GDPS Installation & Customisation Workshop

This course 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.
The course also explains how to operate a GDPS environment, and how best to exploit it in your own particular installation.

In order to ensure that customers gain the maximum benefit from this course, it is only offered for exclusive, one-company presentations. This enables the consultant presenting the course to focus entirely on your organisation's specific implementation of GDPS and the attendees' particular requirements. To achieve this, the consultant will normally spend one day reviewing your installation and GDPS implementation or plans for implementation in order to set-up the course, prior to the actual three-day course presentation.

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.

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

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

3 days

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.

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