Re: Catalogs in a SYSPLEX

2016-11-21 Thread Travis Bream
So what is the intent of your configuration? To take advantage of all the wonderfulness that is SYSPLEX :) Separate but equal? Or are they running from a common SYSRES Set? Other??? We will have 2 systems that are identical. They are going to have a common SYSRES with a secondary SYSRES to

Re: Catalogs in a SYSPLEX

2016-11-21 Thread Travis
I was doing some research and I cannot seem to find any specific mention of using a single shared master catalog in the manuals. It doesn't mean I was looking in the correct manuals it just means that what I had been told may not be 100% accurate. The manuls do seem to IMPLY that a shared

Catalogs in a SYSPLEX

2016-11-21 Thread Travis
We are creating a SYSPLEX of two systems and there seems to be some debate about using a single shared master catalog or multiple master catalogs on each system. The IBM manuals recommend a single shared master catalog but our CE has been advocating multiple catalogs. What are the pros and cons