[IBM z/VM] 'chmem -e' command gets fail with "Operation not permitted"
Issue
chmem
command fails to enable the standby memory in z/VM.- It gets fail with
write error: Operation not permitted
# chmem -e 0x00000002f0000000-0x00000002ffffffff
chmem: Memory Block 47 (0x00000002f0000000-0x00000002ffffffff) enable failed: Operation not permitted
# # echo 1 > /sys/devices/system/memory/memory44/online
-bash: echo: write error: Operation not permitted
# strace output
write(3, "online_movable", 14) = -1 EPERM (Operation not permitted)
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux
- IBM z/VM / s390x
- Standby Memory
- IBM Cloud Infrastructure Center
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