"B Sysprog" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > Hello list - > > We have two separate zSeries processors, each with its own production > sysplex. > CPUX - 2-LPAR basic sysplex with JES2 and ACF2. GRS ring. > CPUZ - 4-LPAR parallel sysplex with JES3 and RACF, using ICF. GRS star. > > Both CPUX and CPUZ share two ESCON directors, disk and tape controllers. > Shared DASD is minimal; there is currently no GRS between the two sysplexes. > > There is no technical reason to combine the totally separate sysplexes into > a single sysplex, > however, there is significant financial savings for doing so. Therefore, we > have been asked to begin a study of the issues and steps required to make > this happen. > > Thank you, > BK Kosmach > MVS System Programmer
Just out of curiosity, where do you see the financial savings? In sysplex licencing? Can you achieve this also by spreading the lpars of both sysplexes over both machines? Kees. ********************************************************************** For information, services and offers, please visit our web site: http://www.klm.com. This e-mail and any attachment may contain confidential and privileged material intended for the addressee only. If you are not the addressee, you are notified that no part of the e-mail or any attachment may be disclosed, copied or distributed, and that any other action related to this e-mail or attachment is strictly prohibited, and may be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail by error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail, and delete this message. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij NV (KLM), its subsidiaries and/or its employees shall not be liable for the incorrect or incomplete transmission of this e-mail or any attachments, nor responsible for any delay in receipt. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V. (also known as KLM Royal Dutch Airlines) is registered in Amstelveen, The Netherlands, with registered number 33014286 ********************************************************************** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html