1. A method for managing a logical partition, the method comprising: relocating, by a partition manager in response to a predetermined condition, the logical partition from a first quantity of processing units in a primary shared processor pool to a second quantity of processing units in a secondary shared processor pool, the second quantity less than the first quantity; identifying a third quantity of processing units in the secondary shared processor pool, the third quantity of processing units reserved for a second logical partition; and allocating a portion of the third quantity of processing units to the relocated logical partition.