Ok.. So how many people leave their "l am down to one SE z machine" powered
down for lengthy periods of time that is not a DR machine? Or is running
production on a single SE machine for a long time using STP?

I am hoping that my questions are somewhat rhetorical or humorous and
completely lacking in the "Homer Simpson duooh!!" head slap.

It would be like running an older multi-CEC sysplex with a single ETR
expecting no single point of failure.

Rob Schramm

On Tue, Apr 19, 2016, 5:06 AM linda golding <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Am curious . This is what i could find looking at the enhancements . Since
> you say STP doesn't steer the clock , i would like to know how this works
> these days .
>
> *http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/z/advantages/pso/stp/ntp.html
> <http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/z/advantages/pso/stp/ntp.html>*
>
>
> *Service Element (SE) Time Accuracy*
> As a continuation of the zEnterprise 196 (z196) timing accuracy
> improvements for an STP-only CTN, namely, SE/CPC hourly clock steer and
> synch, the zEnterprise EC12 and zEnterprise BC12 have expanded these
> enhancements by allowing the SE to access an STP panel-configured External
> Time Source (ETS), even when the CPC is powered off or has not been IMLed.
> The SE achieves this by invoking the ETS-configured NTP servers to obtain
> the ETS-SE time difference and steers the SE clock towards the ETS clock.
> During IML, the more accurate SE clock time transfers to the CPC clock,
> maximizing the CPC timing accuracy.
>
> This feature is available exclusively on zEnterprise EC12 and zEnterprise
> BC12.
>
> Thanks ,
>
> Linda
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 1:57 PM, R.S. <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> > W dniu 2016-04-18 o 23:19, linda golding pisze:
> >
> >> One of two SE failed means you can peform everything you want, including
> >> STP. Maybe STP setup would be impossible (I haven't checked), but I'd
> bet
> >> it is also possible.
> >> I've been working with single SE (primary failed) for some time. It
> wasn't
> >> my dream, but I could live with it. >>>>
> >>
> >>
> >> I thought STP code runs on the support element . Access to the NTP
> server
> >> from the CTS is initiated and controlled by the Support Element.
> >>
> >> In that case , a sysplex would die when support element is not
> available .
> >>
> > NTP is not STP.
> > STP is managed from HMC/SE but it doesn't mean the SE is steering the
> > clock.
> > NTP can be used for "wall clock" time adjustment, but STP will work
> > without NTP at all or with NTP failure.
> > Last, but not least: multi-CPC STP configuration will survive any of the
> > CPC failure. Not only SE, but whole CPC.
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