WAVV Requirement Form

 

Date: 3/30/2002                                           Requirement #:  WAVV200246

Product Name:    DB2 for VSE & VM       Product Release#: 7.2

Vendor Name:     IBM

 

Title: (Paraphrase problem in a single statement)Provide DB2 run-time only support for VM & VSE

Detailed Problem Description: (Description of what you want changed - 400 character entry limit)

 

Allow VM & VSE to be a client to DB2 databases on other platforms without the need for the whole database engine and other features.

                                                                                            

Priority: (Select one: Urgent - High - Medium - Low)      

Requested Completion Date: (When? Examples: 3 months, 1 year, Next Release)      

Requirement Type: (Select one: Acceptability - Compatibility/Migration - Ease of Use - Feature/Function - Performance - Reliability/Availability/Serviceability - Packaging - Interoperability)

Interoperability

Business Justification: (Why? Non-technical business case description. Do not reword Detailed Problem Description from above. What are the benefits to be gained by your company, and the vendor and others?  Quantify: run time, dollars, manpower, etc.   Why should the vendor do this for the customer?)

 

Run-time only support will provide VM and VSE with the ability to access information on other platforms that contain, for instance, ERP systems or data warehouses.  This feature will also provide relational database access for environments where a host based database is either not feasible or out of budget.

Solution: (Optional)(Desired/undesired elements Note: Making a suggestion may limit a vendors ability to deliver a solution)

 

Provide DB2 run-time support for VSE & VM.

Impact: (Optional) (How will your company’s business be affected if a solution is not delivered?)

 

     

 

Company Name:        Sytek Services, Inc.                                                              

Author Name:            Rich Smrcina                            Author Title: Senior Systems Programmer

Author Address:         119 N. Commercial, Bellingham, WA

Author E-mail:            rsmrcina@sytek-services.com

Telephone:                 (262) 392-2026