WAVV Requirement Form

 

Date: 9/8/2004                                               Requirement #:  WAVV200503

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

Vendor Name:     IBM

 

Title: (Paraphrase problem in a single statement)Add timestamps to ARIDBS SYSLST output.

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

 

ARIDBS generates a timestamp *only* during startup and finish. For long running maintenance jobs, this makes it difficult to determine when certain events occurred during a single execution of ARIDBS.

                                                                                            

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)

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?)

 

ARIDBS generates a timestamp only during startup and finish. For long-running maintenance jobs (like huge table reorgs that I have that require 2+ days to run) it is very difficult to determine when certain things occurred within the single ARIDBS job step.

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

 

Preface each significant line of output to SYSLST with a timestamp (date and time). (See BSI/IP-Tools or VSE2PDF output logs for good examples)

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

 

Will make output from large table reorgs much more clear. Will help in planning for future similar events.

 

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