WAVV Requirement Form

 

Date: 4/19/2008                                           Requirement #:  WAVV200819

Product Name:    VTAPE        Product Release# (or state “current”): z/VSE 4.1

Vendor Name:     IBM

 

Title: (Paraphrase problem in a single statement)Add VTAPE START option SCRATCH with VOLID=

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

 

On new VTAPE tapes you need to initialize tapes using ditto or wait for console prompt to supply volid. 

                                                                                            

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

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

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?)

 

1) Some sites my not be licensed for Ditto

2) Less console interrupts are a good thing even if you have a program to reply to the console prompt it requires programming or real operator to reply.

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?)

 

     

 

Author Name:            Hans Rempel                         Author Title: Senior Consultant

 

Company Name:        HMR Consultants                                                                

 &         Address:        64 William Stepehenson Dr. (Street Number and Name)

                                    Technical Services (Department or Attention)

                                    Whitby, Ontario, L1N8R9,Canada (City/State/Providence/PostalCode/Country)                                  

 

Author E-mail:            hans@hmrconsultatns.com

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