Transferring an operating image into a multi-tenant environment

A computer system for transferring a partition function, the computer system comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• at least one processor in communication with the memory, wherein the computer system is configured to perform a method, the method comprising:
• separating physical and logical I/O configuration settings of a partition image on a source system;
• moving logical I/O configuration settings from the source system to a remote multi-tenant target environment comprising a plurality of target systems;
• selecting a dedicated target system of the remote multi-tenant target environment;
• adding physical information about hardware and connections of the dedicated target system to the logical I/O configuration settings;
• activating the logical I/O configuration settings combined with the physical information in the dedicated target system;
• and
• starting an operating system with the activated logical I/O configuration settings, wherein the partition function is transferred.

A computer program product for transferring a partition function, the computer program product comprising:

• one or more computer readable storage media and program instructions collectively stored on the one or more computer readable storage media to perform a method comprising:
• separating physical and logical I/O configuration settings of a partition image on a source system;
• moving logical I/O configuration settings from the source system to a remote multi-tenant target environment comprising a plurality of target systems;
• selecting a dedicated target system of the remote multi-tenant target environment;
• adding physical information about hardware and connections of the dedicated target system to the logical I/O configuration settings;
• activating the logical I/O configuration settings combined with the physical information in the dedicated target system;
• and
• starting an operating system with the activated logical I/O configuration settings, wherein the partition function is transferred.