This whole conversation fans the flames of one of my pet peeves: I've mentioned to Development in the past that people need better - in SMF - descriptions of memory above the LPAR level.
This would be a piece of that jigsaw, I think. Cheers, Martin Martin Packer, zChampion, Principal Systems Investigator, Worldwide Banking Center of Excellence, IBM +44-7802-245-584 email: [email protected] Twitter / Facebook IDs: MartinPacker Blog: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/MartinPacker From: Miklos Szigetvari <[email protected]> To: [email protected], Date: 11/22/2012 03:13 PM Subject: Re: LPAR real storage size Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> Hi Thank you, nothing left just remember for this"missing" 1 Gbyte . On 22.11.2012 16:04, Jim Phoenix wrote: > Miklos, > > That "missing" 1GiB is occupied by the HSA. Since the z10 and later > machines were announced, each machine has 16GiB dedicated to HSA that > cannot be used for LPAR storage. The z9 storage requirements for HSA > were considerably larger than prior generations, which has caused some > consternation in shops that installed a z9 or z9BC system. > > On 11/22/2012 6:21 AM, Miklos Szigetvari wrote: >> Hi >> >> We are working via Web interface of the HMC, and more as 1 Gbyte was >> missing >> It is a z9 machine with 16 Gbyte >> I thought : >> CF 2 Gbyte >> 1Lpar 8 >> 2Lpar 4 >> 3Lpar 2 >> >> But for the last Lpar more as 1 Gbyte was missing . >> >> >> On 22.11.2012 14:58, R.S. wrote: >>> W dniu 2012-11-22 14:35, Miklos Szigetvari pisze: >>>> Hi >>>> >>>> Changed the LPAR real storage configuration, and got LPAR activation >>>> errors, as the assigned real storage was greater as the available. >>>> Any method or option to check this, before this activation errors ? >>> >>> Excel spreasheet? >>> IMHO it's quite easy on current machines - there is no "hidden" HSA >>> part in memory visible to te customer. >>> >>> Hint: There is an icon Storage Information - available from Support >>> Element (not from HMC). >>> >>> >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN Unless stated otherwise above: IBM United Kingdom Limited - Registered in England and Wales with number 741598. Registered office: PO Box 41, North Harbour, Portsmouth, Hampshire PO6 3AU ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
