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GDPS

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GDPS Reconfiguration Wizard : introduce ability to pause and restart the initial Global Copy

When using the proposed GDPS Reconfiguration Wizard to migrate to a new DS8000, once the new device is defined and we enter the "New DSS Configuration & Mirroring" process, a Global Copy is initiated between the current production box and the ...
12 months ago in GDPS 0 Future consideration

GDPS and support for IPL of Recovery LPARs. To be script executed from GDPS Controlling master

Lack of support in GDPS related to handling of Recovery sysplexes/proxies when we use GDPS/LCP functionality.
over 2 years ago in GDPS 1 Planned for future release

Differentiate the GDPS operations for the Normal CFs and the Standby CFs that are normally deactivated

Differentiate the GDPS operations for the "Normal" CFs and the "Standby" CFs that are normally deactivated. The customers need that the GDPS in its Coupling Facility operations differentiates between the "Normal" Coupling Facilities and the "Stand...
over 6 years ago in GDPS 11 Not under consideration

Reduce devices mandated in SS0

The physical airgap GDPS LCP solution with Test Copy Manager in an MGM 4-Site environment requires defining devices RS2, RS4, RS5, and RS6 to the LCP/Test Copy Manager K-SYS. This is not practical for large environments due to the device limit in ...
over 4 years ago in GDPS 5 Not under consideration

Support of INGREQ Type=NORM/IMMED/FORCE

In System Automation three different Types are supported by INGREQ to stop a system or application (NORM,IMMED,FORCE). GDPS only supports TYPE=NORM by default. We would like to get a parameter where we can specify Type=NORM/IMMED/FORCE each time w...
almost 7 years ago in GDPS 10 Not under consideration

New SAF call to protect execution of GDPS planned actions. Repeated.....

We do now execute scripts from TWS via the GDPS REST Api interface. That increases the importance for protection of our user scripts. User scripts are named and defined by the user(me) with our own naming conventions.If you have access to execute ...
about 3 years ago in GDPS 0 Planned for future release

GEOPARM Validation should include mismatch on Flashcopy Device size.

It can happen that a storage administrator makes an error when defining volumes causing a mismatch in device size. When activating a new DASD Config, checking is done for device sizes of PPRC source-target devices with FAILONSIZEMISMATCH=YES. Next...
about 1 year ago in GDPS 0 Future consideration

Option CONTROLLINGSYSTEM for NO_DASD env.

Since GDPS V4R1 with the new NO_DASD GDPSMODE it's recommended to set the GEOPLEX option CONTROLLINGSYSTEM to '1'. If no KSYS is defined you have to define a Dummy system.This is not user-friendly because the user see always that (Dummy)-system in...
over 4 years ago in GDPS 11 Not under consideration

move GDPS to run under ansible as compare to NetView

Unify automation solution, increase UNIX usage on z/OS and reduce software cost.
5 months ago in GDPS 4 Not under consideration

GDPS Global Mirror volume dynamic expansion

Provide capability from GDPS to dynamically expand a volume in a GDPS session and modify all the relationships from a single step.
about 1 year ago in GDPS 3 Not under consideration