Have a look at the moddvipa utility for fairly simple management: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/2.4.0?topic=scenario-using-moddvipa-utility I just happened to work with it for the first time today in a sandbox environment, where I learned that issuing "create" on a second LPAR will take ownership of the target address.
On Fri, Aug 20, 2021 at 5:03 PM Hights, Charles <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks. In originally looking at DVIPA I got the impression I still needed > the Sysplex WLM to pass the IP to the correct TCP stack for processing. > But I guess I don't for just doing an application failure. I think this > will be acceptable to the user. Thanks > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf > Of Allan Staller > Sent: Friday, August 20, 2021 2:36 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: TCP/IP Sysplex Distributor Options > > Classification: Confidential > > Dynamic VIPA (DVIPA) should do the trick. DVIPA provides an alternate > connection to the application in the event of failure. > Sysplex Distributor is more of a load balancing function. > > Both combined should cover almost any scenario. SysDist may be overkill > for your needs. > > Good Luck > > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf > Of Hights, Charles > Sent: Friday, August 20, 2021 3:40 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: TCP/IP Sysplex Distributor Options > > [CAUTION: This Email is from outside the Organization. Unless you trust > the sender, Don’t click links or open attachments as it may be a Phishing > email, which can steal your Information and compromise your Computer.] > > I cross posted the following to the TCP/IP group, but got no response. > Thought I would try here to see if I get any answers. Thanks: > > > I am trying to avoid setting up TCP/IP Sysplex Distributor to accomplish a > certain task. But if it is the only way possible then I will do it. I have > a CPU that has 4 LPAR's defined. This user wants to run a the same server > application on each LPAR. But he wants the users to use one IP address and > it will always get one of the server applications. Also if one LPAR is down > he wants to make sure the other server will receive the request. So is > there another way to accomplish this without using TCP/IP Sysplex > Distributer? > > Charles Hights > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email > to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ::DISCLAIMER:: > ________________________________ > The contents of this e-mail and any attachment(s) are confidential and > intended for the named recipient(s) only. E-mail transmission is not > guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, > corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or may contain > viruses in transmission. The e mail and its contents (with or without > referred errors) shall therefore not attach any liability on the originator > or HCL or its affiliates. Views or opinions, if any, presented in this > email are solely those of the author and may not necessarily reflect the > views or opinions of HCL or its affiliates. Any form of reproduction, > dissemination, copying, disclosure, modification, distribution and / or > publication of this message without the prior written consent of authorized > representative of HCL is strictly prohibited. If you have received this > email in error please delete it and notify the sender immediately. Before > opening any email and/or attachments, please check them for viruses and > other defects. > ________________________________ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email > to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
