Add data disks workflow

Start of changeThe add data disks workflow can only be performed on a zCX appliance version 1.26.0 or higher.End of change

Add data disks workflow path: /usr/lpp/zcx_zos/workflows/add_data_disks.xml

This workflow allows you to add swap data and user data disks to a zCX instance. The workflow will display current zCX swap data and user data storage configurations, then provide the capability to add more. New VSAM linear data sets will be allocated and formatted to hold the new swap data and user data disks. When this workflow is run against an active zCX instance, the changes do not take effect until the appliance is restarted.

You cannot remove swap data and user data disks once they are added to a zCX instance. You also cannot restore a backup configuration once additional disks are added. A new backup configuration should be created once the zCX instance is restarted with the additional disks.

The add data disks workflow asks you to provide:
  1. The unique name of the zCX instance to which you want to add swap data storage and use data storage, if not specified in the workflow variables input file
  2. The zCX instance registry path, if not specified in the workflow variables input file
  3. The size of additional swap data storage megabytes and the number of additional VSAM data sets to allocate
  4. Allocation parameters for swap data VSAM data sets (Volume Serial, STORCLAS, DATACLAS and MGMTCLAS)
  5. The size of additional user data storage in megabytes and the number of additional VSAM data sets to allocate
  6. Allocation parameters for user data VSAM data sets (Volume Serial, STORCLAS, DATACLAS and MGMTCLAS)

After the above information is provided in steps 1 and 2, the remainder of the workflow is automated.