System utilization through dedicated uncapped partitions

A computer program product comprising a computer-readable storage medium having a computer readable program recorded thereon, wherein the computer readable program, when executed on a computing device, causes the computing device to:

• determine if there is at least one virtual processor in a plurality of virtual processors in a shared resource pool that is ceded;
• responsive to existence of the at least one ceded virtual processor in the shared resource pool, determine if there is at least one dedicated logical partition configured for a hybrid mode, wherein the at least one hybrid configured dedicated logical partition has a configuration capability similar to that of a dedicated logical partition and in addition, the at least one hybrid configured dedicated logical partition is also allocated resources through shared entitlement;
• responsive to identifying the at least one hybrid configured dedicated logical partition, determine if the at least one hybrid configured dedicated logical partition requires additional virtual processor cycles;
• responsive to the at least one hybrid configured dedicated logical partition requiring additional virtual processor cycles, deallocate the at:
• least one ceded virtual processor from the plurality of virtual processors in file shared resource pool;
• and
• allocate the at least one ceded virtual processor to a surrogate resource pool for use by the at least one hybrid configured dedicated logical partition.

An apparatus, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory coupled to the processor, wherein the memory comprises instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
• determine if there is at least one virtual processor in a plurality of virtual processors in a shared resource pool that is ceded;
• responsive to existence of the at least one ceded virtual processor in the shared resource pool, determine if there is at least one dedicated logical partition configured for a hybrid mode, wherein the at least one hybrid configured dedicated logical partition has a configuration capability similar to that of a dedicated logical partition and in addition, the at least one hybrid configured dedicated logical partition is also allocated resources through shared entitlement;
• responsive to identifying the at least one hybrid configured dedicated logical partition, determine if the at least one hybrid configured dedicated logical partition requires additional virtual processor cycles;
• responsive to the at least one hybrid configured dedicated logical partition requiring additional virtual processor cycles, deallocate the at least one ceded virtual processor from the plurality of virtual processors in the shared resource pool;
• and
• allocate the at least one ceded virtual processor to a surrogate resource pool for use by the at least one hybrid configured dedicated logical partition.