[IBM z/VM] 'chmem -e' command gets fail with "Operation not permitted"

Solution Verified - Updated -

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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