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GDPS

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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

Automatic increase virtual capacity for volume Safe Guarded Copy

When a SG backup volume runs out of Virtual Capacity, have the DS8K automatically increase the Virtual Capacity Multiplier with 1 for that volume. The increase by 1 should be sufficient I think, I do not think this should be configurable. However,...
about 2 years ago in GDPS 7 Future consideration

Improved device messaging during CONFIG failure

During configuration processing of a region switch, we loaded a never used config before as we hadn't run in reverse mirror direction before. When we loaded the configuration, we received the following error message: 05:04:20 | GEOTRC AUTGEO3 MPMK...
about 2 years ago in GDPS 7 Future consideration

BCPii enhancement for fake connection detection

Customer upgraded host CZ01 from z13 to z15. After that, They could not use GDPS to load system or deactivate/activate LPARs in CZ01. System admin checked and found BCPii status was connected,GDPS debug was ‘ON’. And he started SA BCPii trace. It ...
about 2 years ago in GDPS 1 Future consideration

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

Health check for zIIP processors on KSYS

It is recommended that reserved zIIP are available in a KSYS and it would be very helpful to have a new Health Check raising a warning if a KSYS LPAR has available zIIP but they are not reserved. This Health Check should be customizable for differ...
over 2 years ago in GDPS 11 Not under 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

GDPS and support for mirroring of volumes related to Controlling LPARs

If a critical situation occurs and our volumes used for a Controlling LPAR are cleared we must recover the entire LPAR somehow......
over 2 years ago in GDPS 12 Not under consideration

GDPS Sysplex Resource Management provide confirmation

When using GDPS Metro Sysplex Resource Management function to switch Sysplex policy, please display the policy GDPS is going to activate and switch on panel VPCPASSU.So users can visualize and confirm which policy GDPS is about to activate and con...
over 2 years ago in GDPS 11 Not under consideration

LCP GM managed capture process split In an GM managed LCP environment

LCP GM managed capture process split In an GM managed LCP environment (LCP Manager in the GM Kr controlling systems and SafeGuarded Copies in the GM secondary site) we need to coordinate some additional operations when capturing a new SafeGuarded ...
over 2 years ago in GDPS 0 Future consideration