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GDPS dual legs 3 sites Metro Mirror extended to be 4 sites so as to attain HA in the DR data center as is in the Production data center

This extension will allow the regular swap between Production and DR data centers because both will have HA. Regular swaps and long stays in the DR center are supposed to be a requirement of DORA

3 months ago in GDPS 14 Not under consideration

9 VOTE

GDPS ability to have multiple flash copies in MGM 3-site

In a 3 site MGM environment , with virtual LCP copy & a testcopy, we are limited to only 1 testcopy flashcopy target. We have a requirement to take Flashcopies once a week along with having RC1 flashcopy taken daily. Currently, there is ...

3 months ago in GDPS 11 Future consideration

2 VOTE

Change GA date of new GDPS releases

Is there a reason why GDPS doesn’t release new releases in September to coincide with the new release of z/OS ? Would it be possible for GDPS to move to releasing software in the (same) September timeframe ? I ask as (we), Citi, time our builds of...

3 months ago in GDPS 0 Future consideration

8 VOTE

GDPS LCPm must be able to cater for a mixture of virtual and physical airgapped SGC copies in a 4-site MGM configuration

In a 4-site MGM configuration with a physically air-gapped 5th site, we would like to have the ability to take a SGC in the production (or DR region) and on the 5th site. Currently, GDPS LCPm in a 4-site MGM configuration only supports virtual iso...

3 months ago in GDPS 10 Future consideration

1 VOTE

move GDPS to run under ansible as compare to NetView

Unify automation solution, increase UNIX usage on z/OS and reduce software cost.

4 months ago in GDPS 4 Not under consideration

13 VOTE

Show the occupancy level of the extended groups of GMFC and FC1 (ESE) disks in the GDPS MGM solution.

Good morning, In the KP-systems we have a query screen for the occupancy of the 'Pools' on the 'VPCPQSTM' screen, where you can check the occupancy level of the 'Storage Pool Capacity' of the primary and secondary units. In the case of GDPS MGM, t...

4 months ago in GDPS 16 Future consideration

10 VOTE

Prepare the PMT (Preserver Mirror Tools) to manage the registration/deletion of devices both at the Metro Mirro level and at the MGM level.

If I'm not confused, currently the PMT can only be run to be able to manage (high/low) devices at the Metro Mirror level. In a GDPS MGM3SITE (or MGM4SITE) environment, we can only use the PMT for the MTMM part. It would be interesting to be able t...

6 months ago in GDPS 5 Future consideration

12 VOTE

Possibility to disable automatic "PU config on" by GDPS when CBU is active at IPL

Any z/OS system that is IPLed after the CBU, CPE, BOOST, or OOCoD activate will automatically have the PUs configured online during GDPS initialization in that system. This is not always a wanted configuration. For example, when Dev/Test system ar...

6 months ago in GDPS 8 Planned for future release

29 VOTE

GDPS should recover from secondary dynamic pathing problem

After problems on the secondary Metro Mirror devices due to maintenance on channel paths, following messages occurred: IOS210I PATH RECOVERY INITIATED FOR PATH xx on CU yyyy REAS PATHING ERROR and IOSHS0010I DYNAMIC PATHING IS NOT INITIALIZED FOR ...

7 months ago in GDPS 8 Future consideration

20 VOTE

Provide the possibility of having a consistent copy in Region A when we are in a Region Switch situation (Production in REGion B) in the GDPS MGM3SITE solution.

It is very dangerous to propose a Region Switch in MGM3SITE, since in that situation we will not have a consistent copy in Region A (copy between Region b and A in Global Copy format). In this situation if we have a problem in Region B, the data i...

7 months ago in GDPS 8 Not under consideration

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