Time Period For Migration - Hitachi HVM Navigator V03-06 User Manual

Time period for migration

There is a difference with the time period to have an LPAR migrate between
Shutdown mode and Concurrent Maintenance mode.
Time period for Shutdown mode
It takes about 5 minutes that an LPAR migrates in Shutdown mode though the
time period varies depending on the type of guest OS running on the LPAR and
the application software operating on the guest OS.
Time period for Concurrent Maintenance mode
The time period that an LPAR migrates in Concurrent Maintenance mode is a
sum of the time periods for the following items.
•
Backing up HVM configuration and retrieving HVM dump on the source and
destination server blades
•
Saving LPAR configuration on the source and destination LPARs
•
Transferring memory data for the guest OS running on the source LPAR to
the destination LPAR
•
Suspending an LPAR during transferring the LPAR
2-8 Usage environments
HVM Navigator User's Guide - Migration