Determining available processors on the destination server

This procedure provides step-by-step instructions that explain how to determine the available processors on the destination server and allocate more processors if necessary.

Before you begin
To determine the available processors on the destination server and allocate more processors if necessary, you must be a super administrator.
About this task
To determine the available processors on the destination server using the HMC, complete the following steps:
  1. Determine how many processors the mobile partition requires:
    1. In the navigation area, open Systems Management and select Servers.
    2. Select the managed server of your choice in the navigation area.
    3. In the contents area, select the partition of your choice
    4. Select Properties and select the Hardware tab and the Processors tab.
    5. View the Processor section and record the minimum, maximum, and assigned processor settings.
    6. Click OK
  2. Determine the processors available on the destination server:
    1. In the navigation area, open Systems Management and select Servers.
    2. Select the managed server of your choice in the navigation area.
    3. Select Properties and the Processors tab.
    4. Record the Available processors.
    5. Click OK.
  3. Compare the values from steps 1 and 2.
    • If the destination server has enough available processors to support the mobile partition, then skip the rest of this procedure and continue Preparing the source and destination servers for partition mobility.
    • If the destination server does not have enough available processors to support the mobile partition, use the HMC to dynamically remove the processors from the logical partition or you can remove processors from partitions on the destination to free up processors there.
Parent topic: Preparing the source and destination servers for partition mobility