WAVV Requirement Form

 

Date: 4/23/2003                                           Requirement #:  WAVV200321

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

Vendor Name:     IBM

 

Title: (Paraphrase problem in a single statement)IDCAMS RESTORE use MODEL information

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

 

Currently RESTORE can only restore to the same catalog/volumes that it was backed up in unless VOLUME (or DATAVOLUME or INDEXVOLUME) statements are specified.  If RESTORE would utilize the MODEL statements in a catalog, it would be easier to RESTORE clusters into a different catalog/volumes w/o adding VOLUME statements.  The only required change would be that of the destination catalog.

                                                                                            

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

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

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

Ease of Use

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?)

 

Increased productivity.  There are many potential problems in the current method, where VOLUME (or DATAVOLUME or INDEXVOLUME) has to be specified when RESTORE is performed on a different catalog than the one it was backed up to.  This change would only require changing the destination catalog (and all of the other information would be pulled from the respective model, including VOLUME information)

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

 

     

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

 

     

 

Company Name:        RCSI                                                              

Author Name:            Frank M. Ramaekers Jr.                                   Author Title:      

Author Address:         3900 Lima St., Denver CO  80239

Author E-mail:            fmramaekers@redmanconsulting.com

Telephone:                 (303) 375-2471