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    Safer config online

    BTMU has requested that we provide a new config online command that does all of the following automatically. BTMU hope that this new function will be included in z/OS2.1 or later.This request was discussed between zPE Makiyo Suzuki and z/OS IOS De...
    almost 11 years ago in z/OS / BCP_IOS 10 Future consideration

    DS8886 (with 10.000 devices) failed, IOS0002I SQA COMPON=VSM,COMPID=SC1CH,ISSUER=IGVVSERR,OUT_OF_SQA and LPAR crashed

    System:IOS Actor:need improved error recovery Description: DS8886 failed (because of Microcode Error).LPARs loose thousands of volumes (with multiple path).IOS recovery procedures need TO many common storage (below).Common Virtual storage constrai...
    over 8 years ago in z/OS / BCP_IOS 1 Future consideration

    raise severity of message IQP041I

    message IQP041I should be issued with severity of WARNING or ERROR. It indicates that PCIE support is NOT available. The system will come up regardllessly and message IQP041I is the only indication of the degradation.
    over 10 years ago in z/OS / BCP_IOS 2 Future consideration

    Use a Cryptographic controls when varying DASD volumes online in order to provide extra security.

    Many multi-LPAR sites wish to have a simple IOCP configuration where all devices can be accessed from all LPARs. This is a potetial security problem as devices from one LPAR can be brought online to another hence bypass the access controls for dat...
    about 3 years ago in z/OS / BCP_IOS 1 Not under consideration

    ADD HEALTH CHECKER FOR IOS RECOVERY

    There are IECIOSxx settings that would be helpful for reducing the recovery time of Channel Path errors.However, unless you are aware of them, they do no good. there are 100's of parameter settings and as IBM discovers best practices, adding IBM H...
    over 1 year ago in z/OS / BCP_IOS 0 Future consideration

    Concatenating AUTOIPL members

    We would like to be able to have DIAGnn members, that only contain MVS (in the AutoIPL policy). We'd like to have the ability to change the MVS address, but leave the existing SADMP information intact. For example DIAGAA contains: AUTOIPL SADMP(7D...
    over 6 years ago in z/OS / BCP_IOS 0 Future consideration

    WTO enhancement to confirm the unplanned hyperswap test through the command “SETIOS HYPERSWAP”

    The command “SETIOS HYPERSWAP” doesn’t have a WTO confirmation prior to run the unplanned hyperswap test. So, this RFE is to request an enhancement/implementation of a WTO message confirmation to prompt the user to confirm or not the unplanned hyp...
    over 3 years ago in z/OS / BCP_IOS 1 Not under consideration

    Need more detailed explanation about analyzing the possible causes of message IOS080I

    My customer wants to use the I/O timing facility of z/OS ( MIH IOTIMING paramenter) with the option for message-only processing.The manual describes the 4 possible causes of the message IOS080I indicating that the I/O exceeded the I/O timeout inte...
    almost 9 years ago in z/OS / BCP_IOS 0 Future consideration

    Long IOS recovery time in HyperPAV environment

    Customer has concern about the IOS recovery time when the dasd devices are unresponsive.When IFCC or MIH type error occurs, IOS performs the DPS validation. During this DPSVAL, if the SNID (Sense Path Group ID) command fails, the defective path is...
    about 10 years ago in z/OS / BCP_IOS 3 Future consideration

    Safer config online No.2

    BTMU has requested for a new config online function regarding FICON Channel which allows to access UCBs by way of healthy channels other than the CHPID which is performing a config online command.The detail is as follows. While a CHPID is performi...
    almost 11 years ago in z/OS / BCP_IOS 4 Future consideration

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