WAVV Requirement Form

 

Date: 4/9/2004                                               Requirement #:  WAVV200416

Product Name:           DB2/VSE     Product Release# (or state “current”): 7.3

Vendor Name:           IBM

 

Title: (Paraphrase problem in a single statement)Fix confusing console message ARI0225E

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

 

If you attempt to issue a FORCE console command without a prior SHOW command, you get the message, "System operator must issue SHOW ACTIVE, SHOW CONNECT or SHOW SYSTEM prior to FORCE command". However, SHOW ACTIVE does not satisfy the request if you issued a FORCE RMTUSER command. The FORCE RMTUSER command is ignored and you get the same ARI0225E message again.

                                                                                            

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

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)

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?)

 

When this scenario is encountered, it is very, very confusing. On 3/23/04 I opened PMR 52345-499 thinking this was a bug because I had not seen it before. Even DB2 support was confused by it at first, but, after research, they claim it has been this way since 6.1 and do not consider it a bug. They will not change it without a requirement.

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

 

Provide separate messages as responses to FORCE and FORCE RMTUSER. The ARI0225E message cannot satisfy both situations, since SHOW ACTIVE does not satisfy the requirements before a FORCE RMTUSER command will succeed.

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

 

Less confusion in the work place and cleaner operations. Not a good idea to try and use the same message for two different (but similar) situations.

 

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