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Status Future consideration
Workspace z/OS
Created by Guest
Created on Sep 22, 2014

Having DAA and SAA be aware of read-only clusters.

Customer's environment: 4_way HYDRA GRID.
Customer has multiple composite libraries tied to the same storage group. So, SMS does balanced distribution of write tape I/O between those composite librarys into the same SMS storage group. The point here is: They want, when necessary, define to SMS to do not select/considere some composite library, into the same storage group, to receive write I/O. It should be something similar to SMS dasd storage group. For the dasd storage group, we have a SMS option to turn some disk volume into the storage group to status DISABLE WRITE. So that disk volume will no be selected for write new data set. Just read.

Idea priority Medium
  • Guest
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    Oct 13, 2014

    IBM agrees that there is value to this request and will consider it as a candidate in a future release.

  • Guest
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    Sep 23, 2014

    Creating a new RFE based on Community RFE #59532 in product z/OS.