VM mobility: moved virtual cores not counted twice
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- Kind
- Mobility
- Statement
- IBM Sub-Capacity FAQ: virtual cores in a VM moved by a mobility event (for example Power Live Partition Mobility or vMotion) are not counted more than once; the same VM may not run on two servers simultaneously.
- Applies when
- Live migration of a VM or LPAR between servers.
- Applies to
- Sub-capacity PVU, VPC and RVU MAPC deployments. Effective date: not stated on the cited IBM page (undated web page); retrieved 2026-09-26.
- Aliases
- vMotion; Live Partition Mobility
- Related programs