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GDPS GEO message to include Restore Seqno and Restore Timestamp on LCP completion

During an LCP incremental restore we need to capture the restore start time, end time, Restore Seqno, and Restore Timestamp for reporting. We can currently see the Seqno and Timestamp in GEORPT, but we need the same details in a GEO message so our...
11 days ago in GDPS Submitted

Suppress Error and Warning Messages During GDPS Validation/Test Operations

Allow Suppression of Error and Warning Messages During GDPS Validation/Test Checks When performing GDPS validation or test functions (for example, validating scripts, options, configuration changes, or policy updates), GDPS currently issues the sa...
5 days ago in GDPS Submitted

Partial restore from LCP safeguarded copy

LCP safeguarded copy creates consistent copies of group of disks. It can only restore the whole set, while it would potentially be interesting to restore only a subset of these disks.
5 months ago in GDPS Future consideration

LCP Scheduler Improvements

In the current LCP scheduler implementation, there's no way to add additional actions associated with a capture (for instance a method to enable and disable alert message rules). As it stands, additional automation needs to be in place in order to...
4 months ago in GDPS Future consideration

Parallel execution of script for stopping LPARs and IPL in abnormal location without waiting the stop of all lpars

Hello, during our site switch yearly test, customer asked us to stop multiple lpars at the same time, and as soon as one LPAR of this wave has stopped, it should be IPL in its abnormal location even before the other lpars have stopped. In our mind...
about 2 months ago in GDPS Future consideration

Specific message required to notify on changes to LCP (audit requirements)

Internal audits have identified a gap where we lack tracking of changes to LCP policies through our indicent reporting system however, there does not appear to be a specific message we can use to generate an incident, only a generic one). We'd lik...
4 months ago in GDPS Future consideration

recover GM should indicate date and time for the data

After a stop, when we do a RECOVER GM, we do not know the date and time of the recover. We should find somewhere the date and time of the last good consistency point. This will probably be the first thing ask by management in case of real DR.
6 months ago in GDPS Future consideration

MGM4SITE + External LCP resiliency enhancement

In an MGM4SITE environment with external LCP, we are looking for the ability to continue to take LCP captures in the event of a Region B Site 1 failure, or Region A Site 2 failure, or a combination of both. This would be in conjunction with future...
10 days ago in GDPS Submitted

Multiple scripts execution at the same time

Hello, it is not possible to launch 2 scripts at the same time , we have to wait the end of the execution of the first script started to execute a new script. It will be good to permit the parallel execution of the scripts. For example, when we a ...
4 months ago in GDPS Under review

GDPS dual legs 3 sites Metro Mirror extended to be 4 sites so as to attain HA in the DR data center as is in the Production data center

This extension will allow the regular swap between Production and DR data centers because both will have HA. Regular swaps and long stays in the DR center are supposed to be a requirement of DORA
over 2 years ago in GDPS Not under consideration

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