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    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...
    about 1 month ago in GDPS 0 Future consideration

    Provide an LCP volume validation health check to ensure all required volumes are replicated to the vault

    In, for example an MM2 site with LCP configuration, it is entirely possible that when new disks are cut, they are added to the MM config and GDPS but may be missed from the LCP configuration side meaning that they are never captured in the vault. ...
    11 months ago in GDPS 9 Planned for future release

    Dual control function for DASD Config

    Within the DS8K there is protection in place that a (malicious) person is not able to delete/alter devices that are part of safeguarded copies. We have a cybervault LCP setup to ensure we have immutable backups of our systems, and activated Dual C...
    about 1 year ago in GDPS 14 Planned for future release

    Health Check about IC Definitions

    We simulated a Site1-Outage in the Production but loose all Images sysplexwide (except the Master KSYS). IBM told us in the Case that we use not the newest Inital Clists (IC) for the Operators. It would be very helpful if a GDPS Health Check can c...
    over 1 year ago in GDPS 13 Future 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...
    2 months ago in GDPS 1 Not under consideration

    Change CFRM Policy and update Normal CFRM Policy via SCRIPT (GDPS Metro)

    During our Site Switch process, we use USERPROC (REXX program) to set a site-specific CFRM policy because of the way we manage structures. It would be great if we could do that using GDPS script or, even if updated via REXX, it would be great to h...
    9 months ago in GDPS 7 Planned for future release

    Have FCWITHDRAW check if volumes are online

    When running a script to take a TESTCOPY, the first step is to do a FCWITHDRAW of the existing flashcopy. If a system is active using this TESTCOPY, this will cause I/O errors and may cause the system to crash. The TESTCOPY CAPTURE runs, but it pe...
    over 1 year ago in GDPS 12 Future consideration

    Parameterised LCP Profiles

    Currently there are LCP profiles that need to be created and maintained via the GDPS UI. It would be useful to have these stored in a file (such as GEOPARM) so configuration can be maintained by configuration management.
    9 months ago in GDPS 13 Not under consideration

    GDPS LCP Recover & Restore enhancements

    Hello we are in a GDPS MGM 3 site configuration with GDPS LCP running in the remote region. Unfortunately it is not possible to have multiple recovery set to which you can recover (for running validation & forensic in the same time) and it is ...
    3 months ago in GDPS 1 Needs more information

    GDPS GM Kg/Kr resiliency in MGM 3 site or 4 site configuration

    Hello we are in a GDPS MGM 3 site configuration with cascaded replication. GDPS Global Mirror functions run in the Kg NetView region which is located on site 1 and PPRC-XD replication goes from site 2 to site 3. Unfortunately when site 1 is down, ...
    3 months ago in GDPS 0 Planned for future release

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