How to migrate HP-UX workloads between physical and virtual servers easily

Figure 22. Steps achieved during a V2P offline move

P2V offline move

Performing a P2V offline move is very similar to a V2P migration since the same components are involved, but in a

different order. Start by making sure that the gio_portable_image kernel parameter is set to 1 (set it to 1 if

needed) in the physical system:

# kctune gio_portable_image

Tunable Value Expression Changes

gio_portable_image 1 1 Immed

Gently shutdown the system to let the HPPortableImage depot take a snapshot of the network configuration

and to avoid the abrupt power-off ordered by LSM/VMM.

Select the virtual server from the HP Matrix OE visualization and start the move by selecting

Tools Logical Servers…Move…. In the potential virtual target list (Figure 23), select one, click Move

and then Confirm.

Figure 23. Virtual P2V targets