As I understand you don't have sysplex. Several monplexes.
Been There Done That.
We use such "transmission" storage group without any problems. SMS
routines need *not* to be the same. We also keep UCAT BCS on the group.
What's important: no multi-system GRS (GRS=NONE), disks defined as
SHARED (IODF), don't use PDSE.
GRS ring/star can be used, but GRSRNLxx must properly set up. The same
for enhanced catalog sharing (the BCS cannot be ECS-shared).
PDSE cannot be used, it is very likely to crash.
HTH
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Radoslaw Skorupka
Lodz, Poland
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