As for whether to configure for automatic test or real disaster, ask yourself what happens when the operator gets it wrong. If the operator forgets to configure for test, and the system comes up ready for a real disaster, what's the impact? What's the impact if it comes up ready for a test and it's a real disaster? If the answer is that coming up for a real disaster when it's supposed to be a test impacts production, and coming up for a test when it's a real disaster means go back and make the change you forgot, I would default to coming up for a test.
Dennis "A pistol! Are you expecting trouble Sir?" "No Miss, were I expecting trouble I'd have a rifle." -----Original Message----- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marcy Cortes Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 22:44 To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: [IBMVM] Query what the name of the SYTEM CONFIG file used was? Yeah, that's one of the concerns... Same place for diaster test as real disaster, but differnet IP configurations there and no xDR Hyperswap (which is in control of your system config names --- i.e. must be SITE1 SITE2) in either of those scenarios but only on the prod (mirrored) environment. Just trying to think through the best way - the trade off is tests automagic (ipl away) with disaster test or longer involving reconfigging with real diaster (mucking with system netid perhaps). Given the former happens 11 times a year and the latter hopefully never, maybe its ok for a little intervention in a real disaster scenario (given we meet our RTO). But its also probably better to have an RTO in test that is the worst case scenario and not better than the real disaster. Didn't tcpip used to work off of system identifiers and not node names (system netid)? That latter is harder to work around given a change to system netid involves resaving CMS. Marcy "This message may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the addressee or authorized to receive this for the addressee, you must not use, copy, disclose, or take any action based on this message or any information herein. If you have received this message in error, please advise the sender immediately by reply e-mail and delete this message. Thank you for your cooperation." -----Original Message----- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of O'Brien, Dennis L Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 9:34 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: [IBMVM] Query what the name of the SYTEM CONFIG file used was? Marcy, You could also QUERY CPUID to find out where you are, but if you run in the same place for DR tests and real DR, that won't distinguish between the two. Dennis "A pistol! Are you expecting trouble Sir?" "No Miss, were I expecting trouble I'd have a rifle." -----Original Message----- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marcy Cortes Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 19:19 To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: [IBMVM] Query what the name of the SYTEM CONFIG file used was? No, that will tell me if sapl screen entry or salipl set them. What will tell me what it is if it was done from the HMC? FWIW, GDPS/PPRC Hyperswap (xDR) + GDPS/XRC leaving me trying to figure out where I am (meaning VM and linux who tags along on VM parms) and what network I have available in order to set up tcp/ip config (and maybe consoles ) files for all 3 scenarios ... (production, disaster test, real diaster). Marcy "This message may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the addressee or authorized to receive this for the addressee, you must not use, copy, disclose, or take any action based on this message or any information herein. If you have received this message in error, please advise the sender immediately by reply e-mail and delete this message. Thank you for your cooperation." -----Original Message----- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave Tibbetts Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 6:02 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: [IBMVM] Query what the name of the SYTEM CONFIG file used was? Marcy... Try Q IPLPARMS Marcy Cortes wrote: > > Is there a way to query this? > Particularly the one that got chosen by putting FNnnnnn in the > LOADPARM field on the HMC? > > > > *Marcy Cortes * > Team Lead, _Enterprise Virtualization - z/VM and z/Linux_ > <http://ehs.homestead.wellsfargo.com/Mainframe/zSS/zSE/zVM-zLinux/Page > s/default.aspx> > > Enterprise Hosting Services > w. (415) 243-6343 > c. (415) 517-0895 > /"This message may contain confidential and/or privileged information. > If you are not the addressee or authorized to receive this for the > addressee, you must not use, copy, disclose, or take any action based > on this message or any information herein. If you have received this > message in error, please advise the sender immediately by reply e-mail > and delete this message. Thank you for your cooperation."/ > >