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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.
To prepare the source and destination management partitions for active or inactive partition mobility, complete the following tasks.
| IVM planning tasks | Active mobility task | Inactive mobility task | Information resources |
|---|---|---|---|
1. Ensure that the IVM that manages
the source server and the IVM that manages
the destination server meet the following version requirements:
|
X | X | Updating the Integrated Virtualization Manager |
| 2. Ensure that the PowerVM Enterprise Edition hardware feature is activated. | X | X | Entering the activation code for PowerVM Editions with the Integrated Virtualization Manager |
| 3. If the mobile partition uses shared memory, verify that the shared memory pool on the destination server contains a paging space device that satisfies the size requirements of the mobile partition. | X | X | Verifying that the destination shared memory pool contains an available paging space device |
