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Status Future consideration
Workspace z/OS
Categories BCP_IOS
Created by Guest
Created on Nov 17, 2016

RELATED IDEAS

Improve CONFIGxx PARMLIB member processing for PPRC environments

Background:
Currently CONFIGxx members are maintained manually by FI for every system in the sysplex with names CONFIG&SYSCLONE. These members contain desired states for
1. Storage and CPU's that are to be online.
2. Channel paths that should be online.
3. Devices that should be online resp. offline
4. Volser's of important devices (Sysres e.g.).

For devices PPRC'ed and managed by GDPS the status for
a) a PPRC primary device is defined as online in CONFIGxx.
b) a PPRC secondary device is defined as offline in CONFIGxx.
The assumption here is that all systems within one sysplex (except the GDPS controlling system) have the same DASD configuration.

The members are used to verify if the running system complies to the currently defined configuration in the CONFIGxx member and detect misconfiguration / prevent problems e.g. after an IPL with an unreflected dynamic change.
This is done via "D M=CONFIG(xx)" command twice a day

The manual "System Commands" states:
"CONFIG[(xx)]
The system is to display the differences between the current configuration
and the configuration described in the CONFIGxx parmlib member."

Idea priority Medium

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