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

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Log into the source physical logical server, verify that the HPPortableImage depot is installed (install it if needed)
and set the gio_portable_image kernel parameter to 1:
kctune gio_portable_image=1
Perform a clean shutdown to save the network instances in the persistent KRS database.
From the HP Matrix OE Visualization, select the physical logical server to move and click on the ToolsLogical
Servers…Move… menu. The list of all potential targets appears with Profile Move as Operation type
(Figure 25).
Figure 25. P2P’ targets
Select the desired target, click on Move and then Confirm. The status of the different operations is displayed in the
Logical Server Job Status screen (Figure 26). The operating system in the target physical server boots as requested in
the target list screen.
Figure 26. Steps achieved during a P2P’ offline move
During boot time, the saved network instances are restored and the network configuration becomes identical to what it
was on the source physical server.