Changing the Active Memory Expansion factor for AIX logical partitions

You can dynamically change the Active Memory Expansion factor for an AIX® logical partition by using the Hardware Management Console (HMC). Changing the Active Memory Expansion factor for a logical partition increases or decreases the desired degree of expanded memory capacity for the logical partition.

Before you begin

You can change the Active Memory Expansion factor for logical partitions that use dedicated memory and logical partitions that use shared memory.

About this task

For more information about changing the memory settings by using HMC Version 10.1.1020, or earlier, see Changing memory settings. For more information about changing the memory settings by using HMC Version 10.2.1030, or later, see Changing memory settings.