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Provide Filter for Control Scripts in the Panels

We have a large number of scripts in our Metro environment in certain GDPS plexes. The ability to filter on script names with wild cards would be useful to only display script names of a certain naming convention
about 3 years ago in GDPS 20 Delivered

Dual Control for GDPS-LCP

To further enhance protection against an individual that has gained access to our systems (or insider) with malicious intent, it is essential to secure the ability to perform destructive actions against our safeguarded copies such as making policy...
over 2 years ago in GDPS 8 Delivered

Provide GDPS GUI for MGM 3 and 4 Site Topologies

We would like to be able to configure the GDPS GUI for use in our GDPS MGM 3 Site topologies.
about 4 years ago in GDPS 13 Delivered

GDPS GUI automatically update GEODEF data set on both GDPS Control systems

GDPS GUI automatically updates GEODEF data set on both GDPS controlling systems whenever updates are made to the members.
over 4 years ago in GDPS 10 Delivered

GDPS z/OS Proxy shutdown

Using GPDS V4.1 and V4.2 Metro with z/OS Proxy systems.Today, when shutting down multiple systems or a site thru a script, the systems are shut down in the following order 1 - stop main sysplex - parallel 2 - stop xDR managed systems - parallel 3 ...
about 5 years ago in GDPS 16 Delivered

Increase the granularity of the SAF role-based rules for modification of the LCP Management profile

Current SAF role-based rules allow the locking down of the management profile options. We would like to entirely lock down the ability to change the retention period of a management profile once it's been created. Currently we can't do that withou...
almost 2 years ago in GDPS 3 Delivered

That from GDPS panels it is possible to obtain the % free and/or filling of the Extent Pool of the defined ESE disks (FC1, X-DISK, GMFC)

It would be interesting to know at any time, from GDPS, how full the Extent Pools associated with ESE disks are. For example, if we are performing recovery simulations in Region B on FC1 disks, knowing how full we have said disks. In the event tha...
about 1 year ago in GDPS 4 Delivered

GDPS Procedure to remove PPRC links without need to do a new geoparm config

To make the removal of PPRC links, it's necessary to alter the GEOPARM file and do a new geoparm config into GDPS, process that disables the hyperswap feature, exposing the environment.
over 9 years ago in GDPS 8 Delivered

Set report of all errors found when reloading a new GEOPARM (in a single validation sequence)

In large GEOPARMs, the verification can take several minutes. When the GDPS performs the reload/validation of the GEOPARM, it stops if it finds syntactic errors. They must be corrected and perform the syntactic validations again, then the consiste...
over 1 year ago in GDPS 3 Delivered

GDPS LCP - Report Capture status

Today with GDPS LCP on Metro we have multiple captures and a low multiplier for our volumes. As a result we have seen many volumes fall out of SGC on the DS GUI which means they are no longer recoverable as part of certain capture sets. We underst...
over 3 years ago in GDPS 7 Delivered