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Status Future consideration
Workspace GDPS
Created by Guest
Created on Oct 12, 2021

RELATED IDEAS

Improvements to the GROUP keyword used in the SYSPLEX verb

We would like the ability to have enhanced selection criteria for the GROUP statement in the SYSPLEX verb.

As an example during Site Switch, we shutdown the whole of a SITE with the exception of certain systems, it would be useful to have a statement capability thus;

SYSPLEX STOP GROUP=SITE1 EXCEPT=system_name(s)

We would like this capability extended to all verbs where the GROUP keyword is useable.

Idea priority Medium
  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Jan 28, 2022

    n/a for the time being

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Jan 27, 2022

    Priority for SF.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Jan 27, 2022

    We do not use the group keyword - Barclays

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Jan 27, 2022

    We do not currently use the GROUP keyword, but this would be low priority.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Jan 27, 2022

    We don't have a scenario that would use this particular capability

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Jan 13, 2022

    We do not currently use the GROUP statement due to the reasons listed in the description, so this would be useful in our environment.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Jan 7, 2022

    Potentially useful but very low priority for LBG.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Jan 4, 2022

    WFC believes this would be useful but of low priority to us specifically.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Jan 3, 2022

    This RFE does not apply to Worldpay/FIS.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Dec 30, 2021

    We currently have similar requirements on our test environments for validation.

    In order to provision minimal loss of data such as logs we shutdown all systems in the plex except one. on the last one we perform other activities and then reset it.

    This means we have several statements to manage the Group function instead of just having 2 statements 1 for the majority of the plex and then one more to reset the last system.

    This could be useful in reducing procedures and script management.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Dec 23, 2021

    Maybe consider an additional column in Standard Actions to enable each system in SITEn to be sub-grouped (e.g. "A", "B" , stc), and then use -

    SYSPLEX STOP GROUP=SITE1 EXCEPT_SUBGROUP=groupname(s) or INCLUDE_SUBGROUP=groupname(s)

    Regards,
    Kevan

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