Before a CPU pool can be worked with, it must be created in VM2000. The standard CPU pool is created by VM2000 when the VM2000 is started up. Further CPU pools are created by the VM2000 administrator using /CREATE-VM-CPU-POOL. When a CPU pool is created it is given a name.
The maximum number of CPU pools may not exceed the number of the Server Unit’s real CPUs or the maximum possible number of virtual machines. The number of VMs depends on the architecture of the Server Unit, see "CREATE-VM (Initialize a VM)".
The maximum number of VMs and the maximum number of CPU pools are also displayed using /SHOW-VM-RESOURCES INFORMATION=*CONFIGURATION.
Name of the CPU pool
The name of a CPU pool can be freely selected. It must identify the CPU pool unambiguously. /CREATE-VM-CPU-POOL is rejected if a specified CPU pool name has already been assigned.
Recommendations for defining and using the names of CPU pools
The name of a CPU pool should be unique within a VM2000 installation (data center organization) and indicate the purpose of the CPU pool.
The name ranges for VMs, VM groups and CPU pools should be disjunctive.
 | On SU x86, the characters #, $ and @ should not be used in the CPU pool name when a CPU pool is created. |