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66 PowerVM Migration from Physical to Virtual Storage
Figure 3-8 provides an overview of this process.
Figure 3-8 alt_disk_copy using SAN disk
The steps for the migration follow.
On the standalone server
The first part of the method requires a SAN disk and then use of the AIX
alt_disk_copy command to clone the root volume group:
1. First obtain the size of the root volume group - this can be done using the AIX
lsvg command:
# lsvg rootvg
VOLUME GROUP: rootvg VG IDENTIFIER:
000fe4010000d9000000012478906561
VG STATE: active PP SIZE: 256 megabyte(s)
P6 550
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