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GDPS

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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

Support the GOHOME procedures with C devices in a pending.xd.c status

We would like GDPS to support Support the GOHOME procedures with C devices in a pending.xd.c status. See TS003602059 for detail.
about 4 years ago in GDPS 8 Not under consideration

Capacity figure for LCP captures

Would be good to have a capacity used figure for each LCP capture in the GDPS LCP panel. Would help with capacity planning and also give an idea of the amount of time required for a restore. Could either be capacity per capture or a running total ...
11 months ago in GDPS 0 Future consideration

GDPS 3.14 Check Topology Enhancement

MGM4SITE_CHECK_TOPOLOGY will stop upon encountering the first error in establishing PPRC pathing. In a 4-site Multi-target configuration this can become cumbersome due to the number of PPRC paths that need to be validated.
about 6 years ago in GDPS 13 Not under consideration

GDPS Consistent FlashCopy should not disable Hyperswap

GDPS Metro is disabling Hyperswap prior to Consistent FlashCopy. As we were told by IBM this is no longer necessary. We would like to get it eliminated to have less Hyperswap disabled moments. There will be the risk, that a HS trigger happens whil...
over 3 years ago in GDPS 0 Planned for future release

New CFRECOVER script command at CF level

Our company has external and internal CFs in both MM Sites. During maintenance activities sometime there is a need to empty one of the CFs and populate to the other CFs based on the PREFLIST. In GDPS there is a script command that allows to empty ...
over 2 years ago in GDPS 1 Not under consideration

Client Certificates Authentication support for GDPS GUI

The customer needs Client Certificates Authentication support for GDPS GUI as the customer will no longer allow the users to login with user credentials (userid/password) to access the mainframe.Users are dependent on this support on productive en...
almost 3 years ago in GDPS 0 Planned for future release

Change Wording on GDPS Message GEO525A

When using the CAPACITY ACTIVATE script statement with PROMPT, please reword the WTOR to reflect the same nomenclature used in IBM HMC and Capacity on Demand User's Guide
over 4 years ago in GDPS 0 Planned for future release

GDPS to support multiple consistency group for e-CKD devices per GDPS license

As of today, GDPS only supports one consistency group for e-CKD devices per GDPS license, however it would be nice if customers could create multiple consistency group for e-CKD devices under a single GDPS license, that will allow customer to mana...
about 2 years ago in GDPS 1 Future consideration

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