WAVV Requirement Form

 

Date: 8/31/2009                                           Requirement #:  WAVV201004

Product Name:    z/VM CP      Product Release# (or state “current”): current

Vendor Name:     IBM

 

Title: (Paraphrase problem in a single statement)Change default SLOT definitions in SYSTEM CONFIG to 255 (max)

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

 

The default slot allocation in SYSTEM CONFIG as delivered should be changed to the maximum number of slots possible

                                                                                            

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

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

Requirement Type: (Select one: Acceptability - Compatibility/Migration - Ease of Use - Feature/Function - Performance - Reliability/Availability/Serviceability - Packaging - Interoperability)

RAS

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?)

 

Changing the default option to the max value allows customers to dynamically define additional CP-owned volumes without advance planning or requiring a CP IPL. The cost of memory to store control blocks is so minimal on the base platform for z/VM that it no longer makes sense to use minimal allocations as defaults.

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

 

Obvious

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

 

Avoids an IPL -- always good

 

Author Name:            David Boyes                           Author Title:      

 

Company Name:        Sine Nomine Associates                                                                   

 &         Address:        43596 Blacksmith Square

                                    Ashburn, VA 20147/US                                  

 

Author E-mail:            dboyes@sinenomine.net

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