WAVV Requirement Form

 

Date: 4/13/2003                                            Requirement #:  WAVV200307

Product Name:           VSE    Product Release# (or state “current”): current

Vendor Name:           IBM

 

Title: (Paraphrase problem in a single statement)Add cuu to TAPE command

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

 

The TAPE command could be very helpful in situations where several jobs are using the same tape, all of them using the MTC RUN command, which forces an operator intervention to remount the tape for every job.

TAPE UNL=REW command causes ALL tape devices to replace Rewind and UNload command with REWind command.

Unfortunately, since this command changes all tape devices behavior, it causes the undesirable effect of a second volume in a multivolume file writing over the first volume. This makes the TAPE command unusable.  

                                                                                             

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

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

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

Feature/Function

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?)

 

It will increase operator’s productivity by preventing the unnecessary remount of the same tape.

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

 

Expand the TAPE command by specifying the device on which the command will work.

The suggested new fomat is: TAPE cuu,[UNL={UNL|REW}][ DSPLY={JNM|VOL}]

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

 

     

 

Company Name: Hilan Tech                                                               

Author Name:             Avihu Gershoni                               Author Title:  Systems programmer    

Author Address:              12 Hamasger st. Tel-Aviv Israel    

Author E-mail:             avihu@hilan.co.il    

Telephone:                    +972-3-6383343