On Fri, 18 Jan 2008 16:25:55 -0800, Skip Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

>I'm anxious for more posts on this topic. We don't yet have a z9, but I
>thought that one of the selling points was being able to define 'dummy'
>LPARs in advance, then make them 'real' as needed by 'renaming' and
>assigning memory, CPs, and I/O connections, all without a POR.
>
>Am I missing something in the z9 or in the original question?
>
>.

It's available with a z990 and z/OS 1.6 or above.  But you have to plan.
It involves defining an LPAR with a name of "*" as a placeholder.

See "Defining reserved partitions" in the HCD manual(s).  

No, I haven't done it yet.

Mark
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