Ted MacNeil writes: >>When Parallel SYSPLEX first came out, you got a discount on >>IBM software, if you bought at least one coupling facility >>and one timer. I replied: >The 9037 Sysplex Timer was never a requirement for Sysplex IBM >software pricing aggregation, to the best of my recollection. >It still isn't, nor is STP. The Coupling Facility and appropriate, >physically connected cabling are among the requirements.
Sorry folks, I suffered a brain lock on that reply (no pun intended). Yes, you need a common time source (i.e. timer). Previously that was the 9037 Sysplex Timer, and now it can be Server Time Protocol (STP, which has no physical boxes). I was getting confused and thinking that Ted was talking about an external time reference -- mixing that up with another recent thread here -- and then botching my answer anyway. ETR is *not* required for Sysplex aggregation, but a timer (9037 or STP) *is*. Again, apologies for the confusion. - - - - - Timothy Sipples Consulting Enterprise Software Architect IBM Japan, Ltd. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
