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Preparing for partition mobility

You need to verify that the source and destination systems are configured correctly so that you can successfully move the mobile partition from the source system to the destination system. This includes verifying the configuration of the source and destination servers, the Integrated Virtualization Manager (IVM) management partitions, the mobile partition, the virtual storage configuration, and the virtual network configuration.

  • IVM-managed systems: Preparing the source and destination servers for partition mobility
    You need to verify that the source and destination servers are configured correctly so that you can successfully move the mobile partition from the source server to the destination server by using the Integrated Virtualization Manager (IVM). This includes tasks such as verifying the logical memory block size of the source and destination servers, and verifying the available memory and processor resources of the destination server.
  • Preparing the source and destination management partitions for partition mobility
    You need to verify that the source and destination management partitions are configured correctly so that you can successfully move the mobile partition from the source server to the destination server. This includes verifying the version of the Integrated Virtualization Manager (IVM) and activating the PowerVM® Enterprise Edition hardware feature.
  • Preparing the mobile partition for partition mobility
    You need to verify that the mobile partition is configured correctly so that you can successfully move it from the source server to the destination server by using the Integrated Virtualization Manager (IVM). This includes tasks such as satisfying adapter requirements and operating system requirements for partition mobility.
  • Preparing the network configuration for partition mobility
    You need to verify that the network configuration is configured correctly so that you can successfully move the mobile partition from the source server to the destination server by using the Integrated Virtualization Manager (IVM). This includes tasks such as configuring a virtual Ethernet bridge on the source and destination management partitions and creating at least one virtual Ethernet adapter on the mobile partition.
  • Preparing the virtual SCSI configuration for partition mobility
    You need to verify that the virtual SCSI configuration is configured correctly so that you can successfully move the mobile partition from the source server to the destination server by using the Integrated Virtualization Manager (IVM). This includes tasks such as verifying the reserve_policy of the physical volumes, and verifying that the virtual devices have the same unique identifier, physical identifier, or IEEE volume attribute.
  • Preparing the virtual Fiber Channel configuration for partition mobility
    You need to verify that the virtual Fiber Channel configuration is configured correctly so that you can successfully move the mobile partition from the source server to the destination server by using the Integrated Virtualization Manager (IVM). The verification includes tasks such as verifying the worldwide port names (WWPNs) of the virtual Fiber Channel adapters on the mobile partition, and verifying that the physical Fibre Channel adapters and the physical Fiber Channel switches support NPIV.
Parent topic: Live Partition Mobility on IVM-managed systems
Related concepts:
Partition mobility overview for IVM
Partition mobility environment

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Last updated: Sat, March 17, 2018