Thanks to all. We do have an emergency single pack LPAR we can use but I would rather be prepared and either have a IEASYSnn setup or have operator instructions ready for people to know what to do when in a DR situation when the pressure is on
On Fri, Nov 17, 2023 at 4:04 AM Burrell, Todd < [email protected]> wrote: > I seem to remember that you can override the system parameters at IPL time > and specify PLEXCFG=MONOPLEX. This should bring you up in a single system > plex. Or you can specify PLEXCFG=XCFLOCAL and not be in a plex at all. > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf > Of Laurence Chiu > Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2023 1:54 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: What happens if you IPL a LPAR defined as being in a parallel > sysplex but the CF LPAR is not there > > It was gold for me and will help me settle a dispute with some local > sysprogs who said there would be no problem. My question is, it says if you > don't have a CF then change GRS=TRYJOIN or =NONE. Problem is, when the > problem occurs, how do you get online to change it? I could not find an > operator command to change it and since the system is able to IPL, you > can't logon to change it. > > On Thu, Nov 16, 2023 at 4:18 PM kekronbekron < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > Awesome, how do we even find such gems with TechDocs being what it is... > > Luckily for this one, I seem to have it bookmarked. > > > > > > On Thursday, November 16th, 2023 at 05:14, Attila Fogarasi < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Answered a decade ago including how to continue the IPL and get > > > running (either single system or sysplex without CF) > > > > > https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/system/files/inline-files/Where_is_M > > y_Coupling_Facility.pdf > > > "The paper is being written to provide clear and concise > > > instructions on how to address the sysplex support team’s most > > > common callout. Where is > > My > > > Coupling Facility?" > > > > > > On Thu, Nov 16, 2023 at 10:42 AM Mark Jacobs < > > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > GRS will attempt to connect to ISGLOCK, fail and z/OS will go into > > > > a X'0A3' wait state. > > > > > > > > Mark Jacobs > > > > > > > > Sent from ProtonMail, Swiss-based encrypted email. > > > > > > > > GPG Public Key - > > > > > > [URL Removed for your safety] > > > > > > > > On Wednesday, November 15th, 2023 at 5:49 PM, Laurence Chiu < > > > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Thinking about a LPAR defined as being in a parallel sysplex > > > > > with GRS=STAR. > > > > > > > > > > What happens if you IPL that LPAR and the CF is not active? Will > > > > > it start, issue a WTOR or just fail? We are wondering what would > > > > > happen if our > > LPAR > > > > > was started at the DR site (off a replicated set of volumes) but > > > > > the > > DR > > > > > CEC > > > > > did not have a CF defined. 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