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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2008
William Joseph Armstrong, Rochester, MN (US);
Naresh Nayar, Rochester, MN (US);
Gregory Michael Nordstrom, Pine Island, MN (US);
Timothy Joseph Torzewski, Rochester, MN (US);
William Joseph Armstrong, Rochester, MN (US);
Naresh Nayar, Rochester, MN (US);
Gregory Michael Nordstrom, Pine Island, MN (US);
Timothy Joseph Torzewski, Rochester, MN (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A logically-partitioned computer, program product and method utilize a flexible and adaptable communication interface between a partition and a partition manager, which permits optimal handling of partition management operations such as state change operations and the like over a wide variety of circumstances. In particular, a partition is permitted to indicate, in connection with a request to perform a partition management operation, whether an asynchronous notification should be generated or suppressed in association with the performance of the partition management operation by a partition manager. As a result, asynchronous notifications are selectively generated in association with the performance of partition management operations based upon indications in the requests made by partitions for such operations.