ID:19972 Parent partition "<emptied_partition>" ("<inst_name>") has one or more hierarchical children, therefore, it cannot be assigned as EMPTY. Either remove the EMPTY assignment on the partition, or remove the PARTITION assignment on all its hierarchical children.

CAUSE: You tried to assign a partition as EMPTY, but the partition has hierarchical children.

ACTION: Either remove the EMPTY assignment on the partition, or remove the PARTITION assignment on all its hierarchical children.