Automated paging device management in a shared memory partition data processing system

A shared memory partition data processing system comprising:

• one or more physical storage devices comprising a paging storage pool for holding logical memory pages external to physical memory managed by a hypervisor of the shared memory partition data processing system;
• a paging service partition coupled to the one or more physical storage devices for managing the paging storage pool, the paging service partition being a virtual input/output server (VIOS) partition of the shared memory partition data processing system, and the paging service partition comprising a configuration manager for, in part, managing the paging storage pool;
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• wherein the configuration manager responds to creation of a new logical partition within the shared memory partition data processing system by automatically defining a logical volume in the paging storage pool from block storage for use as a paging space device for the new logical partition, the automatically defining occurring absent use of a filesystem, wherein the paging space device is other than a file in a filesystem, and wherein the configuration manager automatically specifies the logical volume as the paging space device for the new logical partition and binds the paging space device to the new logical partition, wherein the logical volume is sized to accommodate a defined maximum memory size of the new logical partition.

An article of manufacture comprising:

• at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer-readable program code logic to manage a paging space device in a shared memory partition data processing system, the computer-readable program code logic when executing on a processor performing:
• managing a paging storage pool within one or more physical storage devices for holding logical memory pages external to physical memory managed by a hypervisor of the shared memory partition data processing system, the managing comprising:
• responsive to creation of a new logical partition within the shared memory partition data processing system, automatically defining a logical volume in the paging storage pool from block storage for use as said paging space device for the new logical partition, the automatically defining occurring absent use of a filesystem, wherein the said paging space device is other than a file in a filesystem;
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• automatically specifying the logical volume as the said paging space device for the new logical partition and binding the said paging space device to the new logical partition, wherein the logical volume is sized to accommodate a defined maximum memory size of the new logical partition.