Live Partition Mobility

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Live Partition Mobility is an IBM Power Systems virtualization feature that enables running logical partitions (LPARs) to be moved between physical servers without downtime.

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instanceOf IBM Power Systems technology
virtualization feature
abbreviation LPM NERFINISHED
benefit higher hardware utilization
improved service availability
increased operational flexibility
reduced planned downtime
category enterprise IT infrastructure feature
server virtualization
constraint LPAR must use virtual rather than dedicated I/O for migration NERFINISHED
source and target systems must have compatible processor generations
developedBy IBM NERFINISHED
documentationURL https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/power-lpm
enables migration of running logical partitions
goal enable dynamic resource management
improve system availability
minimize application downtime
introducedBy IBM PowerVM virtualization suite NERFINISHED
managedBy Hardware Management Console NERFINISHED
PowerVC NERFINISHED
migrationType intra-data-center migration
operatesOn processor state of LPAR
running LPAR memory state
virtual I/O state of LPAR
relatedTo IBM Power Systems NERFINISHED
PowerVM NERFINISHED
logical partition
requires PowerVM hypervisor NERFINISHED
compatible source and target servers
network connectivity between source and target systems
shared storage configuration
virtualized I/O
runsOn IBM Power Systems NERFINISHED
supports logical partitions
supportsFeature capacity optimization
final cutover with brief pause
live migration
planned hardware maintenance without outage
pre-copy memory migration
workload balancing
zero-downtime partition movement
supportsOS AIX NERFINISHED
IBM i NERFINISHED
Linux on Power NERFINISHED
usedFor data center consolidation
load redistribution across servers
non-disruptive firmware updates
non-disruptive hardware maintenance

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IBM Power Systems supportsTechnology Live Partition Mobility