WAVV Requirement Form

 

Date: 3/9/2004                                               Requirement #:  WAVV200406

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

Vendor Name:           IBM

 

Title: (Paraphrase problem in a single statement)Add a way to print the contents of a tape created by IDCAMS BACKUP

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

 

IDCAMS provides no clear way to print the contents and details of a tape created by BACKUP. This is a problem when you have no listing of the BACKUP job that created the tape and don’t know exactly what is on the tape.

                                                                                             

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

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

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?)

 

Too much time is wasted trying to determine what is on a tape created by BACKUP when no hardcopy listing is stored with the tape. We need to be able to quickly and accurately determine what is on a IDCAMS BACKUP tape.

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

 

Provide a function that will print the contents of a tape created by BACKUP. Ideally, the listing would be similar to that created by the original BACKUP.

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

 

Without a utility for IDCAMS to tell us what is on the tape, operators spend too much time trying to verify the tape contents. Sometimes, as a result, the wrong file is restored which requires repeating the entire process.

 

Company Name:            Computer Credit, Inc.                                                                 

Author Name:            Michael Rosinger                                Author Title: Systems Programmer/DBA

Author Address:             640 West Fourth Street, Winston-Salem, NC  27101

Author E-mail:            mrosinger@cciws.com

Telephone:                 (336) 761-1524