Running Live Partition Mobility with HEA

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You can run LPM with HEA using the SMIT interface.

Review the Requirements for Live Partition Mobility with HEA topic before you attempt to use LPM with HEA.
To complete an LPM with HEA partition migration, complete the following steps:
  1. From the command prompt, enter the following SMIT fastpath: smitty migration to display the Live Partition Mobility with Host Ethernet Adapter (HEA) menu.
  2. Specify the source HMC hostname or IP address.
  3. Specify the source HMC username.
  4. Enter no if source and destination systems are managed by same HMC and go to step 5. Enter yes if the source and destination systems are managed by different HMCs and complete the following steps:
    Note: You must run the mkauthkeys command on the source HMC before you enter yes.
    1. Specify the remote HMC hostname or IP address.
    2. Specify the source HMC username.
  5. Specify the name of the source system.
  6. Specify the name of the destination system.
  7. Specify the name of the partition you want to migrate.
  8. Enter no if you want to perform the migration without validation. Enter yes if you want to perform migration validation only. If you specify yes the migration is not performed, and only the validation is performed.
    Note: You should perform partition migration validation before performing the partition migration.
  9. Verify that all fields have the correct information and press Enter to execute the migration.
    Note: You will be prompted two times to enter the password. Enter the password for the source HMC username that you previously specified in step 4b.

In this example partition X is migrating from the CEC C that is managed by HMC A to the CEC D that is managed by HMC B. Run the mkauthkeys command on HMC A for authentication between HMC A and HMC B.

For this migration process, the following values are specified in SMIT:

Source HMC Hostname or IP address: A
Source HMC username: hscroot
Migration between two HMCs: yes
	Remote HMC hostname or IP address: B
	Remote HMC username: hscroot
Source system: C
Destination system: D
Migrating Partition name: X
Migration validation only: no

Another example would be if partition X is migrating from CEC C managed by HMC A to CEC D that is also managed by HMC A.

For this migration process, the following values are specified in SMIT:

Source HMC Hostname or IP address: A
Source HMC username: hscroot
Migration between two HMCs: no
	Remote HMC hostname or IP address: 
	Remote HMC username: 
Source system: C
Destination system: D
Migrating Partition name: X
Migration validation only: no
In case of migration failure, follow the procedure to perform Live Partition Mobility from the source HMC.