Live partition mobility of managed LPARs
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Live partition mobility of managed LPARs

When LPAR is managed by VCS, set the virtual SCSI adapter with any partition and any slot on the VIO. Map the virtual SCSI adapter to the correct SCSI adapter on the managed LPAR. This step needs to be part of the initial configuration. Otherwise, reboot the VIO so that the configuration takes effect before you perform the migration.

To migrate the managed LPAR

  1. From the source managed system, back up the LPAR profile. After migration completes, the LPAR and its profiles are automatically deleted from the source.

    For VCS to manage the LPAR, the profile is required on the managed physical system of the management VCS that is part of the system list of the LPAR resource.

  2. On the destination system, rename the LPAR profile that was created during initial configuration of LPAR as a resource on all systems. LPM validation fails if it finds the profile with same LPAR name on the destination managed physical system
  3. Migrate the managed LPAR.
  4. Perform one of the following:

    • If migration succeeds, the profile on source is removed. Restore and rename the LPAR profile from the backup that was taken in step 1. Remove the renamed LPAR profile on the destination.

    • If migration fails, remove the backup profile on the source. On the destination, rename the renamed LPAR profile to original LPAR profile.

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