Stopping the Provisioning Manager

Two commands are used to end Provisioning Manager processing:

The Provisioning Manager stop manager command. For more information, see page STOP MANAGER.
The MVS™ STOP command. This command is equivalent to the Provisioning Manager command stop manager mode=normal. The format of the MVS command is:
```
>>-+-STOP-+--CPOSERV-------------------------------------------><
   '-P----'
 
```

After the Provisioning Manager stop command is issued, it does not accept any further commands. While the Provisioning Manager runs, it writes status data to a restart data set, so that, when it is restarted, it continues to manage capacity from the point where it stopped. This function allows for short breaks, for example, if you need to transfer the Provisioning Manager to another system. If you expect a longer interruption to processing, end the program only when there is no additional capacity provisioned by the Provisioning Manager.

Note:

After a restart, the Provisioning Manager needs time to collect all the data required to decide on actions related to workload conditions . The minimum time required for this is the provisioning duration of all the specified and active workload conditions. Until this data is gathered, the Provisioning Manager assumes that no additional capacity is needed for workload conditions.

Capacity that has been activated by the Provisioning Manager is not automatically deactivated when the Provisioning Manager stops. If you have to deactivate additional capacity, set the Provisioning Manager to processing mode MANUAL and do it manually before you issue the stop command. To find out which additional capacity is currently active, issue the REPORT CONFIGURATION command ; see page REPORT CONFIGURATION. After the Provisioning Manager stopped, additional capacity can be deprovisioned only by using the hardware interface at the HMC.