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support for huge pages for Oracle running on Linux in z/VM environment

Provide z/VM support for running Oracle DB in Linux for System z (running as z/VM guest) with huge page support. Please note, we know from customer tests that using huge page support makes really a big performance difference (when running in LPAR)...
about 10 years ago in z/VM 1 Not under consideration

z/VM-RACF without DASD/ECKD storage

Remove current existing pre-requisite for needing DASD/ECKD attached storage when using z/VM-RACF.There are customers who do not use DASD/ECKD storage. Especially these are new System z customers running Linux on the mainframe. Typically these new...
about 10 years ago in z/VM 2 Not under consideration

Relocation of z/OS guests

Baseler Versicherungen is planning to consolidate three subsidiaries at one location. Due to operational procedures the plan is that every subsidiary becomes a tenant on z/VM; under z/VM a parallel sysplex will be deployed to increase availability...
about 10 years ago in z/VM 2 Not under consideration

Change Timezone zoneid from 3 to 5 characters

The timezone field in SYSTEM CONFIG statements TIMEZONE_DEFINITION and TIMEZONE_BOUNDARY and the CP QUERY TIME command allow 3 characters. Official timezones abbreviations use 1, 3, 4 & 5 characters.
about 10 years ago in z/VM 2 Functionality already exists

Provide z/VM guest access to Server Time Protocol (STP) info

z/VM must provide a mechanism so that guest Operating Systems, such as z/OS and z/VSE, can get or be notified of a local time change when STP provides one to the Virtual Machine.
about 10 years ago in z/VM 2 Not under consideration

CP Query MDISK LOC fails after changes with users linking to it.

QUERY MDISK LOC *should* get the location information from the DRCT in storage or in disk, not from the first VDEV encountered.If someone moves a mdisk (i.e. 190) from its location, since there are other userids linking to the previous location, Q...
over 10 years ago in z/VM 2 Not under consideration

Regular Expression Matching for CMS/TSO Pipelines

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR00057091User Marketing Field Requirement Number: SSCMSX96029Title: Regular Expression Matching for CMS/TSO PipelinesSubmitted By: IBM User Group Relations/Dallas/IBMOriginators Area: DFNA / 972-447-0298FPOC: Daniel G...
over 10 years ago in z/VM 2 Not under consideration

GIVE command for T-Disks

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR010904306User Marketing Field Requirement Number: MR010904306Title: GIVE command for T-DisksSubmitted By: Erich Amrehn/Germany/IBMOriginators Area: Technical Marketing Competence CenterFPOC: Daniel Griffith/Endicott/...
over 10 years ago in z/VM 1 Future consideration

VM Support for Synchronizing System Time with External Sources

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR00066801User Marketing Field Requirement Number: Title: VM Support for Synchronizing System Time with External SourcesSubmitted By: Karen Thompson/Endicott/IBMOriginators Area: G23G / 607(752-5742)FPOC: Daniel Griffi...
over 10 years ago in z/VM 1 Future consideration

Perform NSS backup with out tape

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR090711629User Marketing Field Requirement Number: MR090711629Title: Perform NSS backup with out tapeSubmitted By: Johnathon Pandich/Endicott/IBMOriginators Area: Endicott NYFPOC: Daniel Griffith/Endicott/IBM Submitte...
over 10 years ago in z/VM 1 Future consideration