Mirroring the Integrated Virtualization Manager management partition
To prevent potential downtime and data loss, add a second disk to the rootvg storage pool and mirror the two disks.
When you install the Virtual I/O Server, Virtual I/O Server automatically creates a storage pool called rootvg and assigns one physical volume to rootvg. The Virtual I/O Server software (including the Integrated Virtualization Manager) and any data that the Virtual I/O Server software uses initially is stored on the management partition (partition ID 1) on that physical volume. If that disk would fail, you would be unable to manage your client partitions and would suffer downtime and the loss of data. To prevent this kind of interruption to your business, you need to add a second disk to the rootvg storage pool and mirror the two disks.
Before you start, ensure you meet the following requirements:
- The Integrated Virtualization Manager is at version 1.5 or later. To update the Integrated Virtualization Manager, see Viewing and updating the code level of the Integrated Virtualization Manager management partition.
- You are the prime administrator (padmin).
To mirror the management partition, complete the following steps:
