> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On > Behalf Of Mark Zelden > Sent: Sunday, August 09, 2009 8:17 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > Subject: Re: DASD: to share or not to share > > On Sun, 9 Aug 2009 14:39:32 -0700, Gibney, Dave <gib...@wsu.edu> wrote: > > > > >VSAM (and all SMS datasets) can't exist without being cataloged. Shared > >Catalogs are not "safe" without integrity protection. Integrity > >protection takes MIM ($) or Sysplex ($) and both require time to > >configure and maintain. As the only real z/OS Sysprog here, I'm hard > >pressed to keep up as it is, so it's unlikely I'll ever plex and I know > >we'll never buy MIM. > > > > > GRS is free and it doesn't require a sysplex. Or you can use a basic > sysplex. Yes, there is some configuration steps, but once set up it > isn't likely to eat into your time.
True, and last time we revamped the IODF I had the required CTC(s) added. That was over a year ago when we brought in the z9-BC and is the last time I had a chance to take a baby step that direction. Also, on this list, I'm led to understand that our four would LPARs push or exceed GRS ring performance. > > Mark > -- > Mark Zelden > Sr. Software and Systems Architect - z/OS Team Lead > Zurich North America / Farmers Insurance Group - ZFUS G-ITO > mailto:mark.zel...@zurichna.com > z/OS Systems Programming expert at > http://expertanswercenter.techtarget.com/ > Mark's MVS Utilities: http://home.flash.net/~mzelden/mvsutil.html > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
