Oracle has further increased support of IBM’s Live Partition Mobility (LPM) feature by adding support for GPFS when running the RAC feature of its Database 11g Release 2 on AIX 6.1 and AIX 7.1. Please see the IBM Flash with the details of the Oracle certification for IBM’s PowerVM Live Partition Mobility running with Oracle Database 11g Release 2 and RAC with ASM.  The Flash can be found at http://w3-03.ibm.com/support/techdocs/atsmastr.nsf/WebIndex/FLASH10686  In addition, Oracle Database  and RAC 11g Release 2 (11.2.0.3 and above) with GPFS 3.4 is now certified to be used with  the IBM PowerVM Live Partition Mobility (LPM) feature on  AIX 6.1 with a minimum  service level of TL07 SP03 (6100-07-03-1207) and on AIX 7.1 with a minimum  service level of TL01 SP03 (7100-01-03-1207). 

Additional information may be found at these websites:
1.        My Oracle Support (for the Oracle Certification Matrix)⁽¹⁾ :  https://support.oracle.com/CSP/ui/flash.html  ⁽¹⁾:   A userid and password are required to access that website. This is available for Oracle  customers  and  Oracle Business Partners. After accessing that website,  please  refer  to Document id  # 282036.1 and/or  the Certification folder.
2.        PAM ( Product Availability Matrix) for Oracle Database  http://www-03.ibm.com/support/techdocs/atsmastr.nsf/WebIndex/PRS3369
3.     Oracle Technology Network Virtualization Matrix ( no login required) http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/virtualizationmatrix-172995.htm
4.    Experiences Testing Oracle RAC 11gR2 with PowerVM Live Partition Migration    http://www-03.ibm.com/support/techdocs/atsmastr.nsf/WebIndex/WP102094

Please e-mail the IBM Oracle International Competency Center at ibmoracle@us.ibm.com with any questions you may have on this topic.

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