Is SYSPLEX supported by CA Faver VSAM Data Protection?

Products

• FAVER VSAM Data Protection
• FAVER VSAM Data Protection for z/OS

Issue/Introduction

Lots of installations are using SYSPLEX. Is it safe to use CA Faver VSAM Data Protection in different nodes?

Environment

Release: FASTDA00200-4.5-CA-FastDASD
Component:

Resolution

SYSPLEX is supported by CA Faver VSAM Data Protection.

CA Faver VSAM Data Protection issues ENQ with a QNAME of SYSVSAM to synchronize with VSAM processing and with a SYSTEMS scope, therefore the LOCKS are propagated unless you exclude the files with GRS or MIME.