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GDPS

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VPCEQURY HS command change to unnecessary the authority for issuing HYPERSW

VPCEQURY is GDPS Query Services command. Customer thought it is just query and doesn’t grant higher authority to their operator for issuing the commands such as HYPERSW. This is reasonable in terms of security, because the commands that require hi...
over 1 year ago in GDPS 1 Delivered

Possibility to start a rexx located on ZVM by GDPS

Since GDPS is "the captain on the ship" we have the need for a possibility that GDPS can start a (CMS) rexx script which is located on ZVM.
over 5 years ago in GDPS 8 Delivered

Change GDPS site table dynamic

It would be nice to have the option to change GDPS sitetable dynamic via GDPS panels, instead of going thrue System Automation policy and doing build and refresh.
about 9 years ago in GDPS 3 Delivered

GDPS and LCP reporting. More functions needed

It would be great if we could use sort on the VPCPLCS3 panel in GDPS. Maybe in combination with the filter command. Ie a command like this:filter used(80,gt) sorted descending
over 3 years ago in GDPS 2 Delivered

Maintain access to SGC recovery at original site after Global Mirror Region Switch

After a Region Switch, it is no longer possible to recover from the Safeguarded Copies at the previous site. This prevents us from being able to go back in time as we could if we remained in a single site and represents a huge gap in SGC functiona...
over 2 years ago in GDPS 2 Delivered

GDPS/LCP panel security

As outlined in our case TS005575235 we think it is a major issue that GDPS does not have panel security for LCP. It appears as though any internal user with GDPS access can go in and adjust the LCP management profile and change the retention perio...
over 3 years ago in GDPS 1 Delivered

GEO-530 (Credit Suisse) INGHWCMD Security

SUBMITTER SECTIONSubmitted by: sir_mc_henrySubmitters Company: Credit Suisse PUBLICRequirement Number and Title: GEO-530 (Credit Suisse) INGHWCMD SecurityHomework Assigned: Requirement Category: GDPS - CommonCurrent Status: IntialClosed Status: Se...
almost 9 years ago in GDPS 10 Delivered

Provide a dynamic link management function for GM

IBM provided a dynamic link management ability in GDPS v4.5, which is a really nice addition, but have so far not released the same ability for GM. That impacts us as Metro Global customers because we have to have 2 procedures for managing link fa...
about 1 year ago in GDPS 1 Delivered

mtmmGDPS Support for MTMM Dual leg + GM With LCP

For Barclays to take advantage of logical corruption protection we would need GDPS to support to include Global Mirror into a GDPS Metro Dual leg environment. Currently this is not a GDPS supported configuration. We would then use the Global Mirro...
over 5 years ago in GDPS 8 Delivered

New Feature - zHyperRead

We would like a feature very similar to zHyperwrite but for reads. We would like the ability for databases to read from a PPRC secondary devices when we are in a hyperswapped scenario
about 5 years ago in GDPS 1 Delivered

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