Isn't XCF the coupling facility? I'm only a 2-way processor, wouldn't I have to sacrifice one processor to the CF LPAR?
I was seeing all the crap about msys for setup and JVM's. Now that I read more, I'll "just do it", it looks easier. I have CTC's for VTAM and MIM and extras that I think I can use for a GRS ring. I think it would be best to "promote" my production LPAR from a MONOPLEX to a SYSPLEX, then join my test LPARs. That should keep me from breaking my CICS LOGGER datasets in production. We started down the SYSPLEX road, but never could get hardware resources, then dropped from 6 to 3 LPAR's after Y2K. The mainframe has been "going away" for many years here also, now it's within 3 years, down from 5 years in 1998. My knowledge and training is appropriately stagnant as well. Thanks > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Shane > Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 3:20 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: SYSPLEX for PDS-E Sharing > > On Wed, 2007-01-17 at 13:42 -0600, Rugen, Len wrote: > > > How much pain is there to setup a GRS ring? When I RTFM, everything > > seems to talk about a XCF. I don't think I want or need XCF. > > Depends on how your systems are configured. If you have multiple systems > "all the same" it can be a pain. Especially if you haven't used &sysname > (or similar) in dataset names. > Can get *very* ugly when you start introducing systems that all have all > their "system" datasets the same name, but on different volumes. > Start with the default member in the books, and look for obvious > candidates to add - but be ready for problems initially. > > Here's a vote for XCF - if you haven't done GRS setup before, it'll > probably be *much* easier to get your head around XCF rather than GRS > CTC. > > Shane ... > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
