Interesting. At the time we crafted the bronze-plex, I could not see any way to share multiple RACF databases within a sysplex because AFAIK RACF sharing requires fixed structure names: IRRXCF00_P001 and IRRXCF00_B001. Has that requirement changed? If not, I don't see how I could share two different databases. As it is, two guys share one database using those structures, while the third guy uses a different database non-shared, i.e. no structure needed.
. . . J.O.Skip Robinson Southern California Edison Company Electric Dragon Team Paddler SHARE MVS Program Co-Manager 626-302-7535 Office 323-715-0595 Mobile [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Thomas Conley Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2015 1:21 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Different Security Products in a Sysplex On 7/29/2015 4:13 PM, J O Skip Robinson wrote: > I refrained from answering earlier because we're an all-RACF shop. However, I > can comment the extent of (RACF) database sharing. We have a bronze-plex that > resulted from bolting together two previously independent parallel sysplexes, > one with two members and another with only one. These sysplexes were > independent for business reasons. RACF databases could not be combined > because a given userid or dataset might be defined in both with different > access levels. > > The result is a single parallel sysplex in which the two like members share > everything, while the third shares only enough to qualify for sysplex > licensing. (An IBM-invented game.) This arrangement is far from ideal, but > the two birds-of-a-feather share RACF while the odd man out has his own > non-shared database. It's been working OK for several years. > > . > . > . > J.O.Skip Robinson > Southern California Edison Company > Electric Dragon Team Paddler > SHARE MVS Program Co-Manager > 626-302-7535 Office > 323-715-0595 Mobile > [email protected] > I run into this all the time, especially when production, test, and sandbox LPARs are mixed into a sysplex. Typically the production systems share a RACF DB, the test systems share a different RACF DB, etc. Works fine. Regards, Tom Conley ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
