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Clarify and Enhance zIIP Boost Behavior Under System Recovery Boost

The System Recovery Boost (SRB) feature, introduced with IBM z15, is designed to provide additional CPU capacity during recovery operations, such as IPLs or middleware restarts. One of the core capabilities of SRB is the zIIP Boost, which is descr...

Avoid Remote VL CP Penalties By Utilizing Local Resources When Drawer Fit Fails

On IBM z16 servers, we have observed a significant increase in the cost of accessing data/memory located in a remote drawer. In certain scenarios, this can result in a notable increase in CPI, leading to an LPAR’s CPU utilization doubling -or even...

Optimize DMR to Minimize Performance Impact During Drawer Swaps

On IBM z16 servers, we have observed a significant increase in the cost of accessing data/memory located in a remote drawer. In certain scenarios, this can result in a notable increase in CPI, leading to an LPAR’s CPU utilization doubling -or even...

Enable System Recovery Boost for DMR Events Triggered By Drawer Swaps

On IBM z16 servers, we have observed a significant increase in the cost of accessing data/memory located in a remote drawer. In certain scenarios, this can result in a notable increase in CPI, leading to an LPAR’s CPU utilization doubling -or even...

An ability for the customer to have a screen / screens where they can check how many tests / activations they have used and how they have left.

Customers will benefit from this. Also IBMers can benefit. Customer will be able to view these balances on a self-service basis and not be dependent on IBM.

Increase SMT Simultaneous multithreading greater than 2

Since several month, we have lot of Rest Api calling DB2 from DDF gateway and DB2 API rest use is increasing. These Api Rest are very short and execute on ZIIP. Many years ago, when we activate SMT to 2, we noticed a real benefits for DB2 running ...
4 months ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / General/Miscellaneous 0 Under review

Mask LPAR data in multi customer environment

We are a service provider managing multiple customers sharing the same mainframe CPC.Our need is to avoid a customer can read LPAR usage data belonging to other customer (different group capacity).In other words we have multiple LPAR group (one fo...
over 3 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / General/Miscellaneous 5 Not under consideration

Allow CBU real activation during CBU test

Allow CBU real activation during CBU test.
over 4 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / General/Miscellaneous 6 Planned for future release

Dashboard that tracks and informs on all z server capacity options , records , dates etc

Give us a tool to see the state of z server options Active capacity Engine config Any timer that is active on temp capacity - or any other cap type Any date that is pertinent to withdrawal of feature (no option to replenish) Oocod activity Provide...

Optionnaly hide LPAR performance data despite HiperDispatch

Despite that HiperDispatch requests that the LPAR option named 'performance data control' be activated, we would like to have the possibility to manage the accesses to these performance data based on the same security rules as they exist in the BC...
over 6 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / General/Miscellaneous 3 Not under consideration