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Georgia IBM POWER User Group January 21, 2016

Bob Foster ([email protected]) Senior Technical Staff Member Lab-Services


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Agenda

Implementing Live Partition Mobility(LPM) - all the basics plus great websites to

use to get you all prepared

Using Simplified Remote Restart (SRR) – simple to implement iff LPM is working

LPM and RR Automation Tool – great tool to use for LPM and SRR.

Demo the LPM and RR Automation tool

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Where to find Live Partition Mobility Information

What’s New in LPM – updated each release of firmware

Find the latest feature here – even before Redbook is updated https://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/HW4P4/p8hc3/p8hc3_whatsnew.htm

IBM PowerVM Live Partition Mobility Redbook

http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg247460.html • rt/knowledgecenter/POWER8/p8hc3/p8hc3_whatsnew.htm?cp=POWER8%2F1-8-1-

3-7-0

•IBM PowerVM Live Partition Mobility Redbook

• http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg247460.html


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Live Partition Mobility

Rebalance processing

power across servers when

and where you need it

Reduce planned downtime by

moving workloads to another server

during system maintenance

Movement to a

different server

with no loss of

service

Virtualized SAN and Network InfrastructureVirtualized SAN and Network Infrastructure

Move a running partition from one

POWER6/POWER7/POWER8 server to another with no

application downtime


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M Once enough memory

pages have been moved, suspend the

source system

Create shell partition on target system

Validate environment for appropriate

resources

System #2 System #1

Storage Subsystem

A

HMC

Hypervisor

VIOS

A

vscsi0

vtscsi0

vhost0

fcs0

en2 (if)

VLAN

ent2 SEA

ent0

ent1

en0 (if)

ent1

Hypervisor

VIOS fcs0

en2 (if)

VLAN

ent2 SEA

ent0

ent1

A

vscsi0

en0 (if)

ent1

vtscsi0

vhost0

Mover Service

VASI

Mover Service

VASI

Shell Partition Suspended Partition AIX Client 1 AIX Client 1 Finish the migration

and remove the original LPAR

definitions

Start migrating memory pages

Create virtual SCSI devices M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M


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From “What’s New” website - Firmware support matrix for partition mobility

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Managed System (host) Requirements


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PowerVMTM Editions

Express Standard Enterprise

Maximum LPARs 1+2 / Server 10 / Core 10 / Core

Management IVM IVM, HMC IVM, HMC

Virtual I/O Server

Shared Dedicated Capacity

NPIV

Multiple Shared Processor Pools

Active Memory Sharing



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PowerVM Enterprise Edition

Managed System (host) - Properties


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Live Partition Capability Status - HMC


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From “What’s New website” – Concurrent Migrations

Restrictions: Firmware levels 7.2 and 7.3 are restricted to eight concurrent migrations. With a 1 GB network adapter, up to four concurrent migrations are supported. From VIOS Version 2.2.2.0 or later, you must have a 10 GB network adapter to support eight concurrent migrations. From VIOS Version 2.2.2.0, or later, you must have more than one pair of VIOS partitions to support more than eight concurrent mobility operations. The Suspend/Resume feature for logical partitions is not supported on POWER8™ processor-based servers. Systems that are managed by the Integrated Virtualization Manager (IVM) support up to 8 concurrent migrations. To support the migration of up to 16 active or suspended mobile partitions from the source server to a single or multiple destination servers, the source server must have at least two VIOS partitions that are configured as mover service partitions. Each mover service partition must support up to 8 concurrent partition migration operations. If all 16 partitions are to be migrated to the same destination server, then the destination server must have at least two mover service partitions configured, and each mover service partition must support up to 8 concurrent partition migration operations.

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Logical Memory Block (LMB) Size

ent0 fcs0 ent0

ent1

virt

ent2

SEA

en2

if

ent2

SEA

ent1

virt

System #2

(Destination System)

Storage Area Network

Ethernet Network

Shared Disk

(Storage Device)

POWER

Hypervisor

Vir

tua

l I/

O S

erv

er

HMC

AIX Client Partition 1

LUN

AIX Client Partition 1

(Mobile Partition)

POWER

Hypervisor

System #1

(Source System)

en2

if

Physical

Volume LUN

fcs0

vtscsi0

vhost0 Virtu

al I/O

Serv

er

hdiskX

Two (2) – POWER6/7 Servers

LMB size LMB size


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Logical Memory Block (Memory Region Size)

Managed System - Properties

MUST match on Source / Destination Power Servers


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Virtual I/O Server (VIOS) Requirements


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Mover Service Partition (MSP)

Any VIOS can be a MSP….you just need to set the MSP bit

on that VIOS and it’s a dynamic change

Required for ACTIVE Partition Mobility only

Provides VIO Server functions:

– Asynchronously extracts, transports, installs partition

state during migrations

MSP must contain a single VASI virtual device

– Virtual asynchronous services interface (VASI)

– Provides communication between Hypervisors to gain

access to partition state


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VIOS – MSP Flag set “ON” (Active Migration)

Source Server Destination Server


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Live Partition Mobility (LPM) - Networking

SEA

POWER7 – Server-B POWER7 – Server-A

ENT0

Same SUBNET on Source and Destination

SEA SEA SEA

Ethernet

Controller

ENT1


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Virtual Machine (LPAR) Requirements


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Processor Architecture Compatibility

Virtual Machine – Manage Profile

Mode Supported by Destination Host


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Virtual Client I/O & Services

No Physical I/O Virtual Machine Services


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Virtual Client – Networking

Destination host must support Client VLAN

Virtual Ethernet Supported VLAN


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NPIV Provisioned Storage

Each WWPN pair Must be zoned to same LUN


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Live Partition Mobility (LPM) - NPIV

npiv


FCS0 FCS1

World Wide Port Names Float between Servers

NPIV Capable adapter required on Destination Multi-Pathing Software

npiv npiv npiv


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LPM


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Live Partition Mobility (LPM) - VSCSI


No_Reserve No_Reserve No_Reserve No_Reserve

Repeat Process for every Possible Destination MPIO


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Virtual Client – Memory Restrictions

Inactive Mobility ONLY


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Virtual Client – Shared Processor Pool

SPP configuration not required on Destination host


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Processor & Memory Availability

Destination host must have processor / memory Resources


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Live Partition Mobility - Migration


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Virtual WWPN on source server before LPM


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Virtual WWPN on source server before LPM


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Initiating Live Partition Mobility

Migration Activities

Migrate

Validate

Recover


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Live Partition Mobility - Validation


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Live Partition Mobility - Validation

Possible Results

Errors – need to fix

Warnings – can

ignore

Migration Screen


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Live Partition Mobility - Migrate


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Live Partition Mobility - Migrating


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Live Partition Mobility – Migration Completed


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Virtual WWPN on destination server after LPM


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Virtual WWPN on destination server after LPM


IBM Power Systems FLRT Tool – LPM Report

http://www-304.ibm.com/support/customercare/flrt/


IBM Power Systems FLRT LPM Results


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VIOS Tuning and General Code Level Recommendations for LPM

LPM performance tuning information in IBM Knowledge Center

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/POWER8/p8hc3/p8hc3_viostune_lpmperf.htm?cp=POWER8%2F1-7-1-3-7-1-1-2-3

General VIOS tuning

The following recommendations assume that the VIOS has already been tuned for good virtual I/O performance by implementing changes suggested by the VIOS Advisor: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en#!/wiki/Power%20Systems/page/VIOS%20Advisor

CPU

For more consistent performance, disable Power Saver mode to ensure that the processor clock frequency remains constant at the nominal value.

CPU resources recommended for optimum LPM performance are in addition to the resources already assigned to the VIOS to handle existing virtual I/O requirements

If using 1GigE, or if the bandwidth of the 10GigE link(s) to be used for LPM already reaches peaks of near 100% utilization, only 1 additional POWER7/POWER7+ /POWER8 core or vCPU is recommended, regardless of the number of concurrent migrations

If using shared processors for the VIOS and increasing the number of vCPUs is required, note that the corresponding amount of additional compute capacity must be available in the shared pool

Use Case POWER7 POWER7+ POWER8

Dedicated cores or

Shared Processor vCPUs

Dedicated cores or


Dedicated cores or


Up to max concurrent migrations on 10GigE 4 3 2

1GigE, or other applications on 10GigE link(s) for LPM already consume near 100% bandwidth

1 1 1

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http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/POWER8/p8hc3/p8hc3_viostune_lpmperf.htm?cp=POWER8/1-7-1-3-7-1-1-2-3



















https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en


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VIOS Tuning and General Code Level Recommendations for LPM (continued)

Memory

No additional memory is required for doing LPM operations beyond what is already recommended for VIOS in general

Network

Although LPM operations can run over an SEA, for best performance use a dedicated physical adapter

To avoid conflicts over network bandwidth usage between applications and LPM operations, consider using separate network links for applications and system management

Enable large send and large receive offload (LRO) at all interfaces, e.g., physical devices and SEA

NOTE: Large send and LRO should not be enabled on SEA if using Linux LPARs

Set tcp_sendspace=524288 and tcp_recvspace=524288

Use jumbo frames, if environment supports it

Miscellaneous

If at VIOS level 2.2.3.4 or above, and not using Secure LPM, set the auto_tunnel attribute as follows in order to avoid overhead in checking for IPsec tunnel setup: chdev –l vioslpm0 –a auto_tunnel =0

Set the value for max_virtual_slots for the VIOS partitions to 4000 or less, unless a higher number is required to support a large number of virtual devices

Code levels

Recommended code levels for doing LPM operations to POWER8 systems are listed here: http://www.ibm.com/support/customercare/flrt/

Refer to Fix Central for the latest firmware level recommended for your system:

https://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/

LPM environment setup and preparation checklists, including PowerHA

Setup checklist: http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/tips1184.html?Open&cm_sp=MTE29888

Preparation checklist: http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/tips1185.html?Open&cm_sp=MTE29889

PowerHA environments:

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSPHQG_7.1.0/com.ibm.powerha.admngd/ha_admin_live_partition.htm

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http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/tips1184.html?Open&cm_sp=MTE29888

http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/tips1185.html?Open&cm_sp=MTE29889





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Oracle

http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-

bin/ssialias?infotype=PM&subtype=SP&htmlfid=ORS03012USEN#loaded

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/virtualizationmatrix-172995.html

http://www-03.ibm.com/support/techdocs/atsmastr.nsf/WebIndex/WP102094

DB2

http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks/pdfs/sg247805.pdf

PowerHA

http://www-

01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSPHQG_7.1.0/com.ibm.powerha.admngd/ha_admin_live_partition.ht

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Websphere Cloudburst


Cognos


SAP


LPM Websites for Software Vendors

http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?infotype=PM&subtype=SP&htmlfid=ORS03012USEN




















IBM Power Systems PowerHA Recommendations

http://www-

01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSPHQG_7.1.0/com.ibm.powerha.admngd/ha

_admin_live_partition.htm


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LPM Considerations

Show Stoppers (configurations that do not support LPM) Different Logical Memory Block sizes on source/target systems Different Processor Compatibility Modes on source/target systems (p6, p5+, p5)

Non-virtual resources these include physical adapters logical ports from IVE non-default virtual serial adapters virtual adapters mapped to non-shared resources (CD-ROM, internal disks, etc.)

Large Factors affecting speed of migration Amount of memory in the LPAR being moved Network bandwidth and speed between source and destination Mover Service Partitions (MSP) Amount of paging space being used on LPAR being moved Amount of memory pages being changed on LPAR

Smaller Factors affecting speed of migration Maximum memory value for partition being moved (increased max showed increase time for move) Amount of free memory in the target MSP

Application license considerations DB2 support for LPM http://public.dhe.ibm.com/partnerworld/pub/whitepaper/1a67a.pdf http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/db2luw/v9r5/topic/com.ibm.db2.luw.wn.doc/doc/c0053410.html

Oracle 10gR2, 11gR1 and 11gR2 certification of LPM support http://www-03.ibm.com/support/techdocs/atsmastr.nsf/WebIndex/FLASH10686


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WHEW….are we done yet…..Uncle Julio’s time

Nope…time to look at Simplified Remote Restart and the LPM and Remote

Restart Automation tool.

THIS STUFF WILL BE MUCH EASIER….I promise…

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What is Remote/Restart

High Availability function on POWER VM Enterprise Edition

A mechanism to relocate and restart a partition on another server when its

original host server (PHYP) fails. Live Partition Mobility (either active or inactive)

isn’t a possible solution as the VIOS and Hypervisor are no longer running.

The partition is created similar to a LPM-capable partition such that all its I/O

requirements (SAN and LAN) are done with the Virtual I/O Server (VIOS).

The partition is also marked as “remote restartable” on the HMC GUI.

Currently the only way to do R/R on the HMC is via the HMC Command Line

Interface (CLI)


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Types of Remote/Restart

There are 2 types of Remote/Restart (R/R)

Partition Simplified Remote Restart- enabled in Power8 on 820

Firmware and HMC V8R8.1….WE LOVE THIS This removed the need for a Reserved Storage Device so much easier to

configure and allowed to change a partition to/from remote restartable

Partition Remote Restart – DON’T USE THIS VERSION….this is here for

hysterical purposes

This was more complicated to configure as it required a Reserved Storage Device (in

the SAN) to be configured in the VIOS so that LPAR information could be saved there.

This Reserved Device has to be accessible by the VIOS on the other servers where a

partition might be remote restarted on.

This Reserved Device also had to be the size of the partitions maximum memory

setting. So if you had a 40 Gbyte partition but its maximum memory setting in the

HMC’s profile was 80 Gbytes, the Reserved Device needed to be a LUN with 80

Gbytes.

One Reserved Device was needed for each partition that was enabled a remote

restarable


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Partition Simplified Remote Restart (820 release)

Note: Partition should contain virtual IO only, similar to LPM restrictions


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Platform Requirements

Partition Simplified Remote Restart minimum requirements – LOVE IT • PowerVM Enterprise Edition

• HMC Version V8R8.2

• VIOS level of 2.2.3.4

• System Firmware Level 820

Partition Remote Restart minimum requirements – DON’T USE THIS

VERSION….this is here for hysterical purposes

• PowerVM® Enterprise Edition

• HMC Version V8R8.1

• VIOS level of 2.2.0.11

• System Firmware level 760


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Partition Simplified R/R Capability

Ignore these,

outdated

This is P8 SRR


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Partition Simplified RR LPAR Creation

This option is only shown on the Create Partition wizard If you don’t set it now, you will have to change it via

HMC CLI then reboot the LPAR


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Remote Restart Flow

Source System Destination System

PHYP failed Operating

“FSP still running”

(Source System state is “Error” or “Error – Dump In Progress” or “Power Off”)

User initiates remote restart (rrstartlpar –o restart)

HMC performs validation on target server

Do remote restart on the target- create LPAR, do VIOS mappings, activate LPAR

Mark the LPAR on source system as remote restarted (it can no longer be activated on source)

User initiates cleanup, after source system state is back to Operating (rrstlartlpar –o cleanup)

Step 1 – HMC removes the LPAR on the source server

HMC(s)


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My suggestion for any P8 or future P8 customers!

Power8’s Simplified Remote Restart is SIGNIFICANTLY easier

to use (just set a bit on the LPAR) and you need to ADOPT this

immediately.

Constraint –

An SRR partition cannot be LPM’d to a Power7. So if you plan on running in P7

processor mode and LPMing back and forth between P7 and P8…you can’t use

this.

Otherwise, you should use this on all P8s at FW820 and above!

Here is the HMC command line to set this –

chsyscfg -r lpar -m managed-system -i "name=partition

name, simplified_remote_restart_capable=1”


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Can we go now Bob….

No! Almost there.

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Agenda

Very Quick overview of Live Partition Mobility for Power Systems Learn the capabilities of the PowerVM LPM Automation Tool

– How to evacuate an entire server with LPM to one or to many servers – Moving a subset of partitions with LPM to one or many servers – Controlling how partitions are moved and determining configuration settings – Returning partitions to their original server and maintaining original server

configurations – Creating plans in advance of LPM operations and deploying those plans during a

service window – Ability to change plans outside of the tool and reading in the changed plans – How to configure the tool and users for your environment

Learn the new features/enhancements of Version 3.0.1 More concurrency during LPM Ability to specify NPIV slots and mappings via Excel Plans New

Feature Much faster Export of plans Revalidate enhancements

Enhancement LPM Validation Exporting of results

Support Remote Restart on both Power 7 and Power 8


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Current use of LPM – Customers are using LPM more and more as part of their daily tasks

(workload balancing) and planned maintenance procedures

– The HMC GUI only allows a single partition to be selected at at time

– Some customers are writing scripts to move many partitions at a time

– Imagine having to move 100 partitions from a server (esp using the GUI)

Automated use of LPM – This tool was developed to allow a customer to quickly evacuate an entire

server using LPM (or a subset of partitions) to other servers

– It can also return the partitions back to the original server with the

original mappings (HBA/virtual slot id)

– You can build a plan(s) in advance and execute the plans during

maintenance windows

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Tool History and Feedback

• This tool was released in 4Q2014. Over 80 WorldWide customers have

already adopted it.

• One our original customers has done more than 3000 LPMs with the tool. They

constantly balance WL and do firmware updates/VIOS updates and using GUI or

writing CLI for took hours each night….now its 20 minutes and let the tool do the

rest of the work.

• Another customer adopted the tool and commented “This tool is too easy to

use”….not sure if that was a compliment or a disappointment

• One customer has nicknamed us the “google guy”, IBM just came in and

customer downloaded it and installed it in minutes and the tool just worked! We

normally see the IBM person there for many days getting some new

technology/tool up and running


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Home Screen

This icon gets you to this screen


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LPM Away – Choose servers

One click will select all the

partitions or select/deselect

individual partitions Can choose one or many

destination servers



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LPM Away – Validate Complete

Notice how each partition was validated to both possible

destination servers.

Revalidate Errors only

Save results to XLS


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LPM Away – Placement

Change dest server

As dest server is

changed, the

Remaining values

change


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LPM Away – MSP and Shared Proc Pool

APPLY will only change this one

partition’s LPM, APPLY TO ALL will

use these value for all partitions (MSP

only)


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Ability to change partition LPM order

Click and drag a partition name up or down. 1 goes first, then 2, etc


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LPM Away – migration in progress

The STOP Action is problematic…only use if really necessary


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LPM Return – return partitions back to original server

This screen will show servers with partitions that haven’t

been returned to their source server. If the partitions were

moved to multiple servers, this operation will bring them back

from all the servers.

If multiple plans were used to move partitions off of this

server, you have 2 options. Let the tool bring all the

partitions back at once or you can import the plans one by

one to restore the server.

When moving the partitions back to the original managed system, the tool will restore the virtual adapter

numbers and shared proc pools and HBA mappings that were originally being used before the managed system

was evacuated


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LPM Return – choose which partitions you want to return

You don’t have to return all partitions at once. Default is ALL partitions.

In fact, you don’t ever have to return them as in the case of a permanent migration.,

just delete them with the Delete button

Don’t return

this LPAR

ever


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LPM Return Validate Panel


Save results to XLS


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LPM Return – Options screen

Same functionality as LPM Away – MSP/Shared Proc Pool/LPM Order


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Exporting/Importing Plans

The tool is designed so that a customer can create plans, MODIFY

them outside of the tool, and import those changed plans into the tool.

The plan is an Excel spreadsheet where many of the fields can be

modified and imported back into the tool.

The plan includes both the LPM Away functionality and the LPM

Return functionality on a different worksheet.

You can import plans on either the LPM Away GUI or the LPM Return

GUI. It will read the appropriate worksheet (“LPM Away” or “LPM

Return”) and load that into the tool.

Can now specify Destination LPAR ID and Destination VFC slot

numbers and mappings on LPM Away

Much faster Export function


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Advantages of LPM Plans

The customer can build stages of plans. For example, they want to do some moves on Monday (one set of application LPARs) and then Tuesday (another set of application LPARs), etc. They build a plan for each day and can import those plans the following week.

Since each plan can stand on its own, you can execute them in any order.

You can make many changes in the plan with Excel and then import those changes back into the tool.

The HMC Command Line (CL) that is executed for each LPM operation is shown in the plan.

– This can be useful if someone wants to extract the HMC CL and build their own scripts.

– It can also be used to perform the moves in the unlikely event the tool fails. The customer can save the plan. Then if there is a problem, can manually execute those commands on the HMC console.

When you import a plan, the LPM validation is done with the specific parameters/values you specified in the plan (i.e. slot numbers, msps, etc)


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LPM Away Excel worksheet

Yellow Columns can be changed and be imported into tool


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LPM Away command syntax

HMC Command Line syntax…could use in scripts


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LPM Return Excel worksheet

These columns can be changed


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LPM Return command syntax


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Support for Power Enterprise Pools

What are Power Enterprise Pools Mobile processor and memory activations may be re-allocated to any system within

a defined pool

– Systems with different clock speeds can coexist in the same pool

– Activation assignment and resource movement is controlled by the HMC

POWER8 systems may interoperate in the same pool with POWER7 systems

– High-end pool for POWER7+ 780, Power 795 & Power E880 systems

– Midrange pool for POWER7+ 770 systems & Power E870

Activations can be moved within a pool at any time, without contacting IBM

– No limit to the number of times activations can be moved

Movement of activations is instant, dynamic and non-disruptive

– Ideal for workload balancing and optimizing application availability

The tool can do placement based on Power Enterprise Pools and also

move the mobile CoD processors and memory as part of the LPM

operations.


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PowerVM LPM and R/R Automation Tool

Version 3.0.1 of the LPM Automation Tool will now include Remote Restart

capabilities.

A customer can now use the GUI-based tool to do the remote restart validation

process (which you would want to do way in advance of an outage to make sure

you are properly configured) and then later do the actual Remote/Restart of the

partition from a server that has an outage.

The easy to use GUI of the tool gives the user multiple options to determine a

placement plan and to modify it easily

The tool will also give the user the ability to do the “cleanup” step after the

repaired server is back online.


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Home Screen of the LPM and R/R Automation Tool



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Remote/Restart – Choose servers

One click will select all

the partitions or

select/deselect

individual partitions

Can choose one or

many destination

servers



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Remote/Restart – Validate Complete

Notice how each partition was validated to both possible

destination servers.


Save results to XLS


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Remote/Restart – Placement

Change dest server with

Drop down

As dest server is

changed, the

Remaining

values change


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Ability to change partition remote/restart order – same as LPM

Click and drag a partition name up or down. 1 goes first, then 2, etc


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Remote Restart Completed


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Delete Restart LPAR from the Failed Server (aka CLEANUP)

First try to do a Delete and if that doesn’t work, use Force Delete


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LPM and RR Automation Tool requirements

The tool can be installed on AIX and Windows and Linux platforms. It is

packaged as a zip file and contains all the code/packages needed to run.

Your HMC must be at level V7R760 or higher.

The tool only communicates to the HMCs in your environment via ssh issuing

HMC CLI commands. There is no need for agents or access to the VIOS or client

partitions. It only needs an HMC userid and its password.


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New version releasing very soon – new features

Added Scheduler so that LPMis can be performed unattended Added Quick Validate support for LPM Away plans and for LPM Return (both with and

without plans) Added support for unlimited number of Virtual Fibre Channel adapters and Virtual SCSI

adapters to Excel spreadsheet plans P8 Simplified support was enhanced to allow validation of plans while the partition is up

and running Add a new user role that does Validates only. Its like a Read-only role, it cannot do any

operations that will change the systems. History panel now includes duration of the operation and the export of the History

includes all the columns Support of HTTPS Added Percentile setting so user can control how packed a destination server is HMC password can be edited in the tool…no need to remove/add HMC There is a global variable that specifies how many CPUs and Memory you want added to

the servers when using PEP. Password encrypted enabled


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Getting support and updates

This tool is delivered as-is. You can email me for any problems/enhancements

you would like.

The goal is to fix any issues as quick as possible but depending on our

availability, it may take some time.

However, with the Excel Plans, even if the tool is broken, you should be able to

complete a maintenance window by using the HMC commands in the Excel

spreadsheet.

The tool will be loaded into Resource Link which IBM customers have access to.

Updates to the tool will be loaded into Resource Link

The customer can subscribe to updates on the web site.

The customer has unlimited use of the tool throughout their

enterprise without maintenance or license fees


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IBM Power Systems

PowerCare Program (eligible for 770/780/795/870/880)

Deal Closer Program

Direct Lab Services Statement of Work (SOW)

Business Partner Contract Attachment (CA)

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Engaging with Lab Services Options for obtaining these tools


IBM Power Systems

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