WAVV Requirement Form

 

Date: 5/18/2009                                            Requirement #:  WAVV200912

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

Vendor Name:           IBM

 

Title: (Paraphrase problem in a single statement)Allow CHANNEL portion of PUB table entries to be greater than x'0f'.

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

 

The above would allow the same devices, DASD in particular, to be specified that are behind FICON directors with different paths (channel numbers) for disaster recovery. This would also allow VM users to use the actual ccuu for z/VSE guests.

                                                                                             

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

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)

Compatability.

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?)

 

Current limitation calls for us to maintain two different IOCP's, one for normal production and one for disaster recovery.

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:            Robert Botsis                          Author Title: Sr. Tech Support

 

Company Name: The Kroger Co.                                                                

 &         Address:            11450 Grooms Road (Street Number and Name)

                                          (Department or Attention)

                                    Blue Ash, Oh 45242/USA (City/State/Providence/PostalCode/Country)                                       

 

Author E-mail:            rbotsis@aol.com

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