1. A computer program product for facilitating management of frames within a computing environment, said computer program product comprising: a computer readable storage medium readable by a processing circuit and storing instructions for execution by the processing circuit for performing a method comprising: based on initiating execution of an instruction issued by a pageable guest executing within the computing environment and specifying a clear operation, determining a usage intent characteristic for a guest frame to be cleared, the guest frame not resident in host memory; and performing the clear operation absent host intervention, the performing being based on the determined usage intent characteristic, and wherein the guest frame to be cleared remains not host resident.