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Utilize BCPii for z/OS Consoles after LOAD or STOP - HMA Operating System Messages

GDPS Communicates with the LPARs on the HMA Support Element via BCPii. This is how it is able to Activate, Deactivate, Load, Reset & Shutdown the LPARs from GDPS. Add the HMA Support Element Operating System Messages option (Call it CONSOLE) t...
15 days ago in GDPS 3 Under review

VPCEQUERY-Based Recovery Copy Detection

Enable automated detection of active recovery copy operations using VPCEQUERY, enhancing operational awareness and preventing conflicts or redundant recovery actions.
28 days ago in GDPS 7 Future consideration

Store hyperswap information in SA tables

History of planned and unplanned hyperswaps
6 months ago in GDPS 12 Planned for future release

Save environment information -such as IPLINFO- when obtaining an LCP CAPTURE

When GDPS/LCP makes a capture, no information is obtained from the environment that is running at that moment. If captures last for a long enough time, LOADAddr and LOADparms might have changed, and we may be IPLing that system in a Vault environm...
4 months ago in GDPS 7 Future consideration

GDPS LCP Virtual volume threshold change

We have a SGC setup in my environment where as i monitor the Virtual volume capacity manually and expand when it reach 60 to 70%. One day i missed to expand for 2days and it full and we lost couple of SGC's. When i investigated about the threshold...
5 months ago in GDPS 10 Future consideration

Issue a Geo-message, with the name of the management profile, showing a capture is being taken

We just started implementing GDPS 4.8 Before GDPS 4.8 we used a batch script, via a NetView timer, to take a capture. The netlog would show: GEO304I BATCH SCRIPT LCPCAPTURE STARTED GEO305I BATCH SCRIPT LCPCAPTURE ENDED SUCCESSFULLY Between these m...
15 days ago in GDPS 0 Future consideration

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 1 year ago in GDPS 14 Not under consideration

LCP-automated Forward Recovery of Application Data for ISV DB2 / IMS utilities

In case of a logical data corruption we need to be able to recover from an LCP snapshot. To reduce the RPO we need to be able to do DB2 Log Recovery to roll forward with the data to get closer to the point of corruption. We use ISV utilities for D...
about 1 month ago in GDPS 1 Not under consideration

Progress Feedback for GDPS Script Verification

Currently, when a GDPS script is initiated, there is no feedback provided to the initiator during verification, leading to uncertainty about whether the process is underway. This lack of feedback can cause confusion and unnecessary actions by oper...
9 months ago in GDPS 10 Planned for future release

Improvements in KG movement operation when performing a GM leg movement in GDPS MGM3SITEs

In our opinion, and knowing that it is not the same, we believe that the KG should have two instances in Region A and pass on the role of ‘primary gm’ depending on whether we have the GM leg in A.RS1 or A.RS2. We have carried out a simulation of t...
21 days ago in GDPS 0 Planned for future release

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