XCF_SFM_CONNFAIL

Description:

Check that the sysplex failure management (SFM) policy specifies the recommended action to be taken on loss of signaling connectivity.

Reason for check:

It is recommended that the CONNFAIL attribute of sysplex failure management (SFM) be specified to allow SFM to reconfigure the sysplex when one or more systems loses signalling connectivity.

Parameters accepted:

The CONNFAIL(YES|NO) keyword (must be YES in non-GDPS environment; must be NO in a GDPS® environment).

z/OS® releases the check applies to:

z/OS V1R10 and later.

User override of IBM® values:

The following shows the default keywords for the check, which you can override on either a POLICY statement in the HZSPRMxx parmlib member or on a MODIFY command. This statement may be copied and modified to override the check defaults:

 UPDATE CHECK(IBMXCF,XCF_SFM_CONNFAIL)                         
       SEVERITY(MED) INTERVAL(004:00) DATE('date_of_the_change')
       PARM('CONNFAIL(YES)')                                  
       REASON('Your reason for making the update.')

Reference:

For more information, see z/OS MVS Setting Up a Sysplex.

Messages:

This check issues the following exception messages:

IXCH0519E

See the IXCH messages in z/OS MVS System Messages, Vol 10 (IXC-IZP).

SECLABEL recommended for MLS users:

SYSLOW