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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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Allow multiple VDEVs on the DEFINE HYPERPAVALIAS command

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR0826115210User Marketing Field Requirement Number: MR0826115210Title: Allow multiple VDEVs on the DEFINE HYPERPAVALIAS commandSubmitted By: Johnathon Pandich/Endicott/IBMOriginators Area: Endicott NYFPOC: Daniel Grif...
over 10 years ago in z/VM 1 Future consideration

z/VM support for multiple system assignment (Control Access CCW)

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR0828083825User Marketing Field Requirement Number: MR0828083825Title: z/VM support for multiple system assignment (Control Access CCW)Submitted By: Stanley Jon/Markham/IBMOriginators Area: z/OS Q&AFPOC: Daniel Gr...
over 10 years ago in z/VM 1 Future consideration

Additional information for MSG:FSMEIF1211I

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR00050194User Marketing Field Requirement Number: Title: Additional information for MSG:FSMEIF1211ISubmitted By: AB022003Originators Area: 0019 / UK 0256 343000 x1071FPOC: Daniel Griffith/Endicott/IBM Submitted Date: ...
over 10 years ago in z/VM 1 Future consideration

Provide a RACF-managed mechanism to authorize RACF administrators or operations personnel to issue RVARY SWITCH

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR0113103227User Marketing Field Requirement Number: MR0113103227Title: Provide a RACF-managed mechanism to authorize RACF administrators or operations personnel to issue RVARY SWITCHSubmitted By: William Garvin/Poughk...
over 10 years ago in z/VM 1 Future consideration

Passing z/VM Parm and Res volume information to VM from LPAR activation profile

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR0124135148User Marketing Field Requirement Number: MR0124135148Title: Passing z/VM Parm and Res volume information to VM from LPAR activation profileSubmitted By: Bill Dovin/Endicott/IBMOriginators Area: CP Level 2 C...
over 10 years ago in z/VM 1 Future consideration

Increase the limit of bits allocated for a guests Coupling Facility HSA VECTOR

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR0128105228User Marketing Field Requirement Number: MR0128105228Title: Increase the limit of bits allocated for a guests Coupling Facility HSA VECTORSubmitted By: Jim Sicignano/Endicott/IBMOriginators Area: zVM Level2...
over 10 years ago in z/VM 1 Future consideration

Reflect I/O resource accessibility machine checks to z/VM guests

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR0229125758User Marketing Field Requirement Number: MR0229125758Title: Reflect I/O resource accessibility machine checks to z/VM guestsSubmitted By: Johnathon Pandich/Endicott/IBMOriginators Area: EndicottFPOC: Daniel...
over 10 years ago in z/VM 1 Future consideration

Paging and Spooling IO to PAV devices

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR030609620User Marketing Field Requirement Number: MR030609620Title: Paging and Spooling IO to PAV devicesSubmitted By: Jim Sicignano/Endicott/IBMOriginators Area: VM LEVEL2 SupportFPOC: Daniel Griffith/Endicott/IBM S...
over 10 years ago in z/VM 1 Future consideration

Easing of Virtual Machine device restrictions/limitations.

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR0128085129User Marketing Field Requirement Number: MR0128085129Title: Easing of Virtual Machine device restrictions/limitations.Submitted By: Bill Talamo/Richmond/IBMOriginators Area: GTS/ITS/BCRS Availability Manage...
over 10 years ago in z/VM 1 Future consideration

Additional User Report Organization Selection

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR00025357User Marketing Field Requirement Number: SOVMPR91083Title: Additional User Report Organization SelectionSubmitted By: IBM User Group Relations/Dallas/IBMOriginators Area: DFNA / 972-447-0298FPOC: Daniel Griff...
over 10 years ago in z/VM 1 Future consideration