Relocate Workload Partition

Use this wizard to manually relocate a WPAR from one system to another. For more information, see the Manual relocation topic in the Information Center.

The following links describe the fields on each page of the interface:

Welcome

Fields

Use this page to configure the default behavior of the Relocate workload partition interface. Changes to the settings in this page will not take effect until you click Finish.
Show this Welcome page next time
Select this option if you want the Welcome page to display the next time the wizard is launched. If you do not select this option, the General page displays when the Create Workload Partition wizard is launched.

Source

Fields

Use this page to select the Workload partition to relocate.
Workload partition to relocate
Represents the WPAR that will be relocated.
Browse
Click Browse to select the WPAR to relocate from the list of WPARs that have been created or discovered.

Destination System

Fields

Use this page to select the system where the WPAR should be relocated.
Destination System
Select the system where the WPAR is going to be relocated.
Browse
Click Browse to select a system where the WPAR can be relocated. Only WPAR-capable systems are shown in the list. By default, the possible selections are limited to members of the relocation domain. However, you can select All WPAR-capable systems in the Show field of the choice page to choose from all WPAR-capable systems.

Relocation Method

Fields

Use this page to select the relocation method to be used.
Relocation method
Select Live or Static as the type of relocation method to use. Live relocation is available for both system WPARs and application WPARs but the WPARs must be checkpointable. A relocation method may be disabled and not selectable depending on the characteristics and state of the WPAR to be relocated.

Options

Fields

Use this page to specify additional options for the relocation method selected.
Shared directory
Specify the name of a directory that is accessible and shared by both systems involved in the relocation.
Ignore existing map files when creating the WPAR on the destination system
Select this option if you want to ignore map files that may already exist in the shared file system directory from a previous relocation or backup and restore activity for this WPAR.

Summary

You can view a summary of the information that you have entered or selected from the previous panels. To make a change, click Back until you reach the desired page or click one of the links shown in the progress area of the wizard. Once you have reviewed and want the desired settings click Finish to relocate the workload partition.