> No, until they need the memory, you can give it to other LPARs. We haven't reconfigured the storage element offline in an active lpar for a long time, but years ago we had a need once and it did not work, because that was a CICS allocated storage and stopping it was the same as IPL.
> Alternatively you can add memory concurrently before activating the new LPARs. I don't believe there are many fans of it here. Zaromil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
