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Workspace z/OS Connect
Created by Guest
Created on Aug 14, 2018

RELATED IDEAS

Preferred/failover config for IPIC

Provide a mechanism for having a list of preferred IPIC connections while still having an HA failover list.

Idea priority High
  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Nov 15, 2019

    This requirement has been addressed through use of sysplex distributor optimisation with the OPTLOCAL keyword

    For further details about High availability with preferred local connections, refer to the “Sysplex distributor” topic in the z/OS Connect EE V3.0 Knowledge Center:
    https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SS4SVW_3.0.0/highavailability/sysplex_distributor.html

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Aug 31, 2018

    Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - z Systems Software
    Product - z/OS Connect Enterprise Edition
    Component - Product functionality
    Operating system - IBM z/OS
    Source - None

    For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - Transaction Processing
    Product - CICS Transaction Server
    Component - Runtime
    Operating system - IBM z/OS
    Source - None

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