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    GDPS 4.1 Missing FlashCopy Devices Information

    The information from VPCPFCSO panel does not provide the device number of the tertiary copy which is what we are interested in. Under GDPS 3.14, we can obtain the tertiary DASD info from GDPS under FCQueryS from VPCPQSH1 panel under DASD REMOTE COPY.
    about 6 years ago in GDPS 16 Not under consideration

    OOS tracks in MGM3SITE recovery region

    When production is failed over in the RECOVERY region, we will be in Global copy from C-B. When we are ready for failing back to main region, we run the MGM3SITE_GOHOME_CAS_RS1_RS1. During that, it will ensure EMPTYOOS. However, if there are lot o...
    about 3 years ago in GDPS 7 Not under consideration

    give customer a script to validate GDPS pre-requisites

    We are moving to GSM, and we have a lot of modification to do on application LPAR.Forgetting a parameter could lead to another IPL to correct or can lead to a production problem.Having a script or a something to validate all configuration before a...
    2 months ago in GDPS 2 Under review

    CC Quiesce for Planned HS

    At a Planned HS and if GDPS detects CC's I would like to get an WTOR with the Information how many CC are active and the options Quiesce HS, Abort HS, Cancel CC's or Repeat the WTOR to see if there are more or less CC's active.
    over 7 years ago in GDPS 19 Not under consideration

    GDPS ability to have multiple flash copies in MGM 3-site

    In a 3 site MGM environment , with virtual LCP copy & a testcopy, we are limited to only 1 testcopy flashcopy target. We have a requirement to take Flashcopies once a week along with having RC1 flashcopy taken daily. Currently, there is ...
    almost 2 years ago in GDPS 13 Future consideration

    Prepare the PMT (Preserver Mirror Tools) to manage the registration/deletion of devices both at the Metro Mirro level and at the MGM level.

    If I'm not confused, currently the PMT can only be run to be able to manage (high/low) devices at the Metro Mirror level. In a GDPS MGM3SITE (or MGM4SITE) environment, we can only use the PMT for the MTMM part. It would be interesting to be able t...
    about 2 years ago in GDPS 6 Not under consideration

    GDPS Ansible Collection for IBM Z

    While GDPS has already provided the APIs for integration with customers developed automations or CI/CD pipelines, it would further simplify the use of the GDPS APIs if IBM could provide the GDPS Ansible Collection for IBM Z. Using of Ansible Tower...
    over 2 years ago in GDPS 1 Future consideration

    Multi-Target Global Mirror Topology Support in GDPS inclusive of SafeGuarded Copy

    Include a topology support for multi-target global mirror inside of GDPS. The main use case would be to have a global mirror for disaster recovery and then a session for external safeguarded copy from the same source volume. This topology would al...
    3 months ago in GDPS 1 Needs more information

    Increase the maximum supported SafeGuarded Copy captures beyond the current 500

    The current limit of 500 SGC captures means we have to have a trade-off between the frequency of captures, and the retention period of those captures. We have currently have a company-wide requirement for 7 days retention, which means we are limit...
    about 3 years ago in GDPS 3 Planned for future release

    Assign LPAR activation profile using GDPS

    We would like to be able to specify the LPAR activation profile to be used for an LPAR Activate. I see this as very similar to specifying the Load information (address & parm).
    over 5 years ago in GDPS 11 Not under consideration

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