I vote with Brian. Rob
On Mon, Nov 28, 2022, 16:34 Tom Marchant < [email protected]> wrote: > PDSE sharing is only supported within a Sysplex. XCF signalling is > required to maintain > integrity. When you say that PDSEs can be fully shared, I think you are > referring to > Extended Sharing, not Normal Sharing. Following is from > > https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/2.4.0?topic=neps-specifying-extended-pdse-sharing-in-multiple-system-environment > but it has been this way for a very long time. > > <quote> > In a multiple-system environment, the system programmer uses > PDSESHARING(EXTENDED) > to share PDSEs at the member level. A system programmer must specify > PDSESHARING(EXTENDED) in the IGDSMSxx member in the SYS1.PARMLIB on each > system in the sysplex. Every system that is sharing a PDSE must be a > member of the > sysplex and have the sysplex coupling facility (XCF) active. > </quote> > > People have violated these rules and gotten away with it, but that does > not mean > that it is safe to do so. > > -- > Tom Marchant > > On Fri, 25 Nov 2022 20:00:42 -0600, Brian Westerman < > [email protected]> wrote: > > >The GRS ring (not star) for a small site with 3 LPARs should have no > problem with > >any slowdowns, and it will allow you to run fully shared PDS/e, catalogs, > etc. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
