The following are some basic terms and definitions:
- SMS complex
- A system or a collection of systems that share a common configuration
including a common active control data set (ACDS) and a common communication
data set (COMMDS) pair. The SMS configuration now supports up to
32 system names, system group names, or both.
- Parallel Sysplex®
- A collection of MVS systems in a multi-system environment supported
by the cross-system coupling facility (XCF).
- System name
- The name of the system where an SMS operation is being performed.
- System group
- The system names within a Parallel Sysplex, excluding those systems in that
sysplex, if any, that are individually defined in the SCDS. This support
can be used even if the XCF is not active.