AIX 6 Workload Partition and Live Application Mobility

Mr. Thierry Fauck, III (thierry.fauck@fr.ibm.com), Global Engineering Solutions IT Specialist, IBM

04 Sep 2007

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Workload Partition (WPAR) is a new feature introduced with the IBM AIX® Version 6.1 operating system. It allows running applications to move between System p™ machines or System p logical partitions (LPAR). This white paper introduces WPAR concepts, gives hands-on details to show ease of use, and provides steps that correctly outline the Live Application Mobility function.

Introduction

Workload Partitions (WPARs) are a standard feature on AIX® Version 6 and the commands in the standard AIX manual pages. In addition, WPARs can work with and enhance other features like:

• Workload Partitions Manager
• High availablility
• Management tools
• AIX performance tools like Workload Manager (WLM)
• System security

For additional details on WPAR technology, please refer to Advanced Workload Management: Using Workload Partitions in AIX 6, SG24-7431 (see Resources).

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About the contributor

		After 20 years supporting HPC customers with CRAY and SGI on both the hardware and software side, Thierry joined Meiosys, a French Toulouse's startup, implementing a checkpoint and restart capability on Linux, which IBM acquired in 2005. Thierry supports (pre and post sales) the developments of the container mobility running on both AIX and Linux platforms. He is also part of the group working on the management layer for Linux. You can reach him at thierry.fauck@fr.ibm.com.

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