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Status Not under consideration
Created by Guest
Created on Aug 10, 2018

HMC DLPAR for unneeded/unwanted vhost adapters

The HMC V9 no longer features DLPAR operations for deleting unneeded/unwanted vhosts,

Idea priority Medium
  • Guest
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    Jan 23, 2019

    This request is same/similar to RFE 119869 to add dlpar option for virtual adapters in VIOS from GUI. Marking as duplicate to track the request under 119869.

  • Guest
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    Aug 27, 2018

    Hi,
    in my case those were adapters without any backing devices.
    Someone intended to distribute the load further but never made use of it.
    Kind regards

  • Guest
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    Aug 24, 2018

    Hi,

    When you refer to unneeded/unwanted adapters, are these adapters without a backing storage or stale adapters? or an additional path to the storage?

    Thanks.