Note: Live Partition Mobility (LPM) requires a Hardware Management Console (HMC) and PowerVM
Enterprise Edition.
You can use LPM to evacuate a server, however, you must first plan for the servers to which each
partition will move. You can list the partitions by its destination server in the migration plan. The HMC
provides a command to move (or validate a move of) a list of partitions to a (single) destination server.
You must understand the PowerVM compatibility mode in which each workload operates. For example, a
workload running in POWER7 compatibility mode can be hosted on either a POWER7 or a POWER8
®
server, but not on a POWER6
®
server. For more information about compatibility modes, see the IBM
PowerVM Redbooks
®
publication in Table 144.
Active Memory
™
Mirroring for Hypervisor
This feature is used by the PowerVM hypervisor to mirror critical memory within the hypervisor. The
POWER8 memory subsystem is capable of mirroring sections of memory by writing to two different
memory locations. When the subsystem is unable to read data from one location, an error is detected,
and the subsystem reads the data from the alternate location. A fault, even a solid uncorrectable error in
the data, can be tolerated by using this feature.
Note: Active Memory Mirroring for Hypervisor is available on 9080-MHE, 9080-MME, 9119-MHE, and
9119-MME systems. For 8408-E8E systems, feature code (FC) EM81 must be ordered to use this feature.
For more information about Active Memory Mirroring for Hypervisor, see POWER8 RAS Whitepaper.
Table 144. LPM resources
Topic Description
Live Partition Mobility IBM Knowledge Center information for LPM.
IBM PowerVM virtualization
Introduction and Configuration
Redbook (SG24-7940)
This Redbooks publication provides an introduction to PowerVM
virtualization technologies, including LPM and PowerHA SystemMirror.
IBM PowerVM Virtualization
Managing and Monitoring
(SG24-7590)
This Redbooks publication is an extension of SG24-7940 and provides best
practices for managing and monitoring your environment of virtualized
resources.
Live Partition Mobility Setup
Checklist
When you are using Live Partition Mobility (LPM) for the first time in your
environment, use the Live Partition Mobility Setup Checklist.
Live Partition Mobility Preparation
Checklist
When you are using Live Partition Mobility (LPM) in your environment, use
the Live Partition Mobility Preparation Checklist.
DB2
®
and the Live Partition Mobility
feature of PowerVM on the IBM
System p using storage area network
(SAN) storage (IBM developerWorks
®
article)
This content describes how LPM can be applied to DB2 deployments, and
how it helps to migrate AIX and Linux partitions and hosted applications
from one physical server to another compatible physical server.
Planning for high availability by using PowerHA SystemMirror
Learn how to plan for a high availability environment by using PowerHA SystemMirror.
PowerHA SystemMirror version 7 is a high-availability solution for AIX on Power Systems that provides
High Availability (HA) and Disaster Recovery (DR) capabilities that enable robust Business Continuity
solutions with POWER8 systems. The following key solutions are included in PowerHA SystemMirror for
your HA and DR requirements:
v Deploy limited distance DR solutions through Logical Volume Mirroring (LVM).
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