But GDPS is not just a Disaster Recovery solution. It can "live" swap from data center to data center, within data centers. Are you saying that you are just a base sysplex using GDPS?
Rob Schramm On Thu, May 28, 2015 at 1:55 PM J O Skip Robinson <jo.skip.robin...@sce.com> wrote: > GDPS has about as much to do with 'parallel sysplex' as TSO has to do with > 'time sharing'. For us, GDPS automates disaster recovery. Before GDPS, we > had to do a lot of manual procedures that GDPS performs without the need > for fingers on a keyboard. Included in our DR environment is one monoplex > LPAR that runs TPX. This LPAR has no need for sysplex resources but has to > run in DR, which we view as business resumption after a catastrophic data > center failure. RTO is important, but a few hours is far preferable to the > alternative abyss. > > . > . > . > J.O.Skip Robinson > Southern California Edison Company > Electric Dragon Team Paddler > SHARE MVS Program Co-Manager > 626-302-7535 Office > 323-715-0595 Mobile > jo.skip.robin...@sce.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf Of Rob Schramm > Sent: Thursday, May 28, 2015 6:21 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: LPAR MOBILITY > > Interesting, never thought someone would consider GDPS on anything but > parallel sysplex. What would be the point? I could buy a Ferrari and > remove the wheels.. But it wouldn't be much fun...and would be a very > expensive chair. > > Seems more like the person is looking for parallel sysplex / > sysplex-in-a-box plus automation. > > Rob Schramm > > On Thu, May 28, 2015, 9:01 AM IBMZOS < > 000000af65f10fb1-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > > > Thank's Jan for detailed reply. Yes for the impact of LPM. We use it > > for planned outages, and work fine. I cannot do with my sysplex, > > because your reply is applicable to a Parallel sysplex, which is a HIGH > step forward. > > From all the reply, i understand that Parallel Syplex is really the > > solution. Just curious if LPM or Live Guest Migration is announced one > > day on Z/OS, for planned outages... > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
