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44 PowerVM Migration from Physical to Virtual Storage

Figure 3-1 shows an overview of the process.

Figure 3-1 Migration from standalone rootvg on local disk to a logical partition

Local disks on standalone machines are not accessible to a Virtual I/O Server.

Therefore, the data on the disks comprising rootvg must be transferred to disks

accessible by the target Virtual I/O Server or the physical standalone disk must

be moved to a location that the Virtual I/O Server can access.

Note that instructions to physically move a standalone hard disk to a Virtual I/O

Server are not covered by this guide since the required instructions are hardware

specific. If you have the capability to move the standalone disk to the virtualized

system enclosure/CEC containing the target Virtual I/O Server then you can:

򐂰 Physically move the disks to the new location.

򐂰 Follow the instructions in 2.3, “Creating a virtual SCSI device” on page 18, to

map your disks to the logical partition.

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