Coupling Facility Resource Management (CFRM) policy considerations

To define how to manage z/OS® images and coupling facilities in the sysplex, you must specify hardware configuration information in the coupling facility resource management (CFRM) policy as follows:

• Coupling facility node descriptor information

  You must identify each coupling facility in the sysplex and the processor complex on which it is running. To do so, you must specify the following information in the CFRM policy:

  CFRM parameter

  Description

  PLANT

  Plant of manufacture

  SEQUENCE

  Machine sequence number

  SIDE

  Machine side

  TYPE

  Machine type

  MFG

  Manufacturer

  CPCID

  CPC identifier

  This information is available on the CPC Details panel. You can access the CPC Details panel by opening the CPC object that is running the coupling facility LP.

• LP information for the coupling facility

  For a coupling facility residing on a z17 model, the partition ID specified on the activation profile for the CF image on the Support Element or Hardware Management console must match the number specified in the PARTITION keyword of the CF statement in the policy information defined in the CFRM policy. It is recommended that the LP names for the CF LPs in IOCP input files match the names used in the NAME keyword in the CF statement in the CFRM policy.

  You can find the LP names in either the IOCP or HCD reports.