We all have lots of questions about your goals here, but the short answer to your question is Yes, sysplex is the answer. I assume that your two boxes are already connected in some way as to share access to data. Turning such a configuration into a sysplex may require some additional hardware, but not a lot.
-- If you want a full-function parallel sysplex, you would need to create an internal coupling facility LPAR (ICF) in each CEC. -- You would need CF links to connect each ICF to the opposite CEC. -- I think you would also need server timing protocol (STP) to keep clocks in synch; I have not tried running without STP. . . J.O.Skip Robinson Southern California Edison Company Electric Dragon Team Paddler SHARE MVS Program Co-Manager 323-715-0595 Mobile 626-543-6132 Office ⇐=== NEW [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Timothy Sipples Sent: Friday, July 06, 2018 5:39 AM To: [email protected] Subject: (External):Re: Sysplex between two hardware Peter wrote: >We are looking up for a solution where we need a LPAR to have a hot standby >in other LPAR running in a different machine . >As we are trying to create a sysplex relationship between two LPARS running >in a different machines . >Apology for my ignorance and is it possible ? Yes, it's certainly possible and common. Here are a couple questions: 1. How far apart (in fiber distance) are these two physical machines? 2. What workload types would you like to configure across the two LPARs? Examples: MQ, Db2, CICS, IMS TM, IMS DB, WebSphere Application Server? 3. What goal(s) are you trying to accomplish? Are you trying to improve service levels, for example? Or perhaps trying to move workloads from one machine to another while minimizing (or eliminating) an outage? Something else? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Timothy Sipples IT Architect Executive, Industry Solutions, IBM Z & LinuxONE, Multi-Geography E-Mail: [email protected] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
