Procedure to setup ACF2 CACHE and CACHOPTN in SYSPLEX environment
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How to setup Cache Facility in SYSPLEX environment.
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Sample setup of Cache Facility
Enabling Cache Facility:
Define CACHOPTS record for every LPAR:
Define SYNCOPTS record for every LPAR:
Creating SYNCFILE – Sample JCL, Add job card and Volume Serial, SYNCFILE is shared between LPARs
//* ADD JOB CARD
//STEP EXEC PGM=IEFBR14
//DD1 DD DSN=ACF2.SYNCFILE.NEW,DISP=(NEW,CATLG),EATTR=NO,
// UNIT=SYSDA,VOL=SER=XXXXXX,SPACE=(TRK,(5),,CONTIG)
SYNCFILE should look similar to this:
Start Caching Facility:
In Console Log you should see:
Start Cache Synchronization:
In Console Log you should see:
In case you get the ACFCC203 error, C is to Cancel, U is for continue (Cancel would terminate the cache synchronization while Continue will skip this prompt.).
Submit the following response: “/R nn,U”
In this case the response would be: “/R 9,U”
Verify that both Cache and Synchronization is running on every LPAR via SHOW ACTIVE in TSO ACF:
To check the status of the Caching Facility:
In Console Log you should see:
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