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GDPS

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GDPS A-A Sites / FIS Connex Interoperability

The client has GDPS A-A sites implemented in an Active Standy configuration in production with a FIS Connex workload. However, since Connex requires exclusive access to its VSAM files, compromises have been required to implement IIDR for VSAM. Pri...
about 6 years ago in GDPS 1 Not under consideration

Combine GDPS 4-site and A/A controlling LPAR support

 Requesting the extension of GDPS support for a GDPS/Active-Active environment that will be integrated with the existing GDPS/MGM 4-site environment. This support allows running the GDPS/Active-Active controller functions on existing controlling ...
about 7 years ago in GDPS 1 Not under consideration

GEO-494 (RABO Bank) GDPS should suspend mirroring after failing Hyperswap Resync

SUBMITTER SECTIONSubmitted by: Angela LabateSubmitters Company: Other Customer PUBLICRequirement Number and Title: GEO-494 (RABO Bank) GDPS should suspend mirroring after failing Hyperswap ResyncHomework Assigned: NoRequirement Category: GDPS/PPRC...
over 8 years ago in GDPS 2 Not under consideration

GDPS/ACTIVE-ACTIVE ZDL proxy system should support a separate PAM from target production system

GDPS/Active-Active V1.7 is delivered to support Zero Data Loss solution which requests customer to create new proxy systems with the target product systems in the same Sysplex of Site B. Because the target end systems in site B have the same volse...
about 7 years ago in GDPS 1 Not under consideration

Unique GDPS/A-A SDF Alert Deleted Message ID

For messages that result in GDPS/A-A raising an SDF alert in NetView (GEO1108E for example), when GDPS/A-A deletes the SDF alert It doesn't have a separate message ID to say "SDF ALERT HAS BEEN DELETED", it reuses the original alert's message ID. ...
over 7 years ago in GDPS 1 Not under consideration

Report Latency on workloads with no connections

Where applications update multiple data sources (DB2 and VSAM) through a single set of connections, multiple workloads need to be defined but the connections can only be associated with one workload. In this case, a workload is defined without any...
over 7 years ago in GDPS 1 Not under consideration

Supress Workload Switch in GDPS/A-A UI

In the case where there is shared data across multiple applications/workloads it may not be possible to implement the GDPS/A-A workload switch capability, since it would prevent access to the shared data by applications outside of the workload on ...
over 7 years ago in GDPS 1 Not under consideration

Unplanned switch for workload groups

Any workload grouping capability delivered in GDPS/A-A should equally apply to un-planned switches. In particular, it should be possible to configure invokation of an unplanned switch of a workload group by responding to a single WTOR relating to ...
over 7 years ago in GDPS 1 Not under consideration

Supress Set Fence During Workload Switch

Have the functionality within GDPS/A-A to disable setting of the fence in DB2 (and VSAM, once that becomes available) during planned and unplanned workload switches. The reason for the request is due to a workload that reads data owned by another ...
over 7 years ago in GDPS 1 Not under consideration

Workload Switch De-allocation of Batch VSAM files

VSAM replication utilises a dedicated CICS region to make updates to VSAM files on on the target system. In the case of batch VSAM files, the apply region must have exclusive access to the VSAM files, so the files must be de-allocated before being...
about 8 years ago in GDPS 2 Not under consideration