WAVV Requirement Form

 

Date: 4/26/2003                                            Requirement #:  WAVV200327

Product Name:           VM/QuickBack   Product Release# (or state “current”): Current

Vendor Name:           Unlimited Software Resources 

 

Title: (Paraphrase problem in a single statement)Add IDRC support for output tapes

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

 

Product does not have IDRC support for 3480 and 3490 tapes

                                                                                            

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

Requested Completion Date: (When? Examples: 3 months, 1 year, Next Release) 6 months

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?)

 

Since output tapes do not have compressed data we have to mount more tapes than would be necessary if the data was compressed with the IDRC feature.  We run this product unattended and soon we will not be able to mount enough tapes at one time to run the complete backup.  A computer operator will have to stay on duty to mount tapes and this will cost us overtime pay.  If IDRC was supported we would use half as many tapes.

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?)

 

     Cost of computer operator overtime pay.                                                                    

 

Company Name:                 Slippery Rock University                                                                              

Author Name:            Fran Hensler                                                     Author Title: Software Support Specialist     

Author Address:             Computing Services;  Slippery Rock, PA  16057     

Author E-mail:                 fjh@sruvm.sru.edu       

Telephone:                 (   ) (724) 738-2153