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unixwerk Live Parti t io n M o b i li t y

Contents
AIX
1. Building Guidelines
BSD 2. How to Perform a Live Partition Migration
HP-UX A. Related Information

Linux

Solaris 1. Building Guildelines

Others Only use virtual resources

virtual ethernet
Un*x virtual fibre channel (NPIV)
virtual SCSI allowed, but not LVs as backing device
Topics

Disable "Redundant error path reporting"

When creating the LPAR profile remove the tick at "Redundant error path reporting":

Guestbook [X] Enable connection monitoring

[ ] Automatically start with managed system
Contact [ ] Enable redundant error path reporting

Archive

Check Driver and Disk Attributes

Some vendor specific disk drivers are known not to work with LPM!
Set reserve_policy to "no_reserve":
Example:
# lspv | awk '/hdisk/ {print "chdev -l "$1" -a
reserve_policy=no_reserve"}' | sh -x

2. How to Perform a Live Partition Migration

Check Prerequisites
SAN zoning
free CPU and memory resources on target system
also check the building guidelines above

Define "Mover Service Partition"

On both, source and target system one Virtual I/O Server has to be defined as "Mover
Service Partition"
Check/set this in the "General" tab of the Partiton Properties of the VIO servers:

VIOS 1:

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[X] Mover Service Partition

VIOS2:
[ ] Mover Service Partition

Start the Migration

The LPM task has to be initiated from the target system. It can be done via the HMC GUI or
via the HMC commandline.

a) using the wizard on the HMC GUI

select LPAR you want to move

select Operations -> Mobility -> Migrate
the migration wizard starts:
Migration Information -> Next
Profile Name -> Next
Remote HMC -> Next if the target system is accessible from the same HMC
Destination -> select target system -> Next
Mover Service Partition -> Next
VLAN Configuration -> Next
Shared Processor Pools -> Next
Wait Time -> Next
Summary -> Finish
Note: Using this method a validation will be automatically performed before the
migration actually starts.

b) using the HMC commandline

hscroot@hmc> migrlpar -o v -m <Source System> -t <Dest System>

-p <LPAR> -i "source_msp_name=<Source VIOS>,dest_msp_name=<Dest
VIOS> -w 3 -d 5 -v -u hscroot"
-- <Source System> is the managed system the LPAR currently resides on
-- <Dest System> is the managed system the LPAR is to be moved to
-- <LPAR> is the name of the LPAR on the HMC
-- <Source VIOS> is the name of the Mover Service Partiton (VIOS 1) on the source
system
-- <Dest VIOS> is the name of the Mover Service Partiton (VIOS 1) on the destination
system
Example:
hscroot@hmc> migrlpar -o m -m pserver1 -t pserver2 -p mylpar1
-i "source_msp_name=pserver1vios1,dest_msp_name=pserver2vios1
-w 3 -d 5 -v -u hscroot"
Tip: You can validate the migration first using the "-o v" option instead of "-o m":
hscroot@hmc> migrlpar -o v -m pserver1 -t pserver2 -p mylpar1
-i "source_msp_name=pserver1vios1,dest_msp_name=pserver2vios1
-w 3 -d 5 -v -u hscroot"

A. Related Information

Live Partition Mobility on HMC-managed systems

Redbook: IBM PowerVM Live Partition Mobility
Basic understanding and troubleshooting of LPM

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