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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Predicate Object
instanceOf IBM Power Systems technology
virtualization feature
abbreviation LPM
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
linked to: Virtual I/O Server

source and target systems must have compatible processor generations
developedBy IBM
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
managedBy Hardware Management Console
PowerVC
migrationType intra-data-center migration
operatesOn processor state of LPAR
running LPAR memory state
virtual I/O state of LPAR
relatedTo IBM Power Systems
PowerVM
logical partition
requires PowerVM hypervisor
compatible source and target servers
network connectivity between source and target systems
shared storage configuration
virtualized I/O
runsOn IBM Power Systems
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
IBM i
Linux on Power
linked to: Ubuntu on Power
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
Power Systems servers supportsTechnology Live Partition Mobility