Mainframe Enablers TimeFinder SnapVX and zDP 8.5 Product Guide

zDP implementation is a two-stage process—the planning phase and the implementation phase.

• The planning phase is done with your Dell Technologies representative. The Dell Technologies representative has access to tools to help size the capacity that is needed for zDP in case you are a storage system user. This process involves use of ChangeTracker (a component of ResourcePak Base) and an additional sizing tool available to Dell Technologies representatives.
• The implementation phase uses the following methods:
  • An ISPF interface that allows you to define and manage the zDP runtime environment.
  • A batch interface named zDP Definition Utility that allows you to submit jobs to define and manage zDP.
  • A zDP runtime environment that runs under SCF to create snapsets. The ResourcePak Base for z/OS Product Guide describes the following zDP commands that can be issued from SCF:
    • ZDP,CREATE
    • ZDP,ECACLEAR
    • ZDP,MODIFY,SMF
    • ZDP,PAUSE
    • ZDP,RELEASEDEVICELOCK
    • ZDP,RESUME
    • ZDP,START
    • ZDP,STOP

Before starting a zDP process, use the zDP Definition Utility to define and manage the environment. After defining the environment, you can start and stop zDP runtime tasks by using Modify commands that are issued to SCF.