Thanks! We are using Global Mirror for replication. Not sure if using the same device addresses will be a problem or not for GM.
So, does everyone recommend different device addresses? On Sat, Jul 11, 2020 at 1:01 PM Jackson, Rob <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't know if anyone has pointed it out, but if this is a brand new, > vanilla CEC, before you even have to worry about an IODF, you need an > IOCDS. Generally you create that deck from an IODF, and I can't imagine > you would choose not to. All of our CECs are defined in one IODF. For a > new machine across the state, we sent the IOCDS deck for the target CEC > (and common ICC configs) to the CE, and he put them on a thumb drive; we > then ran stand-alone IOCP to load the HSA. Then with any (I would hope) > form of replication you use, the IODF needed for all the recovery LPARs is > "just already there" on your recovery SYS1.IPLPARM/IODF volume. > > Our DASD CUs and device addresses are different (I'm thinking they had to > be for either flavor of replication), but we don't have that many, so we > don't have to worry about running out. Our LPAR numbers are the same on > all CECs, and our OS configs are defined only once and are used on all > respective LPARs. > > There's nothing to it, and I don't know of a single reason not to have one > common IODF. > > First Horizon Bank > Mainframe Technical Support > > Confidentiality notice: > This e-mail message, including any attachments, may contain legally > privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended > recipient(s), or the employee or agent responsible for delivery of this > message to the intended recipient(s), you are hereby notified that any > dissemination, distribution, or copying of this e-mail message is strictly > prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please immediately > notify the sender and delete this e-mail message from your computer. > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- Michael Babcock OneMain Financial z/OS Systems Programmer, Lead ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
