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DB2 for z/OS: Data Sharing in a Nutshell
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DB2 for z/OS: Data Sharing in a Nutshell

by Paolo Bruni, Mark Anders, KyengDong Park, Mark Rader, Judy Ruby-Brown
October 2006
Intermediate to advanced
160 pages
4h 9m
English
IBM Redbooks
Content preview from DB2 for z/OS: Data Sharing in a Nutshell
Chapter 3. The coupling facility 63
3.6 Best practices for the coupling facility
Here is a summary of our recommendations for best practices for the coupling
facility:
򐂰 Use CFSizer to size the GBPs.
򐂰 Start with 64000 for lock structure size.
򐂰 Start with 64000 for SCA structure size.
򐂰 Implement Auto Alter for the GBPs as long as enough storage exists in the
CFs for the GBPs to be correctly sized.
򐂰 Make sure one CF can take over the workload in both CFs in terms of CF
storage.
򐂰 Ensure that all DB2 structures rebuild into another CF upon any failure.
򐂰 Duplex the GBPs specifying DUPLEX (ENABLED). Because
GBP-dependency occurs only at the time data is shared, the ALLOWED
parameter requires operator intervention.
򐂰 Guard against double failure ...
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