Working with Sysplex Group nodes

Group Nodes tab: Information provided

The Group Nodes tab from System view for a Sysplex Group provides a list of nodes that are members of the particular IBM Session Manager Sysplex Group. The information displayed includes the node name, state (Active or Inactive), z/OS image name, job name, number of active logged-in users, Standby name, 'Standby for' name, and Standby state.

VTAM session recovery information

If you have used IBM Session Manager to implement a VTAM session recovery mechanism in a Sysplex environment then the values in some columns will reflect the implementation details. For example, if session recovery is in effect then possible values for Standby state for all active nodes will be Normal, Waiting and Synchronized.

Group Nodes tab: Facilities available

From the Group Nodes tab you can refresh the data, display the status summary for a particular Sysplex Group node, transfer all users from one node to another, or delete a particular Sysplex Group node.

To refresh Group Nodes tab

From the toolbar associated with the Nodes tab, left-click the Refresh View icon to refresh the data being displayed.

To display the status summary for a Sysplex Group node

Node Detail view enables you to display the status summary for a particular Sysplex Group node. To open this view, see Opening Node Detail view.

To transfer all users from one node to another

See Transferring all users from one node to another.

To delete a Sysplex Group node

See Deleting a Sysplex Group node.

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