Using Trial Capacity on Demand

You must use the Hardware Management Console (HMC) to manage your Trial Capacity on Demand (CoD) activations.

Most Capacity on Demand (CoD) tasks on the HMC require the HMC Super Administrator user role.

Activating Trial Capacity on Demand
You can activate your inactive processor cores or memory for a trial period by obtaining and entering a trial processor code or a trial memory code.
Stopping Trial Capacity on Demand
Trial Capacity on Demand (CoD) ends when the trial period is over and the resources have been reclaimed by the server. You must return the resources before the trial period has ended.
Returning Capacity on Demand resources
To return Trial Capacity on Demand (CoD) processor cores or memory, you must remove the processor cores or memory from the logical partitions to which they are assigned, thus making them available to be reclaimed by the server.
Entering a Capacity Upgrade on Demand activation while running Trial Capacity on Demand
To manage the permanent activation of resources while running under a Trial Capacity on Demand (CoD) activation, you select your option based on the number of resources that you would like to activate.
Viewing settings for Trial Capacity on Demand resources
You can use the Hardware Management Console (HMC) to view Trial Capacity on Demand (CoD) settings.

Parent topic: Trial Capacity on Demand

Last updated: Wed, September 27, 2017