Overview and requirements of SFM policy

An SFM policy includes the following statements:

Policy statement
System statement(s)
Reconfiguration statement(s)

SFM allows you to define responses for:

Signaling connectivity failures in the sysplex
System failures, indicated by a status update missing condition
Reconfiguring systems in a PR/SM™ environment
Signaling sympathy sickness

If the sysplex includes a coupling facility, the full range of failure management capabilities that SFM offers is available to the sysplex. For SFM to handle signaling connectivity failures without operator intervention or to isolate a failing system, a coupling facility must be configured in the sysplex.