How to install Integrity VM Guest using Host USB DVD drive
Abstract[edit]
This article explains the limitations of using USB DVD drives on Integrity Virtual Machine Guests. This information applies to systems that uses USB DVD inserts instead of [SCSI | IDE interfaces], like the rx2660, rx3600 and rx6600. This also applies to blade systems like the BL860C and BL870C when using an external USB drive instead of the Blade enclosure vMedia software.
Contents
Background[edit]
Integrity Virtual Machines 3.5 and 4.0 only support USB DVD of this platforms as virtual disks, in other words, the HPVM guest will detect all it's virtual CD/DVD as USB units, but USB units in the host cannot be used as backing store for HPVM guest, only the use of ISO files is supported on this situation. Direct attachment of the USB device is not supported, in most cases yields sub standard performance and I/O errors on the HPVM guest are common (this I/O errors are actually time outs on the HPVM host USB subsystem.
The same procedures detailed here can be use to present [SCSI | IDE] DVD/CD drives to HPVM guests.
Identify USB DVD/CD devices[edit]
On HP-UX 11i v2 and 11i v3 Hosts, before the Update to USB Driver Support made on late December 2008, USB 2.0 transfer speed was not supported. On HP-UX 11i v3 Update 3 and below, agile device special files (/dev/disk/disk#) for USB DVD/CD was not available. The following ioscan commands can be used to identified the USB DVD special device file.
The following commands can be used to identified the DVD/CD special device files on each platform.
HPUX 11i v2:
# ioscan -fnk
Class I H/W Path Driver S/W State H/W Type Description
=====================================================================================
...
OO 3 0/0/2/1 UsbOhci CLAIMED INTERFACE USB OHCI Interface
OO 4 0/0/2/1.0 UsbMiniBus CLAIMED INTERFACE USB Composite Device
OO 6 0/0/2/1.0.0 UsbBulkOnlyMS CLAIMED DEVICE USB Bulk Only
ext_bus 0 0/0/2/1.0.16 UsbScsiAdaptor CLAIMED INTERFACE USB SCSI Stack Adaptor
target 0 0/0/2/1.0.16.0 tgt CLAIMED DEVICE
disk 2 0/0/2/1.0.16.0.0 sdisk CLAIMED DEVICE TEAC DV-28E-V
/dev/dsk/c0t0d0 /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0
...
Note that on HP-UX 11i v2 prior to the Update to USB Driver Support, the USV DVD/CD devices Hardware Path will be attached to a USB OHCI Interface using the 00 USB Class driver through a UsbScsiAdaptor.
[-] 0/0/2/1 UsbOhci
[-] 0/0/2/1.0 UsbMiniBus
[-] 0/0/2/1.0.0 UsbBulkOnlyMS
[-] 0/0/2/1.0.16 UsbScsiAdaptor
[-] 0/0/2/1.0.16.0 tgt
[ ] 0/0/2/1.0.16.0.0 sdisk TEAC DV-28E-V
HP-UX 11i v3:
# ioscan -fnkC disk | grep -i usb
disk 15 0/0/1/1.1.16 UsbScsiAdaptor CLAIMED DEVICE USB SCSI Stack Adaptor
/dev/deviceFileSystem/Usb/MassStorage/dsk/disk@UnknownDevice-1659+9479=00
/dev/deviceFileSystem/Usb/MassStorage/rdsk/disk@UnknownDevice-1659+9479=00
Is highly recommended to schedule downtime of the HPVM host to installing the USB Driver Support updates detailed on the following guides:
- Update to USB Driver Support on HPUX 11iv2 April 16th, 2009
- Update to USB Driver Support on HPUX 11iv3 March 25, 2009
This updates will provided USB 2.0 transfer speeds and provides agile device special files to HP-UX 11i v3 systems. Other well know USB stack performance problem are also corrected with this update dependencies. Check the previous guides for complete details.
Assign Host USB DVD to the HPVM guest[edit]
There are two methods to use USB dvd drives to provided HPVM guest backing storage:
- Create (dump) ISO images from the installation media
- Assign the Host USB DVD to the Guest
The supported method is to create a ISO image of the bootable HP-UX installation media. The unsupported method is to present USB drive directly to the HPVM guest with the Update to USB Driver Support patches installed on the HPVM host. This second approach is not widely tested, and some glitches are expected.
Following are the details for each method.
Create ISO images from the installation media[edit]
1. Copy the content of the installation media from the USB drive. The /var/tmp directory is used through the example, but using the same convention directory convention (/var/opt/hpvm/ISO-images of the Linux ISO images, chapter 6.2 of the Administration Guide) is highly recomended.
# mkdir /var/tmp/iso
HPUX 11i v2
# dd if=/dev/rdsk/c#t#d# of=/var/tmp/iso/B.11.31.ISO bs=2048
HP-UX 11i v3
- On systems without the Update to USB Driver Support patches:
# dd if=/dev/deviceFileSystem/Usb/MassStorage/rdsk/disk@UnknownDevice-1659+9479=00 \ of=/var/tmp/iso/B.11.31.ISO bs=2048
- On systems with Update to USB Driver Support patches:
# dd if=/dev/rdisk/disk# of=/var/tmp/iso/B.11.31.ISO bs=2048
2. Assign the ISO image to the HPVM guest.
# hpvmmodify -P tifa -a dvd:scsi::file:/var/tmp/iso/B.11.31.ISO
3. Verify the status
# hpvmstatus -P tifa
[Virtual Machine Details]
Virtual Machine Name VM # OS Type State
==================== ===== ======= ========
tifa 2 HPUX Off
[Authorized Administrators]
Oper Groups:
Admin Groups:
Oper Users:
Admin Users:
[Virtual CPU Details]
#vCPUs Entitlement Maximum
====== =========== =======
1 10.0% 100.0%
[Memory Details]
Total Reserved
Memory Memory
======= ========
2 GB 64 MB
[Storage Interface Details]
Guest Physical
Device Adaptor Bus Dev Ftn Tgt Lun Storage Device
======= ========== === === === === === ========= =========================
disk avio_stor 0 0 0 0 0 disk /dev/rdisk/disk10
dvd scsi 0 2 0 0 0 file /var/tmp/iso/B.11.31.ISO
[Network Interface Details]
Interface Adaptor Name/Num PortNum Bus Dev Ftn Mac Address
========= ========== ========== ======= === === === =================
vswitch lan sw1 2 0 1 0 ca-65-fd-92-24-b9
[Misc Interface Details]
Guest Physical
Device Adaptor Bus Dev Ftn Tgt Lun Storage Device
======= ========== === === === === === ========= =========================
serial com1 tty console
Assign the Host USB DVD to the Guest[edit]
# hpvmmodify -P tifa -a dvd:scsi::disk:/dev/rdisk/disk8
# hpvmstatus -P tifa
[Virtual Machine Details]
Virtual Machine Name VM # OS Type State
==================== ===== ======= ========
tifa 2 HPUX Off
[Authorized Administrators]
Oper Groups:
Admin Groups:
Oper Users:
Admin Users:
[Virtual CPU Details]
#vCPUs Entitlement Maximum
====== =========== =======
1 10.0% 100.0%
[Memory Details]
Total Reserved
Memory Memory
======= ========
2 GB 64 MB
[Storage Interface Details]
Guest Physical
Device Adaptor Bus Dev Ftn Tgt Lun Storage Device
======= ========== === === === === === ========= =========================
disk avio_stor 0 0 0 0 0 disk /dev/rdisk/disk10
dvd scsi 0 2 0 0 0 disk /dev/rdisk/disk8
[Network Interface Details]
Interface Adaptor Name/Num PortNum Bus Dev Ftn Mac Address
========= ========== ========== ======= === === === =================
vswitch lan sw1 2 0 1 0 ca-65-fd-92-24-b9
[Misc Interface Details]
Guest Physical
Device Adaptor Bus Dev Ftn Tgt Lun Storage Device
======= ========== === === === === === ========= =========================
serial com1 tty console
Start the HPVM guest[edit]
# hpvmstart -P tifa
(C) Copyright 2000 - 2008 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
Opening minor device and creating guest machine container
Creation of VM, minor device 1
Allocating guest memory: 2048MB
allocating low RAM (0-80000000, 2048MB)
/opt/hpvm/lbin/hpvmapp (/var/opt/hpvm/uuids/505cffd4-b846-11dd-a401-00306e4af350/vmm_config.next): Allocated 2147483648 bytes at 0x6000000100000000
locking memory: 0-80000000
allocating datalogger memory: FF800000-FF810000 (64KB for 12KB)
/opt/hpvm/lbin/hpvmapp (/var/opt/hpvm/uuids/505cffd4-b846-11dd-a401-00306e4af350/vmm_config.next): Allocated 65536 bytes at 0x6000000200000000
locking datalogger memory
allocating firmware RAM (fff00000-fff20000, 128KB)
/opt/hpvm/lbin/hpvmapp (/var/opt/hpvm/uuids/505cffd4-b846-11dd-a401-00306e4af350/vmm_config.next): Allocated 131072 bytes at 0x6000000200020000
locked SAL RAM: 00000000fff00000 (8KB)
locked ESI RAM: 00000000fff02000 (8KB)
locked PAL RAM: 00000000fff04000 (8KB)
locked Min Save State: 00000000fff06000 (4KB)
locked datalogger: 00000000ff800000 (64KB)
Loading boot image
Image initial IP=102000 GP=686000
Initialize guest memory mapping tables
Starting event polling thread
Starting thread initialization
Daemonizing....
hpvmstart: Successful start initiation of guest 'tifa'
Connect to the HPVM guest virtual console[edit]
# hpvmconsole -P tifa
vMP MAIN MENU
CO: Console
CM: Command Menu
CL: Console Log
SL: Show Event Logs
VM: Virtual Machine Menu
HE: Main Help Menu
X: Exit Connection
[tifa] vMP> CO
Booting from the DVD using the EFI Shell[edit]
1. Select "EFI Shell [Built-in]"
EFI Boot Manager ver 1.10 [14.62] [Build: Tue Jun 17 09:30:56 2008]
Please select a boot option
HP-UX Primary Boot: 0/0/0/0.0.0
Lan Boot
EFI Shell [Built-in]
Boot option maintenance menu
Use ^ and v to change option(s). Use Enter to select an option2. Move to the DVD EFI Filesystem (fs#) for the Virtual DVD
Loading.: EFI Shell [Built-in]
EFI Shell version 1.10 [14.62]
Device mapping table
fs0 : Acpi(PNP0A03,0)/Pci(0|0)/Scsi(Pun0,Lun0)/HD(Part1,Sig90C9A3C6-B862-11DD-8002-D6217B60E588)
fs1 : Acpi(PNP0A03,0)/Pci(0|0)/Scsi(Pun0,Lun0)/HD(Part3,Sig90C9A448-B862-11DD-8004-D6217B60E588)
fs2 : Acpi(PNP0A03,0)/Pci(2|0)/Scsi(Pun0,Lun0)/CDROM(Entry0)
blk0 : Acpi(PNP0A03,0)/Pci(0|0)/Scsi(Pun0,Lun0)
blk1 : Acpi(PNP0A03,0)/Pci(0|0)/Scsi(Pun0,Lun0)/HD(Part1,Sig90C9A3C6-B862-11DD-8002-D6217B60E588)
blk2 : Acpi(PNP0A03,0)/Pci(0|0)/Scsi(Pun0,Lun0)/HD(Part2,Sig90C9A40C-B862-11DD-8003-D6217B60E588)
blk3 : Acpi(PNP0A03,0)/Pci(0|0)/Scsi(Pun0,Lun0)/HD(Part3,Sig90C9A448-B862-11DD-8004-D6217B60E588)
blk4 : Acpi(PNP0A03,0)/Pci(2|0)/Scsi(Pun0,Lun0)
blk5 : Acpi(PNP0A03,0)/Pci(2|0)/Scsi(Pun0,Lun0)/CDROM(Entry0)
blk6 : Acpi(PNP0A03,0)/Pci(2|0)/Scsi(Pun0,Lun0)/CDROM(Entry1)
Shell> fs2:3. Start the INSTALL.EFI boot program.
fs2:\> INSTALL.EFI
(C) Copyright 1999-2008 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
All rights reserved
HP-UX Boot Loader for IPF -- Revision 2.036
Press Any Key to interrupt Autoboot
\AUTO ==> boot :IINSTALL
Seconds left till autoboot - 0
AUTOBOOTING...> System Memory = 2042 MB
loading section 0
.................................................................................................... (complete)
loading section 1
................. (complete)
loading symbol table
loading ram disk file (:IINSTALLFS).
.....................................................................................................................
(complete)
Launching :IINSTALL
SIZE: Text:50892K + Data:8336K + BSS:23776K = Total:83006KAdding a Virtual DVD boot option[edit]
1. Select Boot option maintenance menu
EFI Boot Manager ver 1.10 [14.62] [Build: Tue Jun 17 09:30:56 2008]
Please select a boot option
HP-UX Primary Boot: 0/0/0/0.0.0
Lan Boot
EFI Shell [Built-in]
Boot option maintenance menu
Use ^ and v to change option(s). Use Enter to select an option2. Select "Add a Boot Option"
EFI Boot Maintenance Manager ver 1.10 [14.62]
Main Menu. Select an Operation
Boot from a File
Add a Boot Option
Delete Boot Option(s)
Change Boot Order
Manage BootNext setting
Set Auto Boot TimeOut
Select Active Console Output Devices
Select Active Console Input Devices
Select Active Standard Error Devices
Cold Reset
Exit
Timeout-->[10] sec SystemGuid-->[505CFFD4-B846-11DD-A401-00306E4AF350]
SerialNumber-->[VM00847001 ]3. Select "Removable Media Boo"
EFI Boot Maintenance Manager ver 1.10 [14.62]
Add a Boot Option. Select a Volume
IA64_EFI [Acpi(PNP0A03,0)/Pci(0|0)/Scsi(Pun0,Lun0)/HD(Part1,Sig9
IA64_EFI [Acpi(PNP0A03,0)/Pci(0|0)/Scsi(Pun0,Lun0)/HD(Part3,Sig9
Removable Media Boot [Acpi(PNP0A03,0)/Pci(2|0)/Scsi(Pun0,Lun0)]
Load File [Acpi(PNP0A03,0)/Pci(1|0)/Mac(CA65FD9224B9)]
Load File [EFI Shell [Built-in]]
Legacy Boot
Exit4. Save Boot entry to NVRAM.
Device Path Acpi(PNP0A03,0)/Pci(2|0)/Scsi(Pun0,Lun0)
Enter New Description: Virtual DVD
New BootOption Data. ASCII/Unicode strings only, with max of 240 characters
Enter BootOption Data Type [A-Ascii U-Unicode N-No BootOption] : Ascii
Enter BootOption Data [Data will be stored as Ascii string]: [Enter]
Save changes to NVRAM [Y-Yes N-No]: [Y]5. Exit Add "Add a Boot Option" menu.
EFI Boot Maintenance Manager ver 1.10 [14.62]
Add a Boot Option. Select a Volume
IA64_EFI [Acpi(PNP0A03,0)/Pci(0|0)/Scsi(Pun0,Lun0)/HD(Part1,Sig9
IA64_EFI [Acpi(PNP0A03,0)/Pci(0|0)/Scsi(Pun0,Lun0)/HD(Part3,Sig9
Removable Media Boot [Acpi(PNP0A03,0)/Pci(2|0)/Scsi(Pun0,Lun0)]
Load File [Acpi(PNP0A03,0)/Pci(1|0)/Mac(CA65FD9224B9)]
Load File [EFI Shell [Built-in]]
Legacy Boot
Exit6. Exit the "EFI Boot Maintenance Manager"
EFI Boot Maintenance Manager ver 1.10 [14.62]
Main Menu. Select an Operation
Boot from a File
Add a Boot Option
Delete Boot Option(s)
Change Boot Order
Manage BootNext setting
Set Auto Boot TimeOut
Select Active Console Output Devices
Select Active Console Input Devices
Select Active Standard Error Devices
Cold Reset
Exit
Timeout-->[10] sec SystemGuid-->[505CFFD4-B846-11DD-A401-00306E4AF350]
SerialNumber-->[VM00847001 ]7. Select "Virtual DVD"
EFI Boot Manager ver 1.10 [14.62] [Build: Tue Jun 17 09:30:56 2008]
Please select a boot option
HP-UX Primary Boot: 0/0/0/0.0.0
Lan Boot
EFI Shell [Built-in]
Virtual DVD
Boot option maintenance menu
Use ^ and v to change option(s). Use Enter to select an option8. Boot from the "Virtual DVD" boot entry.
Starting: Virtual DVD
(C) Copyright 1999-2008 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
All rights reserved
HP-UX Boot Loader for IPF -- Revision 2.036
Press Any Key to interrupt Autoboot
\EFI\BOOT\AUTO ==> boot :IINSTALL
Seconds left till autoboot - 0
AUTOBOOTING...> System Memory = 2042 MB
loading section 0
.................................................................................................... (complete)
loading section 1
................. (complete)
loading symbol table
loading ram disk file (:IINSTALLFS).
.....................................................................................................................
(complete)
Launching :IINSTALL
SIZE: Text:50892K + Data:8336K + BSS:23776K = Total:83006KConsole is on Serial COM1
Booting kernel...
Disabling 8259s
krs_read_mfs: Error 5 opening MFS.
Loaded ACPI revision 2.0 tables.
krs_read_mfs: Error 5 opening MFS.
Memory Class Setup
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Class Physmem Lockmem Swapmem
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
System : 1943 MB 1943 MB 1943 MB
Kernel : 1943 MB 1943 MB 1943 MB
User : 1672 MB 1482 MB 1488 MB
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
ktracer is off until requested.
NOTE: nm_devvp_lock not a power of 2 or is outside of allowed range: (16)
NOTE: setting nm_devvp_lock to 32
Installing Socket Protocol families AF_INET and AF_INET6
Kernel EVM initialized
sec_init(): kernel RPC authentication/security initialization.
secgss_init(): kernel RPCSEC_GSS security initialization.
rpc_init(): kernel RPC initialization.
rpcmod_install(): kernel RPC STREAMS module "rpcmod" installation. ...(driver_install)
NOTICE: nfs_client_pv3_install(): nfs3 File system was registered at index 11.
NOTICE: nfs_client_pv4_install(): nfs4 File system was registered at index 12.
iether0: INITIALIZING HP PCI/PCI-X 1000Base-T at hardware path 0/0/1/0
System Console is on the Built-In Serial Interface
afinet_prelink: module installed
Starting the STREAMS daemons-phase 1
Swap device table: (start & size given in 512-byte blocks)
entry 0 - auto-configured on root device; ignored - no room
WARNING: No swap device configured, so dump cannot be defaulted to primary swap.
WARNING: No dump devices are configured. Dump is disabled.
AF_INET socket/streams output daemon running, pid 31
Create STCP device files
Starting the STREAMS daemons-phase 2
$Revision: vmunix: B.11.31_LR FLAVOR=perf nfsauth: lookupname: 2
Memory Information:
physical page size = 4096 bytes, logical page size = 4096 bytes
Physical: 2091584 Kbytes, lockable: 1421172 Kbytes, available: 1670652 Kbytes
* Preparing to execute init...
======= 12/19/08 00:06:06 EST HP-UX Installation Initialization. (Fri Dec 19
00:06:06 EST 2008)
@(#)Ignite-UX Revision C.7.7.98
@(#)ignite/launch (opt) Revision:
/branches/IUX_RA0809/ignite/src@75250 Last Modified: 2008-08-25
11:39:14 -0600 (Mon, 25 Aug 2008)
* Configuring RAM filesystems...
* Scanning system for IO devices...
* Boot device is: 0/0/2/0.0x0.0x0
* Setting keyboard language.
Apendix[edit]
How to quickly mount an USB DVD | CDROM[edit]
1. Edit /etc/fstab and add a mount entry for the USB device special file.
... /dev/deviceFileSystem/Usb/MassStorage/dsk/disk@UnknownDevice-1659+9479=00 /usbcd cdfs rr 0 2
2. Create the mount point directory
# mkdir /usbcd
3. Mount the the USB DVD | CDROM
# mount /usbcd
How to swap DVD images online[edit]
If the HPVM Host administrator sets up multiple Virtual FileDVD images for the HPVM guest, the HPVM Virtual Console command eject and insert media should be used to select among the available ISO files assigned to the guest. The eject command changes the Virtual FileDVD into a Virtual NullDVD device.
ISO files can be added to or removed from the file system directory for the Virtual FileDVD by the HPVM Host Administrator. Once this ISO file directory is updated, use an insert command to view all the newly available ISO files in the directory and to choose one to be used for a new Virtual FileDVD. It is not necessary to change the file directory between each eject and insert operation. The guest administrator can change the ISO files provided in the file directory without any HPVM Host Administrator interaction.
Example:
Note that all the process is accomplish from the HPVM guest.
1. Current Virtual FileDVD status.
# diskinfo /dev/rdsk/c1t7d0
SCSI describe of /dev/rdsk/c1t7d0:
vendor: HP
product id: Virtual FileDVD
type: CD-ROM
size: 665600 Kbytes
bytes per sector: 2048
#2. Eject the Virtual FileDVD using the vMP console.
Hit [Control]+[B] to go to Virtual MP console.
vMP> ej
Ejectable Guest Devices
Num Hw-path (Bus,Slot,Tgt) Gdev Pstore Path
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
[1] 0/0/1/0.7.0 (0,1,7) dvd file /var/opt/hpvm/ISO-images/hpux/IOTdisc
Enter menu item number or [Q] to Quit: 1
Confirm eject action
G - Go
F - Force
Enter menu item or [Q] to Quit: G
vMP>3. The Virtual FileDVD becomse a Virtual NullDVD.
vMP> co
# diskinfo /dev/rdsk/c1t7d0
SCSI describe of /dev/rdsk/c1t7d0:
vendor: HP
product id: Virtual NullDVD
type: CD-ROM
size: 0 Kbytes
bytes per sector: 0
#4. Insert next Virtual FileDVD using the vMP console.
vMP> in
Insertable Guest Devices
Num Hw-path (Bus,Slot,Tgt) Gdev
--------------------------------------------
[1] 0/0/1/0.7.0 (0,1,7) dvd
Enter menu item number or [Q] to Quit: 1
Insertable File Backing Stores
Num File
---------------------
[1] 0505-FOE.iso
[2] 0512-FOE.iso
[3] 0603-FOE-D1.iso
[4] 0603-FOE-D2.iso
[5] IOTdisc
Enter menu item number or [Q] to Quit: 1
Confirm insertion action
G - Go
F - Force
Enter menu item or [Q] to Quit: G
vMP>5. The device return to a Virtual FileDVD, but the backing ISO image is selected on step 4. Note the size difference between each Virtual FileDVD
vMP> co
# diskinfo /dev/rdsk/c1t7d0
SCSI describe of /dev/rdsk/c1t7d0:
vendor: HP
product id: Virtual FileDVD
type: CD-ROM
size: 3686144 Kbytes
bytes per sector: 2048
#Reference[edit]
- USB Support Update for HP-UX 11i v2 and v3
- Update to USB Driver Support on HPUX 11iv2 April 16th, 2009
- Update to USB Driver Support on HPUX 11iv3 March 25, 2009
