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Figure 8-11 Shared logical partitions upgrade example
There are two activated logical partitions: LP1, having seven shared (SHR) logical CPs and
two reserved CPs defined, and LP2, having only two shared (SHR) logical CPs defined. Note
that the number of reserved CPs for a logical partition can be higher than the number of
installed PUs. This allows nondisruptive image upgrades even when new books are installed.
This example shows an upgrade to the 2084-B16 software model 309, achieved by adding
concurrently, one more book and LIC-CC, enabling two more CPs to the physical
configuration. Seven spare PUs are available for future processor upgrades. The physical
upgrade ends here.
At this point, before any other configuration changes are made, the images with shared
logical CPs running on this server can experience performance improvements. As there is
now more available capacity (physical processors) to be used by all logical shared CPs, the
“logical-to-physical processors ratio” is reduced. In this example, before the upgrade, there
were nine shared logical CPs to be dispatched into seven physical CPs. If all nine logical CPs
have tasks to run, two of them have to wait. After the physical upgrade, up to nine logical CPs
can run at the same time.
Now let us see the logical upgrades. Since there is no activated partition with dedicated CP,
any partition can have up to nine activated logical CPs.
Partition LP1 has two reserved CPs defined and, if the operating system running on it has the
capability of configuring processors online, this partition can be nondisruptively upgraded to
nine CPs, as shown in this example.
Partition LP2 has no reserved CPs, so it cannot be nondisruptively upgraded. If any upgrade
for this partition is required, it will require deactivation to configure more CPs.
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