Using z/OSMF in a multi-system environment

If you plan to use z/OSMF in a multi-system environment, or across sysplexes, the decisions you make during the configuration process can help to simplify the management of z/OSMF later. You can deploy z/OSMF in such a way that it can be started from any system in your sysplex for availability. This is an important consideration when deploying any application in a sysplex environment.

To support the use of z/OSMF in a multi-system environment:
  • The IZUPRMxx member accepts system symbols as values for the configuration settings, such as the host name for z/OSMF.
  • Different IZUPRMxx members can be selected on the START command for a particular system, for example, to allow for a different selection of plug-ins to be used on each system.
  • As an alternative to specifying a unique hostname on each system through multiple parmlib members, you specify a dynamic VIPA (DVIPA) for the hostname that resolves to the correct IP address.

This chapter assumes that UNIX System Services runs in a shared file system environment in your sysplex. For information about how to establish an UNIX System Services shared file system environment in a sysplex, see z/OS UNIX System Services Planning.

Considerations for multi-system environments are described in the following topics:
Parent topic: Configuration