
112 IBM PowerVM Best Practices
7.3.3 Storage considerations
The following storage area network (SAN) considerations must be checked when
you implement LPM:
When you configure a virtual Small Computer System Interface (SCSI), the
storage must be zoned to both the source and target Virtual I/O Servers. Also,
only SAN disks are supported in LPM.
When you use N-Port ID Virtualization (NPIV), confirm that both worldwide
port names (WWPNs) on the virtual Fibre Channel adapters are zoned.
Dedicated I/O adapters must be deallocated before migration. Optical devices
in the Virtual I/O Server must not be assigned to the virtual I/O clients that are ...