GDPS Installation & Customisation Workshop
This workshop introduces and explains the issues involved in implementing IBM's Geographically Dispersed Parallel Sysplex (GDPS) environment. It examines the main functions and capabilities of GDPS and provides detailed advice and guidance on the implementation parameters. Attendees will learn how to operate a GDPS environment, and how best to exploit it in their own particular installation.
In order to ensure that customers gain the maximum benefit from this workshop, it is only offered for one-company on-site presentations. This enables the consultant/instructor facilitating the workshop to focus entirely on the organisation's specific implementation of GDPS and the attendees' particular requirements. To achieve this, the consultant will spend one day reviewing your installation and GDPS implementation or plans for implementation in order to set-up the workshop, prior to the actual three-day presentation.
Please note that, as this workshop uses the customer organisation's GDPS-related IBM Red Books as documentation, this workshop can only be presented to organisations that are licenced by IBM to use IBM GDPS.
What you will learn
On successful completion of this course you 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:
z/OS at a System Programmer level
Parallel Sysplex
HCD
DASD technology.
Duration
4 days
Fee (per attendee)
P.O.A.
This includes free online 24/7 access to course notes.
Hard copy course notes are available on request from rsmshop@rsm.co.uk
at £50.00 plus carriage per set.
Course Code
GDPS
Contents
The topics covered in this workshop will be selected according to the customer's requirements. They will be selected from the list of topics shown below.
Business Resilience and GDPS
GDPS Functions & Capabilities
GDPS/PPRC
GDPS Metro/Global Mirror (GDPS/MGM)
GDPS/Metro z/OS Global Mirror (GDPS/MzGM)
GDPS Extensions
RCMF/PPRC
MVS System Logger in a GDPS Environment
Operating GDPS