Step 6: Determine how the Advisor and agent are to interact in a subplexing environment (optional)

If you are configuring the z/OS® Load Balancing Advisor in a subplexing environment, you need to decide how you want the Advisor and Agents to interact:

• You need to determine what set of subplexes will exist in your sysplex, both how many VTAM® subplexes and how many TCP/IP subplexes within a VTAM subplex.
• You need to decide which subplexes will need Load Balancing Agents and a Load Balancing Advisor.

For information about subplexing environments, see Sysplex subplexing.

In addition, if you are also using Automated Domain Name Registration (ADNR), see Automated domain name registration for some additional considerations for configuring ADNR in a subplexing environment.