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  • 1.  LPM & using different vSwitch on target ?

    IBM Champion
    Posted Fri November 05, 2021 08:32 AM
    Hello,

    Quick and stupid q;  Can you force LPM somehow to use different vSwitch & VLAN on destination frame compared to source?

    E.g on source VM has vSwitch Happy, VLAN ID 123; and on destination it would be Weekend, VLAN 234?
    (Actual L2 level network would remain identical (IP address, subnet, gw, mask etc))

    Or does one need to "fake" the old switch & VLAN info on destination; do offline LPM; modify VM profile to be correct & then re-activate VM.


    Br,
    tommi

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    Tommi Sihvo, Lead Service Architect
    TietoEVRY, Compute Services
    email tommi.sihvo@tieto.com mobile +358 (0)40 5180 Finland
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  • 2.  RE: LPM & using different vSwitch on target ?

    IBM Champion
    Posted Fri November 05, 2021 09:23 AM
    Hello Tommi
    yes you can switch to another vSwitch since last year....
    Vince

    Minimum Requirement:

     VIOS Version 2.2.4 ;     System Firmware Release 840 ;      HMC Release 8 Version 8.4.0



    Live Partition Mobility (LPM) To Move PVID/VLAN From One VSwitch To Another VSwitch Across Dual HMC using HMC CLI Command.
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    Live Partition Mobility (LPM) To Move PVID/VLAN From One VSwitch To Another VSwitch Across Dual HMC using HMC CLI Command.
    Determine Correct Hardware Management Console (HMC) Command On Dual HMC To Move PVID/VLAN From vSwitchA On VIO Server (Virtual I/O) Source Frame To VswitchB On VIO Server Target Frame.
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  • 3.  RE: LPM & using different vSwitch on target ?

    IBM Champion
    Posted Mon November 08, 2021 04:13 AM
    Super! Many Thanks Vincencio! :)
    Br,
    tommi

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    Tommi Sihvo, Lead Service Architect
    TietoEVRY, Compute Services
    email tommi.sihvo@tieto.com mobile +358 (0)40 5180 Finland
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  • 4.  RE: LPM & using different vSwitch on target ?

    Posted Mon November 08, 2021 03:40 AM
    Hi 

    I hope that you have a migration strategy :)

    You have HMC command to it dynamically without downtime :

    hscroot@hmcXXX:~> migrlpar -o m -m CPU-FRMXXXX -t CPU-FRMXXXY -p LPAR1 -i 'shared_proc_pool_name=shp_app,"vswitch_mappings=180/VS_P8/VS_LAN_PROD_CMN,3358/VS_P8/VS_LAN_PROD_CMN"'

    Where :
    CPU-FRMXXXX : frame source
    CPU-FRMXXXY: target frame
    shp_app: shared pool name, same on target frame
    LPAR1 : partition name
    vswitch_mappings: on frame source, my partition LPAR1 VLAN's 180/3358 configured on Vswitch VS_P8, and on target frame i changed Vswitch name to VS_LAN_PROD_CMN. no change of subnet configuration.

    About this point :
    live-partition-mobility-lpm-move-pvidvlan-one-vswitch-another-vswitch-across-dual-hmc-using-hmc-cli-command

    Hope that help you.

    Abderahim.

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  • 5.  RE: LPM & using different vSwitch on target ?

    IBM Champion
    Posted Mon November 08, 2021 04:12 AM
    Hi,

    Thanks for the reply! And sure; "Strategy is my middle name" , so no worries :D 

    Actually this would just be a POC for this kind of migrations, not doing any production stuff right away :) 
    Br,
    tommi

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    Tommi Sihvo, Lead Service Architect
    TietoEVRY, Compute Services
    email tommi.sihvo@tieto.com mobile +358 (0)40 5180 Finland
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  • 6.  RE: LPM & using different vSwitch on target ?

    IBM Champion
    Posted Thu December 02, 2021 03:01 AM
    Hi,

    One more question related to this...From CLI it is possible to give new vSwitch...but how about the VLAN ID?
    Is it possible to change VLAN ID as well, or does it need to remain the same as in source frame?

    Br,
    tommi

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    Tommi Sihvo, Lead Service Architect
    TietoEVRY, Compute Services
    email tommi.sihvo@tietoevry.com mobile +358 (0)40 5180 Finland
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