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February 2022
Rev 23
Dell EMC Mainframe Enablers
ResourcePak Base for z/OS
Product Guide
Version 8.4
Notes, cautions, and warnings
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Contents 3
About this document .......................................................................................................................... 19
Purpose ............................................................................................................................................................................19
Audience ...........................................................................................................................................................................19
Coverage ..........................................................................................................................................................................19
Related documentation ..................................................................................................................................................19
CLI conventions .............................................................................................................................................................20
Where to get help ..........................................................................................................................................................20
Your comments ..............................................................................................................................................................20
Part I: INTRODUCTION AND CONFIGURATION .................................................................................... 21
Chapter 1: Overview .......................................................................................................................22
Mainframe Enablers and ResourcePak Base ...................................................................................................22
Licensing .........................................................................................................................................................................22
Introduction to ResourcePak Base...................................................................................................................22
Storage environment features .....................................................................................................................................23
Storage pool features ....................................................................................................................................................24
Local replication features ..............................................................................................................................................24
Remote replication features .........................................................................................................................................25
Chapter 2: Getting started .............................................................................................................26
Postinstallation..................................................................................................................................................26
Set up security ...............................................................................................................................................................26
Check IEFSSN table ......................................................................................................................................................26
Initialize thin devices ......................................................................................................................................................26
Reset storage pool MaxO to percentage ...................................................................................................................26
Configuring ResourcePak Base ........................................................................................................................26
Creating the SCF initialization file .............................................................................................................27
Sample SCF initialization file ......................................................................................................................27
Using PARMLIB(SCFINI00) .......................................................................................................................28
Running ResourcePak Base..............................................................................................................................28
Customizing the SCF started task .............................................................................................................29
Starting SCF ...............................................................................................................................................30
Running multiple SCF instances ................................................................................................................30
Stopping SCF .............................................................................................................................................. 31
SCF system abend codes ...........................................................................................................................32
SAICALL error codes ..................................................................................................................................35
SCF termination utility ................................................................................................................................36
Running AutoSwap in SCF address space ................................................................................................37
Using ResourcePak Base commands ...............................................................................................................37
Chapter 3: ResourcePak Base initialization parameters .....................................................................40
Overview ...........................................................................................................................................................40
Parameter verification ................................................................................................................................ 41
Default values ............................................................................................................................................. 41
ResourcePak Base initialization parameter verification parameters ..............................................................44
PARM_VERIFY ...........................................................................................................................................44
SRDF/A Monitor (ASY) parameters ................................................................................................................44
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SCF.ASY.MONITOR ...................................................................................................................................45
SCF.ASY.POLL.INTERVAL .........................................................................................................................45
SCF.ASY.SECONDARY_DELAY .................................................................................................................45
SCF.ASY.SMF.POLL ...................................................................................................................................46
SCF.ASY.SMF.RECORD .............................................................................................................................46
SCF.ASY.USEREXIT ...................................................................................................................................46
Storage system specification (CNTRL) parameters ....................................................................................... 47
SCF.CNTRL.EXCLUDE.LIST ......................................................................................................................47
SCF.CNTRL.INCLUDE.LIST .......................................................................................................................47
Cross-System Communication (CSC) parameters .........................................................................................48
SCF.CSC.ACTIVE .......................................................................................................................................48
SCF.CSC[.{symm-serial|RMT}].ACTIVEPOLL ..........................................................................................48
SCF.CSC[.symm-serial].ATTNACTIVE ......................................................................................................49
SCF.CSC[.symm-serial].ATTNPATHGRP ..................................................................................................49
SCF.CSC[.{symm-serial|RMT}].EXPIRECYCLE ........................................................................................50
SCF.CSC.GATEKEEPER.LIST ....................................................................................................................50
SCF.CSC.GATEKEEPER.symm-serial.LIST ............................................................................................... 51
SCF.CSC[.{symm-serial|RMT}].IDLEPOLL ............................................................................................... 51
SCF.CSC.INSTANCE ..................................................................................................................................52
SCF.CSC[.{symm-serial|RMT}].MITPERIOD ............................................................................................52
SCF.CSC.REFORMAT ................................................................................................................................53
SCF.CSC[.{symm-serial|RMT}].SELTIMEOUT .........................................................................................53
SCF.CSC[.{symm-serial|RMT}].VERBOSE ...............................................................................................54
AutoSwap (DAS) parameters...........................................................................................................................54
SCF.DAS.ACTIVE ........................................................................................................................................54
Device specification (DEV) parameters...........................................................................................................55
SCF.DEV.ATTR.HRO.EXCLUDE.LIST ........................................................................................................55
SCF.DEV.ATTR.HRO.INCLUDE.LIST .........................................................................................................55
SCF.DEV.EXCLUDE.LIST ...........................................................................................................................56
SCF.DEV.INCLUDE.LIST ............................................................................................................................56
SCF.DEV.MULTSS ......................................................................................................................................56
SCF.DEV.WAITINT .....................................................................................................................................57
...........................................................................................................................................................................57
Optimizer (DEV.OPTIMIZE) parameters..........................................................................................................57
SCF.DEV.OPTIMIZE.ENABLE ....................................................................................................................58
SCF.DEV.OPTIMIZE.MIR ...........................................................................................................................58
SCF.DEV.OPTIMIZE.MIR.ENABLE ............................................................................................................58
SCF.DEV.OPTIMIZE.MIR.EXCLUDE.LIST .................................................................................................59
SCF.DEV.OPTIMIZE.MIR.INCLUDE.LIST ..................................................................................................59
SCF.DEV.OPTIMIZE.MIR.JOBNAME.LIST ................................................................................................60
SCF.DEV.OPTIMIZE.MIR.JOBNAME.EXCLUDE.LIST ..............................................................................60
SCF.DEV.OPTIMIZE.MIR.JOBPREFIX.EXCLUDE.LIST ............................................................................60
SCF.DEV.OPTIMIZE.MIR.JOBPREFIX.LIST .............................................................................................. 61
SCF.DEV.OPTIMIZE.MIR.PASSIVE.LIST ................................................................................................... 61
SCF.DEV.OPTIMIZE.MIR.QUIPOINT.DEVICE ...........................................................................................62
SCF.DEV.OPTIMIZE.MIR.QUIPOINT.GLOBAL ..........................................................................................62
SCF.DEV.OPTIMIZE.MIR.SRVCLASS.LIST ...............................................................................................62
SCF.DEV.OPTIMIZE.MIR.STORGRP.INCLUDE.LIST ................................................................................63
SCF.DEV.OPTIMIZE.MIR.VOLMASK.INCLUDE.LIST ................................................................................63
SCF.DEV.OPTIMIZE.MIR.VOLSER.INCLUDE.LIST ...................................................................................64
SCF.DEV.OPTIMIZE.PAV ...........................................................................................................................64
SCF.DEV.OPTIMIZE.PAV.ENABLE ............................................................................................................65
SCF.DEV.OPTIMIZE.PAV.EXCLUDE.LIST .................................................................................................65
SCF.DEV.OPTIMIZE.PAV.INCLUDE.LIST ..................................................................................................65
SCF.DEV.OPTIMIZE.PAV.JOBNAME.LIST ................................................................................................66
SCF.DEV.OPTIMIZE.PAV.JOBNAME.EXCLUDE.LIST ..............................................................................66
SCF.DEV.OPTIMIZE.PAV.JOBPREFIX.LIST ..............................................................................................66
SCF.DEV.OPTIMIZE.PAV.JOBPREFIX.EXCLUDE.LIST ............................................................................67
SCF.DEV.OPTIMIZE.PAV.PASSIVE.LIST ..................................................................................................67
SCF.DEV.OPTIMIZE.PAV.QUIPOINT.DEVICE ...........................................................................................68
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SCF.DEV.OPTIMIZE.PAV.QUIPOINT.GLOBAL .........................................................................................68
SCF.DEV.OPTIMIZE.PAV.QUIPOINT.LCU ................................................................................................68
SCF.DEV.OPTIMIZE.PAV.QUIPOINT.LCU.PCT ........................................................................................69
SCF.DEV.OPTIMIZE.PAV.SPLIT.MAX .......................................................................................................69
SCF.DEV.OPTIMIZE.PAV.SPLIT.MAX.READ ............................................................................................69
SCF.DEV.OPTIMIZE.PAV.SPLIT.MAX.WRITE ...........................................................................................70
SCF.DEV.OPTIMIZE.PAV.SRVCLASS.LIST ...............................................................................................70
SCF.DEV.OPTIMIZE.PAV.STORGRP.INCLUDE.LIST ...............................................................................70
SCF.DEV.OPTIMIZE.PAV.TRACK.MIN .......................................................................................................71
SCF.DEV.OPTIMIZE.PAV.TRACK.MIN.READ ............................................................................................71
SCF.DEV.OPTIMIZE.PAV.TRACK.MIN.WRITE ...........................................................................................71
SCF.DEV.OPTIMIZE.PAV.VOLMASK.INCLUDE.LIST ...............................................................................72
SCF.DEV.OPTIMIZE.PAV.VOLSER.INCLUDE.LIST ..................................................................................72
SCF.DEV.OPTIMIZE.SELECTION.DSN ......................................................................................................73
SCF.DEV.OPTIMIZE.SELECTION.MEMBER .............................................................................................73
SCF.DEV.OPTIMIZE.SMF.RECID ...............................................................................................................73
SCF.DEV.OPTIMIZE.VERBOSE .................................................................................................................74
DSE Monitor (DSE) parameters....................................................................................................................... 74
SCF.DSE ......................................................................................................................................................75
SCF.DSE.xx.LIST ........................................................................................................................................75
SCF.DSE.symm-serial.LIST ........................................................................................................................76
SCF.DSE.symm-serial.LIST=GATEkeeper=ccuu .......................................................................................77
SCF.DSE.symm-serial.xx.LIST .................................................................................................................... 77
SCF.DSE.symm-serial.poolname.xx.LIST ...................................................................................................79
SCF.DSE.MAJOR ........................................................................................................................................80
SCF.DSE.MINOR ........................................................................................................................................80
SCF.DSE.WARNING ................................................................................................................................... 81
Gatekeeper specification (GATEKEEPER) parameters .................................................................................. 81
SCF.GATEKEEPER.FIXUP ......................................................................................................................... 81
SCF.GATEKEEPER.LIST ............................................................................................................................ 81
SCF.GATEKEEPER.symm-serial.LIST ........................................................................................................82
Group Name Services (GNS) parameters .......................................................................................................82
SCF.GNS.ACTIVE .......................................................................................................................................82
SCF.GNS.WAITINT .....................................................................................................................................83
General Pool Management (GPM) parameters...............................................................................................83
SCF.GPM.OSUB .........................................................................................................................................83
SCF initialization (INI) parameters ...................................................................................................................83
SCF.INI.COMMAND.MAX ..........................................................................................................................83
SCF.INI.CPFX .............................................................................................................................................84
SCF.INI.CPFX.DD .......................................................................................................................................84
SCF.INI.SCOPE ...........................................................................................................................................84
Licensing (LFC) parameters.............................................................................................................................85
SCF.LFC.LCODES.LIST ..............................................................................................................................85
SCF log file (LOG) parameters.........................................................................................................................85
SCF.LOG.CYLINDER ..................................................................................................................................85
SCF.LOG.DATACLAS .................................................................................................................................86
SCF.LOG.MGMTCLAS ...............................................................................................................................86
SCF.LOG.RETAIN.COUNT .........................................................................................................................86
SCF.LOG.RETAIN.DAYS .............................................................................................................................86
SCF.LOG.STORCLAS .................................................................................................................................87
SCF.LOG.TRACKS.PRI ...............................................................................................................................87
SCF.LOG.TRACKS.SEC ..............................................................................................................................87
Multi-Session Consistency (MSC) parameters ...............................................................................................88
SCF.MSC.ADCOPY.ONDROP ....................................................................................................................88
SCF.MSC.AUTO.RECOVER.RETRY ..........................................................................................................88
SCF.MSC.CYCLE.TIME.WARN ..................................................................................................................89
SCF.MSC.ENABLE .....................................................................................................................................89
SCF.MSC.GTFUSR.RECID .........................................................................................................................89
SCF.MSC.GTFUSR.TRACE ........................................................................................................................90
SCF.MSC.MAX.LOCK.WAIT ......................................................................................................................90
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SCF.MSC.OVERWRITE ..............................................................................................................................90
SCF.MSC.PAVO ......................................................................................................................................... 91
SCF.MSC.SDDFQ.TODA ............................................................................................................................ 91
SCF.MSC.SDDFQ.TOMF ............................................................................................................................ 91
SCF.MSC.SDDFQ.TOOS ............................................................................................................................92
SCF.MSC.VERBOSE ..................................................................................................................................92
Feature registration (REG) parameters...........................................................................................................93
SCF.REG.MAX.ERRORS ............................................................................................................................93
SCF.REG.MAX.CONTROLLER.ERRORS ...................................................................................................93
SCF.REG.WAITINT .....................................................................................................................................93
SDV Monitor (SDV) parameters ......................................................................................................................94
SCF.SDV .....................................................................................................................................................94
SCF.SDV.xx.LIST ........................................................................................................................................94
SCF.SDV.symm-serial.LIST ........................................................................................................................95
SCF.SDV.symm-serial.LIST=GATEkeeper=ccuu .......................................................................................96
SCF.SDV.symm-serial.xx.LIST ...................................................................................................................96
SCF.SDV.symm-serial.poolname.xx.LIST ...................................................................................................98
SNAP Monitor (SNAP) parameters .................................................................................................................99
SCF.SNAP.NOTIFY_POLLING ...................................................................................................................99
SCF.SNAP.NOTIFY_POLLTIME .............................................................................................................. 100
Service task (SRV) parameters ..................................................................................................................... 100
SCF.SRV.GSM.ACTIVE ............................................................................................................................ 100
SCF.SRV.GSM.INTERVAL ........................................................................................................................ 100
SRDF/A Single Session (SS) Auto Recovery parameters ............................................................................ 100
SCF.SS.AUTO.RECOVER ......................................................................................................................... 100
SCF.SS.AUTO.RECOVER.symm-serial.srdfgrp ........................................................................................101
SCF.SS.AUTO.RECOVER.BCV .................................................................................................................101
SCF.SS.AUTO.RECOVER.BCV.symm-serial.srdfgrp .............................................................................. 102
SCF.SS.AUTO.RECOVER.ITRK ................................................................................................................ 103
SCF.SS.AUTO.RECOVER.ITRK.symm-serial ...........................................................................................103
SCF.SS.AUTO.RECOVER.JOBNAME ...................................................................................................... 103
SCF.SS.AUTO.RECOVER.JOBNAME.symm-serial ................................................................................. 104
SCF.SS.AUTO.RECOVER.LPAR .............................................................................................................. 104
SCF.SS.AUTO.RECOVER.MINDIR ........................................................................................................... 104
SCF.SS.AUTO.RECOVER.MINDIR.symm-serial ...................................................................................... 105
SCF.SS.AUTO.RECOVER.PREFIX .......................................................................................................... 105
SCF.SS.AUTO.RECOVER.PROC ............................................................................................................. 105
THN Monitor (THN) parameters.................................................................................................................... 106
SCF.THN ................................................................................................................................................... 106
SCF.THN.REMOTE ................................................................................................................................... 106
SCF.THN.xx.LIST ...................................................................................................................................... 106
SCF.THN.symm-serial.LIST ...................................................................................................................... 108
SCF.THN.symm-serial.LIST=GATEkeeper=ccuu .................................................................................... 108
SCF.THN.symm-serial.xx.LIST ................................................................................................................. 109
SCF.THN.symm-serial.poolname.xx.LIST .................................................................................................110
SCF tracing (TRACE) parameters .................................................................................................................. 112
SCF.TRACE.COMPRESS .......................................................................................................................... 112
SCF.TRACE.CYLINDER ............................................................................................................................. 112
SCF.TRACE.DATACLAS ............................................................................................................................ 112
SCF.TRACE.FLUSH.AT ............................................................................................................................. 112
SCF.TRACE.MEGS .................................................................................................................................... 113
SCF.TRACE.MGMTCLAS .......................................................................................................................... 113
SCF.TRACE.RETAIN.COUNT .................................................................................................................... 113
SCF.TRACE.RETAIN.DAYS ....................................................................................................................... 114
SCF.TRACE.STORCLAS ............................................................................................................................ 114
SCF.TRACE.TRACKS.PRI ......................................................................................................................... 114
SCF.TRACE.TRACKS.SEC ........................................................................................................................115
TRU Monitor (TRU) parameters .....................................................................................................................115
SCF.TRU.DEBUG .......................................................................................................................................115
SCF.TRU.DEV.EXCLUDE.LIST ..................................................................................................................115
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SCF.TRU.DEV.INCLUDE.LIST ................................................................................................................... 116
SCF.TRU.ENABLE ..................................................................................................................................... 116
SCF.TRU.OFFLINE .................................................................................................................................... 116
SCF.TRU.RECLAIM.DSFACTOR ............................................................................................................... 117
SCF.TRU.RECLAIM.DSPREFIX ................................................................................................................. 117
SCF.TRU.RECLAIM.METHOD .................................................................................................................. 117
SCF.TRU.RECLAIM.PGMNAME ............................................................................................................... 118
SCF.TRU.RECLAIM.POST.MAX ............................................................................................................... 118
SCF.TRU.RECLAIM.POST.MIN ................................................................................................................ 118
SCF.TRU.RECLAIM.POST.PCT ................................................................................................................ 119
SCF.TRU.RECLAIM.POST.TYPE .............................................................................................................. 119
SCF.TRU.RECLAIM.SCRATCH.WAIT ....................................................................................................... 119
SCF.TRU.RECLAIM.STCNAME ............................................................................................................... 120
SCF.TRU.RECLAIM.STRESS.MONITOR .................................................................................................120
SCF.TRU.RECLAIM.STRESS.WAIT ......................................................................................................... 120
SCF.TRU.RECLAIM.SYSVTOC.HOLDLIMIT ............................................................................................. 121
SCF.TRU.RECLAIM.SYSVTOC.TRKLIMIT ................................................................................................ 121
SCF.TRU.RECLAIM.SYSVTOC.WAIT ....................................................................................................... 121
SCF.TRU.RECLAIM.TIMELIMIT.LIST ...................................................................................................... 122
SCF.TRU.RECLAIM.TASK.LIMIT ............................................................................................................. 122
SCF.TRU.SCAN.PGMNAME .................................................................................................................... 122
SCF.TRU.SCAN.STCNAME ..................................................................................................................... 122
SCF.TRU.SCAN.TASK.LIMIT ................................................................................................................... 123
SCF.TRU.SCRATCH.POST.MAX ............................................................................................................. 123
SCF.TRU.SCRATCH.POST.MIN .............................................................................................................. 123
SCF.TRU.SCRATCH.POST.PCT .............................................................................................................. 124
SCF.TRU.SCRATCH.POST.TYPE ............................................................................................................ 124
SCF.TRU.SCRATCH.RECLAIM ................................................................................................................ 124
SCF.TRU.THICKR1 .................................................................................................................................... 125
SCF log and trace file (WORK) parameters .................................................................................................. 125
SCF.WORK.HLQ ....................................................................................................................................... 125
SCF.WORK.UNIT ...................................................................................................................................... 125
SCF.WORK.VOLSER ................................................................................................................................ 126
SRDF/A Write Pacing Monitor (WPA) parameters....................................................................................... 126
SCF.WPA.EXCLUDE.CNTRL[.LIST] ........................................................................................................ 126
SCF.WPA.INCLUDE.CNTRL[.LIST] ..........................................................................................................127
SCF.WPA.MONITOR .................................................................................................................................127
SCF.WPA.MSGLEVEL .............................................................................................................................. 128
SCF.WPA.POLL.INTERVAL ...................................................................................................................... 128
SCF.WPA.SMF .......................................................................................................................................... 128
SCF.WPA.SMF.FILTER ............................................................................................................................ 129
SCF.WPA.SMF.RECORD ......................................................................................................................... 129
SCF.WPA.STYPES .................................................................................................................................... 130
Part II: STORAGE ENVIRONMENT ..................................................................................................... 132
Chapter 4: Using Symmetrix Control Facility (SCF) ........................................................................ 133
Introduction ..................................................................................................................................................... 133
Managing the storage environment ............................................................................................................... 134
Summary of operations ............................................................................................................................ 134
Viewing licenses .........................................................................................................................................137
Discovering devices ................................................................................................................................... 141
Viewing storage systems and devices ..................................................................................................... 142
Multiple subchannel addressing ................................................................................................................151
Dynamic activation of IODF configuration statements ............................................................................151
Dynamic Volume Expansion (DVE) support .............................................................................................151
HRO-controlled devices in AutoSwap groups ......................................................................................... 153
Global State Management ........................................................................................................................ 153
Nondisruptive SymmAPI-MF refreshes ................................................................................................... 154
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Command Prefix Facility .......................................................................................................................... 154
SCF log and trace files ............................................................................................................................. 154
Command reference ....................................................................................................................................... 155
Common parameters ................................................................................................................................ 156
DEV,CH,CNTRL ........................................................................................................................................ 157
DEV,DISPLAY ............................................................................................................................................ 157
DEV,EXPAND ............................................................................................................................................ 160
DEV,REFRESH ........................................................................................................................................... 161
DEV,RESCAN ............................................................................................................................................ 162
DEV,STATUS ............................................................................................................................................ 162
DEV,UNPIN ............................................................................................................................................... 162
ELM,LIST .................................................................................................................................................. 162
ELM,QUERY .............................................................................................................................................. 163
INI,REFRESH ............................................................................................................................................ 163
INI,RELOAD ............................................................................................................................................... 163
INI,SHUTDOWN ........................................................................................................................................ 164
REC,QUERYDEVICELOCK ....................................................................................................................... 164
REC,RELEASEDEVICELOCK .................................................................................................................... 165
SRV,SYSBUSY,HELP ................................................................................................................................ 165
SRV,SYSBUSY,DISPLAY .......................................................................................................................... 165
SRV,SYSBUSY,DECREMENT .................................................................................................................. 165
SRV,SYSBUSY,RESET .............................................................................................................................. 166
Chapter 5: Controlling communications (CSC) ............................................................................... 168
Introduction ..................................................................................................................................................... 168
Getting started................................................................................................................................................ 168
Controlling communications ........................................................................................................................... 168
Summary of operations ............................................................................................................................ 169
Polling storage systems ............................................................................................................................ 169
Selecting gatekeepers .............................................................................................................................. 170
Polling hosts .............................................................................................................................................. 170
Using Enginuity Attention ......................................................................................................................... 171
Viewing hosts ............................................................................................................................................. 171
Working with multiple SCF instances .......................................................................................................174
Viewing listeners ....................................................................................................................................... 175
Verbose messaging ................................................................................................................................... 176
Command reference ........................................................................................................................................177
Common parameters .................................................................................................................................177
CSC,DISPLAY,HOSTS ...............................................................................................................................177
CSC,DISPLAY,LISTENER ......................................................................................................................... 178
CSC,REFRESH .......................................................................................................................................... 179
Chapter 6: Naming storage systems (ESFCTLNM) ......................................................................... 180
Introduction ..................................................................................................................................................... 180
Running ESFCTLNM utility............................................................................................................................. 180
Naming a storage system ............................................................................................................................... 180
Command reference ........................................................................................................................................ 181
ASSIGN NAME ........................................................................................................................................... 181
Chapter 7: Validating system paths (ESFCHNU1) ........................................................................... 182
Introduction ..................................................................................................................................................... 182
Running ESFCHNU1 utility.............................................................................................................................. 182
Command reference ....................................................................................................................................... 182
ALL ............................................................................................................................................................ 183
CCUU ........................................................................................................................................................ 183
Return codes ................................................................................................................................................... 183
Chapter 8: Resetting FBA paths and devices (ESFFUCBC) .............................................................. 184
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Introduction ..................................................................................................................................................... 184
Running ESFFUCBC utility ............................................................................................................................. 184
Sample JCL ................................................................................................................................................................... 184
Parameters ................................................................................................................................................................... 185
Chapter 9: Managing device groups (GNS) .................................................................................... 186
Introduction ..................................................................................................................................................... 186
Getting started................................................................................................................................................ 186
Configuring GNS ....................................................................................................................................... 186
Running EMCGROUP batch utility .......................................................................................................... 186
Managing GNS groups.................................................................................................................................... 187
Summary of operations ............................................................................................................................ 187
Defining GNS groups ................................................................................................................................ 188
GNS group types ...................................................................................................................................... 188
Open systems group support ................................................................................................................... 190
Command reference: EMCGROUP batch utility ............................................................................................ 191
Overview .................................................................................................................................................... 191
Common parameters ................................................................................................................................ 192
DEFINE COMPLEMENT ........................................................................................................................... 196
DEFINE GROUP ........................................................................................................................................ 196
DEFINE ENTERPRISE GROUP ................................................................................................................ 199
DEFINE GROUP FOR GCOPYBCV ......................................................................................................... 200
DELETE GROUP ....................................................................................................................................... 201
DISPLAY GROUP ...................................................................................................................................... 201
LIST GROUP .............................................................................................................................................202
REMOVE FROM GROUP DEVICE ...........................................................................................................203
REMOVE FROM GROUP RDF GROUP ...................................................................................................204
RENAME GROUP .....................................................................................................................................204
Command reference: SCF GNS .....................................................................................................................204
Common parameters ............................................................................................................................... 205
GNS,FORMAT .......................................................................................................................................... 205
GNS,LIST ................................................................................................................................................. 205
GNS,REFRESH .........................................................................................................................................206
GNS,REVERT ............................................................................................................................................206
GNS reason codes ..........................................................................................................................................207
Chapter 10: Managing Quality of Service (QoS) ..............................................................................209
Introduction .....................................................................................................................................................209
Getting started................................................................................................................................................209
Security prerequisites ...............................................................................................................................209
Running the QoS utility ............................................................................................................................ 210
Copy priorities ................................................................................................................................................. 210
Overview ................................................................................................................................................... 210
Summary of operations ............................................................................................................................. 211
Dynamic Cache Partitioning (DCP)................................................................................................................. 211
Overview .................................................................................................................................................... 211
Summary of operations ............................................................................................................................ 212
DCP analysis mode ................................................................................................................................... 212
DCP example ............................................................................................................................................ 213
Mixed SRDF Mode (MRDF) ........................................................................................................................... 213
Overview ................................................................................................................................................... 213
Summary of operations ............................................................................................................................ 214
Redistribution of CPU weights ................................................................................................................ 214
Symmetrix Priority Control (Enginuity 5876) ................................................................................................ 214
Overview ................................................................................................................................................... 215
Summary of operations ............................................................................................................................ 215
SPC example ............................................................................................................................................. 215
Command reference ....................................................................................................................................... 215
Command parameters .............................................................................................................................. 216
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DISPCCFG ................................................................................................................................................ 218
DISPCDEV, or DISPCDVG and DISPCDV ................................................................................................ 218
DISPCGEN ................................................................................................................................................ 219
DISPCGRP ................................................................................................................................................ 219
DISPCPYP and DISPDEV ......................................................................................................................... 219
DISPCUSE .................................................................................................................................................220
DISPDEVP and DISPDEV ......................................................................................................................... 221
DISPSPC ................................................................................................................................................... 221
EXIT ...........................................................................................................................................................222
MRDFDISP DEFAULTS ............................................................................................................................222
MRDFDISP RDFSTATS ............................................................................................................................222
MRDFDISP WEIGHTS ..............................................................................................................................223
MRDFSET POLICY ...................................................................................................................................223
MRDFSET RESET .....................................................................................................................................224
MRDFSET WEIGHTS ................................................................................................................................224
QOSGET ....................................................................................................................................................225
QOSRESET ...............................................................................................................................................225
QOSSET ....................................................................................................................................................226
SETCACHE ...............................................................................................................................................227
SETCPADD ...............................................................................................................................................227
SETCPDEL ................................................................................................................................................228
SETCPMOD ..............................................................................................................................................228
SETCPMRP ...............................................................................................................................................228
SETCPMVD and SETCPMV .....................................................................................................................228
SETCPYP and SETDEVCP .......................................................................................................................229
SETDEVP and SETDEV ............................................................................................................................230
SETDIR and SETSPC ................................................................................................................................ 231
WAIT ..........................................................................................................................................................232
Chapter 11: Optimizing I/O (zBoost PAV Optimizer, Mirror Optimizer) .............................................233
Introduction .....................................................................................................................................................233
Requirements and restrictions ...................................................................................................................................235
Getting started................................................................................................................................................236
Security .....................................................................................................................................................236
Configuring optimizers .............................................................................................................................236
Optimizing I/Os...............................................................................................................................................239
Summary of operations ............................................................................................................................240
Operation modes ......................................................................................................................................242
Selecting devices ......................................................................................................................................242
Selecting datasets ....................................................................................................................................243
Limiting optimization by started task or job ............................................................................................244
Limiting optimization by service class .....................................................................................................244
Limiting optimization by tracks (zBoost PAV Optimizer) .......................................................................244
Controlling number of splits or constituent I/Os (zBoost PAV Optimizer) ...........................................245
Setting quiesce points ..............................................................................................................................245
Consistency support .................................................................................................................................246
Processing error conditions (Mirror Optimizer) ......................................................................................246
SMF recording.................................................................................................................................................247
Overview ...................................................................................................................................................247
SMF record types .....................................................................................................................................247
SMF record format ...................................................................................................................................248
STATS record fields ................................................................................................................................ 250
SMF reporting utility ................................................................................................................................256
Command reference .......................................................................................................................................259
Common parameters ................................................................................................................................259
DEV,OPTIMIZE ENABLE ..........................................................................................................................260
DEV,OPTIMIZE DISABLE .........................................................................................................................260
DEV,OPTIMIZE DISPLAY CONSISTENCY ...............................................................................................260
DEV,OPTIMIZE DISPLAY DEVICE ........................................................................................................... 261
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DEV,OPTIMIZE DISPLAY EVENTS ..........................................................................................................267
DEV,OPTIMIZE DISPLAY SSID ................................................................................................................267
DEV,OPTIMIZE DISPLAY SUMMARY ......................................................................................................269
DEV,OPTIMIZE HELP ...............................................................................................................................270
DEV,OPTIMIZE LOG EVENTS .................................................................................................................270
DEV,OPTIMIZE REFRESH .........................................................................................................................271
DEV,OPTIMIZE RESET .............................................................................................................................272
DEV,OPTIMIZE RESUME .........................................................................................................................272
DEV,OPTIMIZE SUSPEND .......................................................................................................................273
Optimizer batch interface (ESFOPTBT) .......................................................................................................273
Overview ...................................................................................................................................................274
JCL and parameters .................................................................................................................................274
Example ..................................................................................................................................................... 277
Chapter 12: Monitoring track changes (ChangeTracker) ................................................................. 278
Introduction .....................................................................................................................................................278
Getting started................................................................................................................................................278
Prerequisites .............................................................................................................................................278
Running ChangeTracker Collector ...........................................................................................................278
ChangeTracker Collector configuration parameters ...............................................................................279
ChangeTracker Collector sample CONFIG file ........................................................................................284
Running ChangeTracker Reporter ...........................................................................................................285
ChangeTracker Reporter configuration parameters ...............................................................................285
Tracking changes with ChangeTracker Collector ......................................................................................... 291
Overview ................................................................................................................................................... 291
Summary of operations ............................................................................................................................ 291
ChangeTracker Collector log dataset ......................................................................................................292
Dumping VTOCs .......................................................................................................................................293
Storage estimates for ChangeTracker Collector disk output .................................................................293
Producing reports with ChangeTracker Reporter .........................................................................................294
Overview ...................................................................................................................................................294
Summary of operations ............................................................................................................................295
Collector Summary report ........................................................................................................................295
Reporter Summary report ........................................................................................................................296
Symmetrix Summary report .....................................................................................................................296
Volume Summary report ..........................................................................................................................298
Dataset Summary report ..........................................................................................................................299
Interval statistics file ............................................................................................................................... 300
Command reference ....................................................................................................................................... 301
DISPLAY ALL ............................................................................................................................................ 301
DISPLAY CYCLE .......................................................................................................................................302
DISPLAY DEVICE ......................................................................................................................................302
DISPLAY LOG ...........................................................................................................................................303
HELP .........................................................................................................................................................303
LOG# .........................................................................................................................................................304
LOGSWAP .................................................................................................................................................304
STOP .........................................................................................................................................................304
VOLSER ....................................................................................................................................................304
Chapter 13: Comparing tracks (Disk Compare) ...............................................................................305
Introduction .................................................................................................................................................... 305
Getting started............................................................................................................................................... 305
Prerequisites ............................................................................................................................................ 305
Running Disk Compare ............................................................................................................................ 305
Disk Compare parameters ........................................................................................................................306
Comparing tracks............................................................................................................................................309
Summary of operations ............................................................................................................................309
Examples ................................................................................................................................................... 310
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Part III: STORAGE POOLS ................................................................................................................. 311
Chapter 14: Managing storage pools (GPM) ................................................................................... 312
Introduction ..................................................................................................................................................... 312
GPM with PowerMaxOS 5978 and HYPERMAX OS 5977 .....................................................................................312
GPM with Enginuity 5876 ............................................................................................................................................312
Getting started................................................................................................................................................ 312
Configuring GPM ...................................................................................................................................... 313
Running GPM commands ......................................................................................................................... 313
Running the ESFGPMBT utility ................................................................................................................ 313
ESFGPMBT conditional processing ......................................................................................................... 314
Working with pools (PowerMaxOS 5978, HYPERMAX OS 5977) ............................................................... 315
Summary of operations ............................................................................................................................ 315
Storage groups ......................................................................................................................................... 318
SMS-aligned storage groups .................................................................................................................... 318
Volume-defined groups ............................................................................................................................ 319
Cascaded storage groups ........................................................................................................................320
Storage resource pools ............................................................................................................................320
Service level objectives ............................................................................................................................ 321
Workload ...................................................................................................................................................322
Disk group .................................................................................................................................................322
SRP-level alerts ........................................................................................................................................322
Working with pools (Enginuity 5876).............................................................................................................323
Summary of operations ............................................................................................................................323
Creating and deleting pools .....................................................................................................................325
Adding and removing devices ..................................................................................................................335
Allocating and reallocating tracks ............................................................................................................337
Moving allocations ....................................................................................................................................337
Draining data or save devices ..................................................................................................................338
Rebalancing pools .....................................................................................................................................340
Compressing thin devices ........................................................................................................................342
Halting thin device tasks ..........................................................................................................................348
Pool-level alerts ........................................................................................................................................349
Pool management reports (PowerMaxOS 5978, HYPERMAX OS 5977) ................................................... 350
Storage Group report (QUERY SYMSG) ................................................................................................ 350
Storage Group Performance Statistics report (QUERY SYMSG STATS) ............................................. 351
Storage Resource Pool report (QUERY SRP) .........................................................................................353
Service Level Objective report (QUERY SLO) ........................................................................................354
Disk Group report (QUERY DISKGRP) ................................................................................................... 355
Pool report (QUERY POOLS) ..................................................................................................................356
Thin Device report (QUERY THINDEV) ..................................................................................................358
Thin Device Allocations report (QUERY ALLOC) ....................................................................................360
Thin Device Allocations by Pool report (QUERY ALLALLOCS) ............................................................. 361
Data Device report (QUERY DATADEV) .................................................................................................362
Pool management reports (Enginuity 5876) .................................................................................................364
FAST Tier report (QUERY TIERS) ...........................................................................................................364
Pool report (QUERY POOLS) ..................................................................................................................364
Pool Device report (QUERY POOLDEV) .................................................................................................366
Thin Device report (QUERY THINDEV) ..................................................................................................368
Thin Device Allocations report (QUERY ALLOC) .....................................................................................371
Thin Device Allocations by Pool report (QUERY ALLALLOCS) .............................................................373
Data Device report (QUERY DATADEV) .................................................................................................375
Save Device report (QUERY SAVEDEV) .................................................................................................379
Rebalance Task report (QUERY TASKS) ................................................................................................380
Command reference (PowerMaxOS 5978, HYPERMAX OS 5977) .............................................................382
Common parameters ................................................................................................................................382
ADD SYMSG .............................................................................................................................................387
ALLOCATE ................................................................................................................................................388
CREATE SYMSG .......................................................................................................................................388
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DELETE SYMSG .......................................................................................................................................390
HALTTASK ................................................................................................................................................390
HELP .........................................................................................................................................................390
PERSIST OFF ............................................................................................................................................ 391
QUERY ALLOC ......................................................................................................................................... 391
QUERY ALLALLOCS .................................................................................................................................392
QUERY DATADEV ....................................................................................................................................393
QUERY DISKGRP ......................................................................................................................................393
QUERY POOLDEV ....................................................................................................................................394
QUERY POOLS .........................................................................................................................................394
QUERY SAVEDEV .....................................................................................................................................394
QUERY SLO ..............................................................................................................................................394
QUERY SRP ..............................................................................................................................................394
QUERY SYMSG ........................................................................................................................................395
QUERY THINDEV .....................................................................................................................................396
REFRESH SYMSG ....................................................................................................................................397
REMOVE SYMSG .....................................................................................................................................397
RENAME POOL ........................................................................................................................................398
RENAME SLO ...........................................................................................................................................398
RENAME SYMSG .....................................................................................................................................399
SET SRP ....................................................................................................................................................399
SET SYMSG ............................................................................................................................................. 400
USR_NRDY ............................................................................................................................................... 401
USR_RDY ..................................................................................................................................................402
Command reference (Enginuity 5876) ..........................................................................................................402
Common parameters ................................................................................................................................403
ADD POOL ................................................................................................................................................406
ALLOCATE ................................................................................................................................................407
BIND ..........................................................................................................................................................408
COMPRESS ..............................................................................................................................................409
CREATE POOL .........................................................................................................................................409
DECOMPRESS ......................................................................................................................................... 410
DELETE POOL ........................................................................................................................................... 411
DISABLE ..................................................................................................................................................... 411
DISPLAY .................................................................................................................................................... 412
DRAIN ........................................................................................................................................................ 413
ENABLE ..................................................................................................................................................... 414
HALTTASK ................................................................................................................................................ 415
HDRAIN ..................................................................................................................................................... 415
HELP ......................................................................................................................................................... 416
MOVE .........................................................................................................................................................417
PERSIST OFF ............................................................................................................................................ 418
POOLATTR ............................................................................................................................................... 419
QUERY ALLOC .........................................................................................................................................420
QUERY ALLALLOCS ................................................................................................................................. 421
QUERY DATADEV .................................................................................................................................... 421
QUERY POOLDEV ....................................................................................................................................422
QUERY POOLS .........................................................................................................................................422
QUERY SAVEDEV .....................................................................................................................................423
QUERY TASKS ..........................................................................................................................................423
QUERY TIERS ...........................................................................................................................................424
QUERY THINDEV .....................................................................................................................................424
REBALANCE .............................................................................................................................................425
REBIND .....................................................................................................................................................426
REMOVE POOL ........................................................................................................................................426
RENAME POOL ........................................................................................................................................427
UNBIND .....................................................................................................................................................428
USR_NRDY ...............................................................................................................................................429
USR_RDY ..................................................................................................................................................429
Condition statements (ESFGPMBT) .............................................................................................................430
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IF ................................................................................................................................................................430
ELSE .......................................................................................................................................................... 431
ENDIF ........................................................................................................................................................ 431
RESET ....................................................................................................................................................... 431
Return codes (ESFGPMBT) ...........................................................................................................................432
Chapter 15: Monitoring thin pools (THN Monitor) ........................................................................... 433
Introduction .....................................................................................................................................................433
Getting started................................................................................................................................................433
Monitoring thin pools ......................................................................................................................................434
Summary of operations ............................................................................................................................434
Optional user exit ......................................................................................................................................434
Example 1 ..................................................................................................................................................434
Example 2 ..................................................................................................................................................435
Example 3 ..................................................................................................................................................436
Example 4 ..................................................................................................................................................436
Example 5 ..................................................................................................................................................437
Example 6 ..................................................................................................................................................437
Command reference .......................................................................................................................................438
Common parameters ................................................................................................................................438
THN,DISABLE ...........................................................................................................................................438
THN,DISPLAY ...........................................................................................................................................439
THN,ENABLE ............................................................................................................................................439
THN,LOCAL ..............................................................................................................................................440
THN,REFRESH .........................................................................................................................................440
THN,REMOTE ...........................................................................................................................................440
Chapter 16: Monitoring snap pools (SDV Monitor) .......................................................................... 441
Introduction ..................................................................................................................................................... 441
Getting started................................................................................................................................................ 441
Configuring SDV Monitor .............................................................................................................................................441
Running SDV Monitor ..................................................................................................................................................442
Monitoring snap pools.....................................................................................................................................442
Summary of operations ............................................................................................................................442
Optional user exit ......................................................................................................................................442
Example .....................................................................................................................................................442
Command reference .......................................................................................................................................443
Common parameters ................................................................................................................................443
SDV,DISABLE ............................................................................................................................................443
SDV,DISPLAY ............................................................................................................................................444
SDV,ENABLE ............................................................................................................................................445
SDV,REFRESH ..........................................................................................................................................445
Chapter 17: Monitoring DSE pools (DSE Monitor) ...........................................................................446
Introduction .....................................................................................................................................................446
Spillover monitoring .....................................................................................................................................................446
Getting started................................................................................................................................................447
Configuring DSE Monitor ............................................................................................................................................447
Running DSE Monitor ..................................................................................................................................................447
Monitoring DSE pools .....................................................................................................................................447
Summary of operations ............................................................................................................................447
Optional user exit ......................................................................................................................................448
Example .....................................................................................................................................................448
Command reference .......................................................................................................................................448
Common parameters ................................................................................................................................448
DSE,DISABLE ............................................................................................................................................449
DSE,DISPLAY ............................................................................................................................................449
DSE,ENABLE ........................................................................................................................................... 450
DSE,REFRESH ......................................................................................................................................... 450
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Chapter 18: Monitoring space reclamation (TRU Monitor) ............................................................... 451
Introduction ..................................................................................................................................................... 451
Getting started................................................................................................................................................ 451
Configuring the TRU Monitor .................................................................................................................. 451
Running the TRU Monitor ........................................................................................................................452
Monitoring the TRU environment ..................................................................................................................453
Summary of operations ............................................................................................................................453
Monitoring ................................................................................................................................................ 455
Monitored devices ................................................................................................................................... 455
Scanning ....................................................................................................................................................456
Reclaiming .................................................................................................................................................456
Command reference .......................................................................................................................................457
Common parameters ................................................................................................................................458
TRU,DISABLE ...........................................................................................................................................458
TRU,DISPLAY ............................................................................................................................................458
TRU,DISPLAY,DEVICE ..............................................................................................................................459
TRU,ENABLE ............................................................................................................................................459
TRU,HELP .................................................................................................................................................460
TRU,HOLD ................................................................................................................................................460
TRU,RECLAIM .......................................................................................................................................... 461
TRU,REFRESH .......................................................................................................................................... 461
TRU,RELEASE .......................................................................................................................................... 461
TRU,SCAN ................................................................................................................................................ 461
TRU,START ...............................................................................................................................................462
TRU,STOP .................................................................................................................................................462
Chapter 19: Pool monitor user exit .................................................................................................464
Overview .........................................................................................................................................................464
Sample user exit..............................................................................................................................................464
Parameters passed to user exit......................................................................................................................464
General information .....................................................................................................................................................465
Interval information ......................................................................................................................................................465
Percentage used ..........................................................................................................................................................465
Storage system information .......................................................................................................................................466
Storage system information from prior interval .......................................................................................................466
Pool information ...........................................................................................................................................................467
Pool information from prior interval ...........................................................................................................................467
Part IV: LOCAL REPLICATION ...........................................................................................................468
Chapter 20: Managing zDP ...........................................................................................................469
Introduction .....................................................................................................................................................469
Summary of operations...................................................................................................................................469
Command reference .......................................................................................................................................470
Common parameters ................................................................................................................................470
ZDP,CREATE ............................................................................................................................................470
ZDP,ECACLEAR ........................................................................................................................................471
ZDP,MODIFY,SMF .....................................................................................................................................471
ZDP,PAUSE ...............................................................................................................................................471
ZDP,RELEASEDEVICELOCK ....................................................................................................................472
ZDP,RESUME ...........................................................................................................................................472
ZDP,START ...............................................................................................................................................472
ZDP,STOP .................................................................................................................................................472
Part V: REMOTE REPLICATION ......................................................................................................... 473
Chapter 21: Monitoring SRDF/A (SRDF/A Monitor) ........................................................................ 474
Introduction .....................................................................................................................................................474
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Getting started................................................................................................................................................474
Configuring SRDF/A Monitor .....................................................................................................................................474
Running SRDF/A Monitor ...........................................................................................................................................475
Monitoring SRDF/A sessions .........................................................................................................................475
Summary of operations ............................................................................................................................475
SRDF/A monitoring ..................................................................................................................................476
SRDF/A Single Session Auto Recovery ................................................................................................... 477
Optional user exit ......................................................................................................................................478
SMF record format ...................................................................................................................................478
Command reference ....................................................................................................................................... 481
Common parameters ................................................................................................................................ 481
ASY,DISABLE ............................................................................................................................................ 481
ASY,DISPLAY ............................................................................................................................................482
ASY,ENABLE .............................................................................................................................................482
ASY,REFRESH ..........................................................................................................................................482
ASY,SSAR,DISABLE ..................................................................................................................................483
ASY,SSAR,ENABLE ..................................................................................................................................483
ASY,RECOVER,SRDFA .............................................................................................................................483
Chapter 22: Monitoring SRDF/A write pacing (WPA Monitor) .........................................................485
Introduction .....................................................................................................................................................485
Requirements and restrictions ...................................................................................................................................485
Getting started................................................................................................................................................485
Configuring WPA Monitor ...........................................................................................................................................485
Running WPA Monitor .................................................................................................................................................486
Monitoring SRDF/A write pacing...................................................................................................................486
Summary of operations ............................................................................................................................486
Monitoring process ...................................................................................................................................486
SMF record format ...................................................................................................................................487
Chapter 23: Managing SRDF/AR processes ....................................................................................488
Introduction .....................................................................................................................................................488
Running SRDF/AR processes.........................................................................................................................488
Command reference .......................................................................................................................................488
Common parameters ................................................................................................................................489
SAR,PAUSE ...............................................................................................................................................489
SAR,START ...............................................................................................................................................489
SAR,RESTART ..........................................................................................................................................489
SAR,STOP .................................................................................................................................................490
Chapter 24: Managing SRDF/A MSC ............................................................................................. 491
Introduction ..................................................................................................................................................... 491
Getting started................................................................................................................................................ 491
Controlling MSC environment ........................................................................................................................ 491
Summary of operations ............................................................................................................................492
Enabling MSC environment of SCF .........................................................................................................493
Command reference .......................................................................................................................................493
Common parameters ................................................................................................................................494
MSC,ADDDEV ...........................................................................................................................................494
MSC,DEACT .............................................................................................................................................495
MSC,DEACTREFRESH .............................................................................................................................496
MSC,DEACTRESTART .............................................................................................................................497
MSC,DEACTRESTARTTOSEC .................................................................................................................498
MSC,DEACTRESTARTTOZERO ..............................................................................................................498
MSC,DELDEV ...........................................................................................................................................499
MSC,DISABLE .......................................................................................................................................... 500
MSC,DISPLAY ........................................................................................................................................... 501
MSC,ENABLE ........................................................................................................................................... 501
MSC,PENDDROP .................................................................................................................................... 502
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MSC,RECOVER ....................................................................................................................................... 503
MSC,REFRESH ........................................................................................................................................ 503
MSC,RESTART ........................................................................................................................................ 504
MSC,RESTARTTOSEC ............................................................................................................................ 505
MSC,RESTARTTOZERO ......................................................................................................................... 506
MSC,TAKEOVER ..................................................................................................................................... 506
MSC,VERBOSE ........................................................................................................................................507
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ResourcePak Base for z/OS Product Guide
SRDF Host Component for z/OS Product Guide
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Consistency Groups for z/OS Product Guide
TimeFinder SnapVX and zDP Product Guide
TimeFinder/Clone Mainframe Snap Facility Product Guide
TimeFinder/Mirror for z/OS Product Guide
TimeFinder Utility for z/OS Product Guide
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