Complete the tasks to prepare the mobile partition for partition mobility.
There are several tasks that you must complete to prepare the mobile partition for partition mobility. Use this information to understand what you need to do to ensure that your migration is successful.
To prepare the mobile partition for partition mobility, complete the following tasks.
| Mobile partition planning tasks | Active mobility task | Inactive mobility task |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Ensure that the operating system meets the requirements
for partition mobility. See Operating system requirements for
information. Note: The mobile partition cannot be a Virtual I/O Server partition
or an i5/OS logical partition.
|
X | X |
| 2. Ensure that Resource Monitoring and Control (RMC) connections are established with the mobile partition, the source and destination Virtual I/O Servers, and the source and destination Mover Service Partitions. See Verifying a Resource Monitoring and Control connections for the mobile partition for instructions. | X | |
| 3. Ensure that the mobile partition is not enabled for redundant error path reporting. See Disabling the mobile partition for redundant error path reporting for instructions. | X | X |
| 4. Other than for virtual terminal connections, ensure that the mobile partition is not using a virtual serial adapter. See Disabling virtual serial adapters for the mobile partition for instructions. | X | X |
| 5. Ensure that the mobile partition is not part of a partition workload group. See Removing the mobile partition from a partition workload group for instructions. | X | X |
| 6. Ensure that the mobile partition is not using Barrier Synchronization Register (BSR) arrays. See Disabling BSR for the mobile partition for instructions. | X | |
| 7. Ensure that the mobile partition is not using huge pages. See Disabling huge pages for the mobile partition for instructions. | X | |
| 8. Ensure that the mobile partition does not have physical or dedicated I/O adapters and devices. See Removing dedicated I/O from the mobile partition for instructions. | X | |
| 9. (Optional) Determine the name of the logical partition profile for the mobile partition on the destination server. | X | X |
| 10. Ensure that the applications running in the mobile partition are mobility-safe or mobility-aware. | X | |
11. If you changed any partition profile attributes,
you need to shutdown and activate the new profile in order for the new values
to take effect. Use the following tasks, to complete these steps.
|
X | X |