Develop the skills and knowledge required for implementation of Geographically Dispersed Parallel Sysplex (GDPS) in the context of Global Mirror. Get an overview of the prereq requirements and provide an opportunity for hands-on customization of a GDPS environment. Explore the technology that provides the availability benefits with disaster recovery protection. This course is hands-on lab intensive. Before attending this class, you should have read the GDPS white paper on the internet at http://www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/zseries/library/whitepapers/gf225114.html