WAVV Requirement Form

 

Date: 3/9/2006                                             Requirement #:  WAVV200608

Product Name:    Flex-es          Product Release# (or state “current”): 7

Vendor Name:     FSI

 

Title: (Paraphrase problem in a single statement)Mount CCW enhancements

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

 

Mount CCW  currently allows a program to issue a mount command to a fake tape drive. It only allows the program to specify the filename or OFFLINE. It should also allow some (or all) of the option string. I need the options nonewtape or nooldtape.

                                                                                             

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

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?)

 

Currently I must access both a fake tape drive and a special 3270 device to mount a scratch tape. The job would be shorter if I only needed the fake tape drive. Commands issued thru the special 3270 device need to use the real address of the tape device. When running under VM, all other VSE commands (including mount ccw) refer to the virtual address of the tape device. This can lead to confusion.

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?)

 

Continue taking a chance of overwriting a good fake tape by a scratch tape. Require that a fake tape device must always be attached to the same virtual address. This eliminates using the VM feature that a real address is not tied to a virtual address.

 

Company Name:        Oklahoma Dept. of Corrections                                                                   

Author Name:            Stephen Frazier                                    Author Title: Mgr. Tech. Services

Author Address:         3400 N. Martin Luther King Blvd., Oklahoma City, Ok., 73111

Author E-mail:            stevef@doc.state.ok.us

Telephone:                 (405) 425-2549