WAVV Requirement Form

 

Date: 4/11/2010                                            Requirement #:  WAVV201017

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

Vendor Name:           IBM

 

Title: (Paraphrase problem in a single statement)add STP service to z/VSE

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

 

Need exists for a service facility that can communicate with atomic clock services to set z/VSE Time of day clock.

                                                                                            

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

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

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

Reliability

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?)

 

Other systems in enterprise use STP services and Mainframe can not be set to exact time.  Do not run sysplex, so STP hardware service is not available.

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

 

Create another service facility that can use a OSD conncection to a time source and reset the time of day clock in z/VSE

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

Business is impacted. Because all systems in Enterprise do not have same time of day.

 

Author Name:            Steven Southerland                            Author Title: System Engineer

 

Company Name:            Ceridian Employer Services                                                                     

 &         Address:            300 Embassy Row (Street Number and Name)

                                    Suite 200 (Department or Attention)

                                    Sandy Springs, GA 30328 (City/State/Providence/PostalCode/Country)                                       

 

Author E-mail:            steve.southerland@ceridian.com

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