I am assuming that you are on a z9. It is my understanding that under z10 such machinations are not needed.
Rob -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Walter Medenbach Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 5:27 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: Dummy LPAR to store excess MIPS Defined capacity capping uses a rolling 4 hour average. Usage before the cap kicks in can therefore exceed some license agreements. We have successfully use a dummy coupling facility soaker LPAR. The ICF must have dynamic dispatch set to OFF to ensure that it goes into a cpu loop. The amount of soak is controlled by capping the ICF LPAR and adjusting the weight as required. Walter Medenbach ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html