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Synchronous File mirroring across two different sysplexes

I am currently redesigning a process that uses started transactions to update a file that is local to our AOR on two different sysplexes. We run into issues where if the remote file update fails we have no way of knowing (NOCHECK) on the started tran so the files get out of synch. I would like to...

Answer Question   |  Apr 17 2009  7:01 PM GMT
CICS, VSAM, Sysplex
asked by Jtollefson

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Sysplex Split

Does anyone have experience with splitting a sysplex with isolated dasd and tape on each new plex? How do you move tape data between the new plexes efficiently? The only methods we are aware of are very awkward at best, e.g. copy tape to dasd, ftp dasd file to other plex, copy back to tape. I...

Answer Question   |  Nov 24 2008  8:29 PM GMT
Mainframe, Tape Backups, Sysplex
asked by Jefhorn

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zSERIES Operating System - different maint levels across a SYSPLEX

I seem to remember that IBM recommend that the length of time LPARs in a SYSPLEX remain on different maintenance levels is kept to a minimum. This would seem logical but I can't find any documentation actually detailing why this is important. Has anyone seen this documented to any degree?

Answer Question   |  Nov 27 2007  2:37 PM GMT
Logical partitions, Sysplex
asked by Sparkin

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