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Status Not under consideration
Workspace GDPS
Created by Guest
Created on Jun 19, 2017

RELATED IDEAS

Support of INGREQ Type=NORM/IMMED/FORCE

In System Automation three different Types are supported by INGREQ to stop a system or application (NORM,IMMED,FORCE). GDPS only supports TYPE=NORM by default. We would like to get a parameter where we can specify Type=NORM/IMMED/FORCE each time we shut down a system by Standard action panel and by scripts.

Idea priority Medium
  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Aug 5, 2022
    After giving the request a comprehensive review, we have determined that we cannot include it as a candidate in an upcoming release because it won't be pursued within our planning cycle.
  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Nov 16, 2018

    N/A

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Nov 7, 2018

    High priority, we use INGREQ Type=NORM & FORCE depending of the system IPL's and have at the moment an own workaround to change the INGREQ Type as needed. We would like to have this functionality in GDPS.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Nov 6, 2018

    N/A

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Sep 20, 2018

    Low priority

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Sep 20, 2018

    We are interested but not a top priority to actually vote for this.

  • Guest
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    |     Sep 4, 2018

    I think this is dangerous. Not keen.

  • Guest
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    |     Aug 31, 2018

    Low priority / not in the 2 year requirements threshold described in RFE voting process doc

  • Guest
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    |     Aug 27, 2018

    Very high priority.
    We have exactly the same requirement. At the moment we use a "INGSET SET */APG/S02 STOPTYPE=FORCE OUTMODE=LINE" command before we make the STOP command as workaround solution.
    I would like to change the INGREC to IMMED or FORCE dynamically from a command line but also in a planned or takeover script

  • Guest
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    |     Dec 15, 2017

    Actually GDPS should permit a means of specifying all of the ingreq parms. There are reasons individuals are using these functions.

    Such as the Override function. This used to be there but was removed and it should not have been. These are user functions and should not be disallowed by IBM.

    The current response is to code an exit to override all these things, but why should the customer have to build an exit to use standard IBM functions.

    All aspects of the INGREQ should be controlled via GDPS PARMS or AAO's

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