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Objectives:

Understand the Sysplex Environment

Implement RACF Sysplex Communication
Implement RACF Sysplex Data Sharing
Understand the Recovery Modes available
Describe the steps to define the Coupling Facility Policy
for RACF

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RACF Sysplex Support Objectives

Performance

Reduce Contention for RACF Database

System Management

Provide Single-System Image for Security

Administration
Availability

Propagate RVARY to ALL Systems that Share the

RACF Database

Minimize Sympathy Sickness

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Overview - How It Works

XCF

RACF1 Coupling RACF2

RVARY Facility
SETROPTS

XES XES

GRS GRS

RACF
Database

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Requirements

RACF Sysplex Communication

Sysplex capable via CTC

i.e NO CF required
all software levels supported

RACF Sysplex Data Sharing

Parallel Sysplex capable with CFs

all software levels supported

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What Is a Sysplex?

Sysplex
Timer
SYS3
12
11 1
10 2
9 3
8 4
7 5
6

XCF

CT
CT C

C
SYS1 X X SYS2
C C
F Couple Shared F
Data Data
Set

CTC
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Sysplex Terminology

Sysplex
Multisystem Application
Member
Group
Couple Data Set
I luv RACF

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Cross-System Coupling Facility (XCF)

Group Services - define groups and members

Signalling Services - communication among members

Monitoring Services - status of systems

Time Services - synchronized time

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Sysplex with a Coupling Facility

Sysplex
Timer SYS1
12
11 1

XCF
10 2
9 3
8 4
7
6
5
XES

CT
C
CT

C
Coupling
Facility

SYS2 X X X X SYS3
C E E C
F S Policy S F
Couple Shared
Data Data
Set

CTC
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RACF Data Sharing Group

RACF RACF
RACF RACF RACF RACF
Data Range Coupling Facility Data Range
Base Table Base Table
Name Name
Table Table

SYS1.LINKLIB
SYS1.LPALIB
.
Couple .
.

RACF
Database
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RACF Tables

ICHRRNG
ICHRDSNT 1
1 X '000---00'
RACF.PRIMARY 1
RACF.BACKUP
255
10001100

Operational Mode at IPL

Sysplex Communication

RACF.PRIMARY RACF.BACKUP

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RACF Tables

ICHRRNG
ICHRDSNT 1
1 X '000---00'
RACF.PRIMARY 1
RACF.BACKUP
255
10001000

Operational Mode at IPL

Sysplex Communication

RACF.PRIMARY RACF.BACKUP

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Multiple RACF Databases

ICHRDSNT
2
RACF.PRIMARY1 ICHRRNG
RACF.BACKUP1 2
255 X '000000000 --- 000'
10001100 1
RACF.PRIMARY2 X 'E2E8E2F100 --- 000'
RACF.BACKUP2 2
255
10000000

RACF.PRIMARY1 RACF.BACKUP1

RACF.PRIMARY2 RACF.BACKUP2

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RVARY and SETROPTS
Command Propagation

Coordinator Peer

RACF X X RACF
Command C Command C
F F

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nd
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d
Peer Peer

RACF X X RACF
C C
F F

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Command Propagation Processing

Coordinator Peer

Serialize

Broadcast RVARY or SETROPTS

Process RVARY or SETROPTS

Wait for All Peers

to Acknowledge

Continue RACF
Processing
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Conceptual View of Cache

RACF Coupling Facility RACF

Cache

Resident Data Blocks Resident Data Blocks

Database
RACF
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Size of Coupling Facility Cache

Minimum Maximum
Coupling Facility
Largest RACF
IRRXCF00_P001 Resident Data Database
Blocks Size
Primary Structure

20% of
RACF
Primary
IRRXCF00_B001 Database
Structure
Size
Backup Structure

Backup
Primary

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Operational States and Modes

States

Active Inactive

Data Sharing Yes Yes

Modes Read-Only Yes Yes

Non-Data Sharing Yes Yes

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Data Sharing Mode

Data Sharing Mode Data Sharing Mode

RACF1 Coupling Facility RACF2

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Global Global
ENQ
RACF ENQ
Database

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Data Sharing and Read-Only Modes

Data Sharing Mode Read Only Mode

RACF1 Coupling Facility RACF2

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W

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Global Global
ENQ
RACF ENQ
Database

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Non-Data Sharing Modes

Non-Data Sharing Mode Non-Data Sharing Mode

RACF1 Coupling Facility RACF2

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Reserve/Release RACF Reserve/Release

Database

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How Do Modes Change?

Member Attempts
to Connect Successful Data Sharing

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Read-Only RVARY NODATASHARE
Non-Data Sharing

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APPENDIX - some information about building
sysplex related datasets

CFRM - need to DEFINE only if not already existing.

<< pointed to by COUPLExx parmlib member. >>

Need to ADD RACF policy info, regardless.

Size the RACF structures (info to place in the CF

policy.

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The CFRM Couple Data Set

SYS1.PARMLIB

COUPLExx
COUPLE
:
:
DATA TYPE(CFRM)
PCOUPLE(dsn)
Primary Format Data Set
ACOUPLE(dsn) CFRM
: Couple Data Set Define Policy
Policy

Backup Format Data Set

CFRM
Couple Data Set
Define Policy

Policy

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Formatting The CFRM Couple Data Set

// FORMAT JOB MSGCLASS=H,NOTIFY=JJONES,MSGLEVEL=(1,1)

// STEP
STEPLIB
EXEC
DD
PGM=IXCL1DSU
DSN=SYS1.MIGLIB,DISP=SHR
// SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT= *
SYSIN DD *
//
//

DEFINEDS SYSPLEX(PLEX1)
DSN(CFRM_couple_dsn) VOLSER(vvvvvv)
CATALOG

DATA TYPE(CFRM)
ITEM NAME(POLICY) NUMBER(3)
ITEM NAME(CF) NUMBER(2)
ITEM NAME(STR) NUMBER(6)
ITEM NAME(CONNECT) NUMBER(6)

/*

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Coupling Facility Storage Calculation

Suggested Minimum Starting Point:

Primary Structure Size = (RDB x 4K) + (.1 x RDB x N x 4K)

Backup Structure Size = (.2 x Primary Structure Size)
Where: RDB = Largest Number of Resident Data Blocks
N = Number of Systems in Sysplex

Example For 16-Way Sysplex

Primary Structure Size = (255 x 4K) + (26 x 16 x 4K)

= 2684K
Backup Structure Size = (.2 x Primary Structure Size)
= 537K

CFSIZER for RACF structures:

http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/eserver/zseries/cfsizer/racf.html
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Defining The CFRM Couple Data Set

//DEFPOL JOB MSGCLASS=H=JJONES,MSGLEVEL(1,1)

// EXEC PGM=IXCMIAPU
//SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=*
//SYSIN DD *
DATA TYPE(CFRM) REPORT(YES)
DEFINE POLICY NAME(POL1) REPLACE(YES)
CF NAME(FACIL01) TYPE(009674)) MFG(IBM) PLANT(PK)
SEQUENCE(0000040021) PARTITION(1)
CPCID(00) SIDE(1) DUMPSPACE(2000)
CF NAME(FACIL02) TYPE(009674)) MFG(IBM) PLANT(PK)
SEQUENCE(0000040022) PARTITION(1)
CPCID(00) SIDE(1) DUMPSPACE(2000)
STRUCTURE NAME(IRRXCF00_P001)
SIZE(2688) PREFLIST(FACIL01,FACIL02)
STRUCTURE NAME(IRRXCF00_B001)
SIZE(538) PREFLIST(FACIL01,FACIL02)
/*

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Unit Summary

The Sysplex Environment

RACF Sysplex Communication
RACF Sysplex Data Sharing
Recovery Modes
Defining the Coupling Facility Policy for RACF

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