Sysplex Operation

Using tableBASE Release 7.0.3 alone, without the added capabilities of VTSManager for tableBASE 7.0.3, it is possible to manage your VTS table-based data on multiple LPARs within a Sysplex, but it is a precarious management task. VTS-TSRs are read-write, meaning that it is a challenge to maintain data consistency across LPARs. Using VTSManager, you can organize your read-only data on a single LPAR, multiple LPARs, or on all your LPARs in a sysplex. In this way, you can ensure that data used on different LPARs is guaranteed to be consistent.

This image conveys how an LDS backed VTS-TSR can manage data across LPARs.

Figure 88. Sysplex Operations

As shown in this figure, a VTS is mapped to a single LDS, allowing each instance within each LPAR to be consistent with the hardened LDS. The result is data consistency across LPARs.