GDPS Installation & Customisation Workshop

Objectives

On successful completion of this course attendees will be able to:

• describe the technologies available to help you achieve your objectives related to IT Resilience, Recovery Time, and Recovery Point Objectives
• list GDPS functions, capabilities, and the limitations of the underlying technology
• discuss the capabilities and prerequisites of the GDPS/PPRC offering
• list the capabilities and prerequisites of the GDPS/PPRC HyperSwap Manager (GDPS/PPRC HM) offering
• describe the capabilities and considerations of implementing GDPS/Metro Global Mirror (GDPS/MGM) and GDPS/Metro z/OS Global Mirror (GDPS/MzGM) for regional disaster recovery protection
• list the various GDPS extensions that are available
• discuss the capabilities and prerequisites of the RCMF/PPRC offering
• list the special considerations that must be given to the use of the MVS System Logger in a GDPS environment
• describe the planning activities pertaining to the implementation of GDPS/PPRC
• explain the customization process and parameters for GDPS
• operate of the GDPS environment
• describe the messages, abend codes and reason codes associated with GDPS processing.
• make recommendations (if necessary) relating to the installation's parameters and settings.

Who Should Attend

Systems Programmers and support staff involved in setting up and running a GDPS environment.

Prerequisites

All attendees must have a good knowledge and understanding of these topics:
Parallel Sysplex
z/OS at a System Programmer level
HCD
DASD technology.