Verifying the environment for partition mobility

This procedure provides step-by-step instructions that explain how to verify the partition mobility environment using the Hardware Management Console (HMC).

Before you begin
To verify the partition mobility environment, you must be a super administrator.
About this task
To verify the partition mobility environment using the HMC, complete the following steps:
  1. In the navigation area, open Systems Management.
  2. Select Servers.
  3. In the navigation area, select the source server.
  4. Select the mobile partition and expand Operations > Mobility > Validate. The Partition Migration Validation window is shown.
  5. In the validation panel, select the destination server and select Validate.
  6. The panel will be populated with suggested validation data.
  7. Review the available virtual SCSI and virtual LAN settings on the destination system.
  8. You may change the default settings of the Mover Service Partition (This is only valid for an active partition migration.)
  9. Click Validate to confirm that the changed settings are still acceptable for migration. If there are any errors, the error dialog panel will appear.
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