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Status Not under consideration
Workspace z/OS
Categories Communications Server
Created by Guest
Created on Oct 31, 2013

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Mainframe Network Engineer

I'd like to be able to shift workload around dynamically leveraging
weighted active DVIPAs under Sysplex Distributor. For example, if LPAR A is receiving upgraded software, I'd like to be able to slowly trickle online workload to it until we are comfortable enough to throw a full workload at it.

I can do this today by staging a configuration (with VIPA DEL and VIPA
DEF statements) and varying it online dynamically but that doesn't
provide the kind of agility I'm looking for.

Say LPAR A is malfunctioning. I'd like to keep workload away from it to
prevent any issues that may affect the customer. I'd have to identify
what the current weights are for the appropriate DVIPAs, stage a
configuration to remove them then apply a new one, and finally vary
that online. That's pretty time consuming.

Does IBM offer a product (TN3270 or GUI) that would allow us to change DVIPA weights more quickly and with less manual research and preparation during what could be an expensive outage?

Idea priority Medium
  • Guest
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    |     Nov 19, 2015

    Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - z Systems Software
    Product - z/OS Communications Server

    For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
    Brand - WebSphere
    Product family - Enterprise Networking
    Product - z/OS Communications Server

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