z/OS R4 going to z/OS R6 and currently we run with 16 CP's on-line INITIAL at IPL on our largest CEC and normally run with the max on our other machine except for systems programming test partitions. This is of course at IPL what happens next varies widely and often. We use IRD CPU and weight management and as workloads shift so do CP's. It has largely gotten us out of the LPAR CP allocation business and more focused on tuning the WLM Policy.
Best Regards, Sam Knutson, GEICO Performance and Availability Management mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (office) 301.986.3574 "Think big, act bold, start simple, grow fast..." -----Original Message----- > > How many people are running max number of processors in a LPAR? > > -Rob. <> ==================== This email/fax message is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution of this email/fax is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please destroy all paper and electronic copies of the original message. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html