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IBM Z Hardware and Operating Systems Ideas Portal


This is the public portal for all IBM Z Hardware and Operating System related offerings. To view all of your ideas submitted to IBM, create and manage groups of Ideas, or create an idea explicitly set to be either visible by all (public) or visible only to you and IBM (private), use the IBM Unified Ideas Portal (https://ideas.ibm.com).


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Welcome to the IBM Ideas Portal (https://www.ibm.com/ideas) - Use this site to find out additional information and details about the IBM Ideas process and statuses.

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Show device status when issuing V xxxx,ONLINE

When I issue the command vary device command to bring ONE device online the command does not automatically the volume that was brought online. If I issue a vary device command to bring more than one device online, the command will automatically sh...
over 6 years ago in z/OS / BCP_Consoles 2 Not under consideration

MPFLIST Ability to Change Route/Descript

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR0301114729User Marketing Field Requirement Number: SSSHARE011667Title: MPFLIST Ability to Change Route/Descriptor CodesSubmitted By: IBM User Group Relations/Dallas/IBMOriginators Area: UGDIV : S UGGROUP : MVS UGPROJ...
over 11 years ago in z/OS / BCP_Consoles 1 Future consideration

MPF Enhancement-Remove suppression of de

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR0524115616User Marketing Field Requirement Number: SSSHARE011994Title: MPF Enhancement-Remove suppression of descriptor codeSubmitted By: IBM User Group Relations/Dallas/IBMOriginators Area: UGDIV : S UGGROUP : MVS U...
over 11 years ago in z/OS / BCP_Consoles 1 Future consideration

MPF add ability to set route and descrip

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR0903133743User Marketing Field Requirement Number: SSMVSE13018Title: MPF add ability to set route and descriptor codesSubmitted By: IBM User Group Relations/Dallas/IBMOriginators Area: UGDIV : S UGGROUP : MVS UGPROJ ...
over 11 years ago in z/OS / BCP_Consoles 1 Future consideration

MPF add ability to specify color

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR0903133744User Marketing Field Requirement Number: SSMVSE13024Title: MPF add ability to specify colorSubmitted By: IBM User Group Relations/Dallas/IBMOriginators Area: UGDIV : S UGGROUP : MVS UGPROJ : MVSEFPOC: Jeffr...
over 11 years ago in z/OS / BCP_Consoles 2 Future consideration

Enhance the pptapetofile process to support tapes created with a BLKSIZE – 128

On TPF tapes can be written to with a block size of 128. At Visa, the TPF systems utilize this setting for the RTV, RTXRTY, and RTW logging tapes. This setting was put in place to reduce tape queueing and improve performance for TPF. By allowing t...
over 3 years ago in Linux on IBM Z and LinuxONE 0 Planned for future release