Provisioning Guide for Mainframe Systems for VSP One Block 85

Version: 10.5.x
Audience: anonymous
Part Number: MK-26VSP1B034-02
Published: 2026-05-04

Mainframe provisioning
Provisioning terms and concepts
User interfaces for VSP One Block
Dynamic Provisioning for Mainframe concepts
System requirements for provisioning
Cache management device requirements
Mainframe system function enablement
SuperPAV mainframe system function
DB2 Cast Out Accelerator mainframe system function
TCMF multi-target mainframe system function
Reserve Transfer
PPRCSUM
Enabling PPRCSUM
Disabling PPRCSUM
Soft Fence, SPID Fence, and Query Host Access support
Using VERIFYOFFLINE and QDASD
Dynamic Provisioning for Mainframe high-level workflow
Use case index
Verifying status
Adding, deleting, or modifying resources
Setting FICON ports
Adding or deleting a user account
Dividing and grouping resources
Setting up or removing a license
Performing maintenance
Reducing power consumption
Common operations using CCI
Planning for power saving with Dynamic Carbon Reduction
CPU power saving
Enablement of CPU power saving
CPU load monitoring mode
FAN fine control
Troubleshooting CPU power saving
Configuring and managing custom-size volumes
Custom-size volumes
Configuration of volumes in a parity group
Specifications for custom-size volumes
Emulation types and LDEV numbers for mainframe systems
Virtual LVI specifications for mainframe systems
CV capacity by emulation type for mainframe systems
SSID specifications and requirements
LDEV size calculations
Calculation of a 3390-A volume size
Calculation of a 3390-V volume size
Calculation of a 3390-X volume size
Calculation of a 3390-XA, 3390-XB, 3390-XC volume size
Management area capacity of a mainframe volume
Boundary values of volumes
Creating LDEVs
Formatting LDEVs
About formatting LDEVs
Quick Format function
Quick Format specifications
Write to Control Blocks function
Blocking LDEVs
Deleting LDEVs
Changing the MP unit assigned to a volume
Making external mainframe volumes usable
Registering external volumes
Configuring FICON ports
Precautions when using FICON ports
Setting the data transfer speed of FICON ports
Bringing paths connected to FICON ports online
Configuring thin provisioning
Dynamic Provisioning for Mainframe workflow
Using Dynamic Provisioning for Mainframe with other software products
Interoperability of DP-VOLs and pool-VOLs
ESE-VOLs
DP-VOL attributes
Copy threshold
TrueCopy for Mainframe
Universal Replicator for Mainframe
ShadowImage for Mainframe
Volume Migration
Virtual Partition Manager CLPR setting
SNMP Manager
System Monitor
Viewing ESE-VOL or pool information by the LISTDATA command of the IDCAMS utility
Working with DP-VOLs
About DP-VOLs
Relationship between a pool and DP-VOLs
Creating DP-VOLs
Workflow for migrating V-VOL data
Working with pools
About pools and pool-VOLs
Pool specifications and requirements
Pool-VOL requirements
Usage level rebalancing among parity groups
Estimation of the required capacity of pool-VOLs with system area in a pool with data direct mapping enabled
DP-VOL requirements
V-VOL full allocation requirement
Creating pools
Used capacity, mapped capacity, and reserved capacity
Pool utilization thresholds
Pool subscription limit
About expanding pool capacity
About decreasing pool capacity
About releasing pages in a V-VOL
Formatted percentage for pool capacity
About restoring a blocked pool
Total V-VOL subscription for a pool
Adding CBX pairs
Equal load distribution among the additional CBX pairs
Workflow for selecting a CBX pair addition
Considerations for adding a CBX pair
Expanding the existing pool capacity
Migrating partial data to a different pool
Configuring access attributes
Access attribute strategies
Supported volume emulation types
Access attribute restrictions
Assigning access attributes
VTOC size settings
Troubleshooting for provisioning
SIMs for Dynamic Provisioning for Mainframe
Troubleshooting V-VOLs, pools, and capacity saving
Actions to take when SIM 680001 is output
Methods for verifying whether an error occurs on other DRS-VOLs (SIM code 680001)
Verification of an error occurrence
Estimated processing time for health check
Troubleshooting FICON
Troubleshooting Concurrent Copy

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