity Virtual Machines (Integrity VM) software. Experienced HP-UX administrators learn to fully use the flexibility of the Integrity VM software to maximize the resource utilization of their Integrity servers and develop the skills needed to install, configure, and manage Integrity VM. The 2-day course is 50 percent lecture and 50 percent hands-on labs using HP servers.
Prerequisites
HP-UX System and Network Administration I (H3064) and HP-UX System and Network Administration II (H3065) or
HP-UX System and Network Administration for Experienced UNIX® System Administrators (H5875S) and
At the conclusion of this course you should be able to:
Relate the HP Integrity Virtual Machines software with other hardware and software components of HP’s Virtual Server Environment (VSE)
Define the relationship between a VM host and VM guest
Install HP Virtual Machines software on a properly configured HP Integrity server
Configure, boot, monitor, modify, and manage VM guests
Boot the VM host Use the Virtual
Use the Virtual Machines Manager to monitor a VM environment
Next steps
HP Global Workload Manager (HC719S),
HP Instant Capacity: iCAP, GiCAP & TiCAP (HC720S),or consider attending the other courses in the HP Virtual Server Environment (VSE) curriculum to learn more
about HP-UX virtualization
Benefits to you
Maximize your Integrity server utilization and improve system availability by learning how to install and administer HP Integrity Virtual Machines
Increase scalability and improve the ratio of applications to physical resources by knowing how to automatically allocate those resources to the right application at the right time
Learn how to use Integrity VM to set up isolated virtual machines as test environments to reduce the time required to deploy new applications or application revisions
Course outline
Introducing HP’s Partitioning Continuum
Partitioning terminology
HP Virtual Server Environment (VSE)
Processor-based and cell-based systems
Server virtualization concepts
CPU resources
HP-UX partition management with nPars/vPars
Integrity Virtual Machines Overview
Virtualization concepts, and terminology
Shared resources Virtual Machines (VM)
VM host, Virtual Machines, and VM guests
The Integrity Virtual Machine Manager GUI
Guest virtual networks and storage devices
Restricted devices
Preparing the Server for Integrity VM
Installation Pre-requisites
Creating Virtual Networks and Storage backing devices
Creating and running Integrity Virtual Machines
Integrity VM administration, configuration, and VM management
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