Re: Splitting a sysplex in two

There is potentially an IBM Software Pricing issue with splitting a sysplex. IBM pricing, since parallel sysplex was introduced, has allowed machines to be aggregated together for pricing. There are some complicated rules and a red paper which describes the rules is available at

Re: Splitting a sysplex in two

@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Splitting a sysplex in two By far the easiest--if least elegant--method is to copy the entire sysplex and restore whatever you need to make the second one work. It's untidy because you'll have lots of stuff in each plex that's meaningless. For example, producti

Re: Splitting a sysplex in two

rt B. Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2016 10:36 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: (External):Re: Splitting a sysplex in two Two different Sysplexes. Per Allan's Redbook recommendation and reversing the merge, there are these "plexes" to probably split: CATALOGplex, DASDp

Re: Splitting a sysplex in two

AMplex, WLMplex -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Jesse 1 Robinson Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2016 11:41 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Splitting a sysplex in two (This time with content.) In my experience, splittin

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-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Allan Staller Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2016 7:48 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: (External):Re: Splitting a sysplex in two You might also try "merging systems into a sy

Re: Splitting a sysplex in two

aller Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2016 7:48 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: (External):Re: Splitting a sysplex in two You might also try "merging systems into a sysplex. It should be the same checklist, just operated in reverse. Redbook SG24-6818-00 HTH. -Original Message- From

Re: Splitting a sysplex in two

Thanks Allan...reviewing it now. Bob -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Allan Staller Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2016 10:48 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Splitting a sysplex in two You might also try

Re: Splitting a sysplex in two

er 15, 2016 9:43 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Splitting a sysplex in two I am in the process of planning for the splitting of a single sysplex into one PROD and one DEVL. Does anyone have a good checklist for this? The last time I did this was quite some time ago. I probably have mo

Splitting a sysplex in two

I am in the process of planning for the splitting of a single sysplex into one PROD and one DEVL. Does anyone have a good checklist for this? The last time I did this was quite some time ago. I probably have most of the tasks identified, but can no longer find that old documentation I thought I