setting the type for a existing partition using the hex notation 0x82 deletes
the partition on s390x. setting the type using decimal notaion works

s390p21:~ # parted -m -s /dev/mapper/3600c0ff0002612a8b50de45c01000000 print
BYT;
/dev/mapper/3600c0ff0002612a8b50de45c01000000:550GB:dm:512:512:msdos:Linux
device-mapper (multipath):;
s390p21:~ # parted -a cyl -m -s /dev/mapper/3600c0ff0002612a8b50de45c01000000
unit cyl mkpart primary 2048s 3500
s390p21:~ # parted -m -s /dev/mapper/3600c0ff0002612a8b50de45c01000000 print
BYT;
/dev/mapper/3600c0ff0002612a8b50de45c01000000:550GB:dm:512:512:msdos:Linux
device-mapper (multipath):;
1:1049kB:28.8GB:28.8GB:::type=83;
s390p21:~ # parted -a cyl -m -s /dev/mapper/3600c0ff0002612a8b50de45c01000000
unit cyl set 1 type 0x83
s390p21:~ # parted -m -s /dev/mapper/3600c0ff0002612a8b50de45c01000000 print
BYT;
/dev/mapper/3600c0ff0002612a8b50de45c01000000:550GB:dm:512:512:msdos:Linux
device-mapper (multipath):;
s390p21:~ # parted -a cyl -m -s /dev/mapper/3600c0ff0002612a8b50de45c01000000
unit cyl mkpart primary 2048s 3500
s390p21:~ # parted -m -s /dev/mapper/3600c0ff0002612a8b50de45c01000000 print
BYT;
/dev/mapper/3600c0ff0002612a8b50de45c01000000:550GB:dm:512:512:msdos:Linux
device-mapper (multipath):;
1:1049kB:28.8GB:28.8GB:::type=83;
s390p21:~ # parted -a cyl -m -s /dev/mapper/3600c0ff0002612a8b50de45c01000000
unit cyl set 1 type 131
s390p21:~ # parted -m -s /dev/mapper/3600c0ff0002612a8b50de45c01000000 print
BYT;
/dev/mapper/3600c0ff0002612a8b50de45c01000000:550GB:dm:512:512:msdos:Linux
device-mapper (multipath):;
1:1049kB:28.8GB:28.8GB:::type=83;
s390p21:~ # parted -a cyl -m -s /dev/mapper/3600c0ff0002612a8b50de45c01000000
unit cyl set 1 type 130
s390p21:~ # parted -m -s /dev/mapper/3600c0ff0002612a8b50de45c01000000 print
BYT;
/dev/mapper/3600c0ff0002612a8b50de45c01000000:550GB:dm:512:512:msdos:Linux
device-mapper (multipath):;
1:1049kB:28.8GB:28.8GB:::type=82;