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    This document provides guidelines and instructions for performing live partition mobility (LPM) on AIX systems. It outlines prerequisites like ensuring use of virtual resources and disabling redundant error reporting. It describes defining a "Mover Service Partition" on the source and target systems and starting the migration process either through the HMC GUI wizard or command line. Related information on LPM is also listed.

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    This document provides guidelines and instructions for performing live partition mobility (LPM) on AIX systems. It outlines prerequisites like ensuring use of virtual resources and disabling redundant error reporting. It describes defining a "Mover Service Partition" on the source and target systems and starting the migration process either through the HMC GUI wizard or command line. Related information on LPM is also listed.

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    This document provides guidelines and instructions for performing live partition mobility (LPM) on AIX systems. It outlines prerequisites like ensuring use of virtual resources and disabling redundant error reporting. It describes defining a "Mover Service Partition" on the source and target systems and starting the migration process either through the HMC GUI wizard or command line. Related information on LPM is also listed.

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    unixwerk: live partition mobility http://www.unixwerk.eu/aix/lpm.

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    unixwerk > AIX > lpm June 14, 2012

    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

    (c) unixwerk Content is available under the BSD Documentation License.

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