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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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Add SYNCH option to the CP FORCE command with a timeout mechanism

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR0615002039User Marketing Field Requirement Number: MR0615002039Title: Add SYNCH option to the CP FORCE command with a timeout mechanismSubmitted By: Martine Quevat/France/IBMOriginators Area: ESGFPOC: Daniel Griffith...
over 10 years ago in z/VM 2 Not under consideration

VMPRF Support for SQL/DS Table Definition Statements

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR00025362User Marketing Field Requirement Number: SOVMPR92002Title: VMPRF Support for SQL/DS Table Definition StatementsSubmitted By: IBM User Group Relations/Dallas/IBMOriginators Area: DFNA / 972-447-0298FPOC: Danie...
over 10 years ago in z/VM 2 Not under consideration

TAG and XAB of a VM spool file need to be queried and modified by a class D virtual machine

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR0616001846User Marketing Field Requirement Number: MR0616001846Title: TAG and XAB of a VM spool file need to be queried and modified by a class D virtual machineSubmitted By: Martine Quevat/France/IBMOriginators Area...
over 10 years ago in z/VM 2 Not under consideration

CPIC 2.0 for VM/ESA (Full duplex APPC/VM)

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR00047301User Marketing Field Requirement Number: AAMVPX94001Title: CPIC 2.0 for VM/ESA (Full duplex APPC/VM)Submitted By: US$$A101Originators Area: 124 / 61-2-353-3341FPOC: Daniel Griffith/Endicott/IBM Submitted Date...
over 10 years ago in z/VM 2 Not under consideration

CMS Shared File System: Support dynamic reconfig (DMSPARMS)

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR0227042454User Marketing Field Requirement Number: SSVM03106Title: CMS Shared File System: Support dynamic reconfig (DMSPARMS)Submitted By: Matt Seabold/Raleigh/IBMOriginators Area: UGDIV : S UGGROUP : VM UGPROJ : VM...
over 10 years ago in z/VM 2 Not under consideration

PROP IS TO SLOW

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR00070400User Marketing Field Requirement Number: DSVMXD98004Title: PROP IS TO SLOWSubmitted By: IBM User Group Relations/Dallas/IBMOriginators Area: 6001 / 02/655 55 71FPOC: Daniel Griffith/Endicott/IBM Submitted Dat...
over 10 years ago in z/VM 2 Not under consideration

Indication telling how much pages form the log where freed by a Control Data backup

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR0414031635User Marketing Field Requirement Number: MR0414031635Title: Indication telling how much pages form the log where freed by a Control Data backupSubmitted By: Patrick Rihon/Belgium/IBMOriginators Area: ITSFPO...
over 10 years ago in z/VM 2 Not under consideration

Date and Time in Listing Header

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR00049854User Marketing Field Requirement Number: ESVMXD95893Title: Date and Time in Listing HeaderSubmitted By: BE10570Originators Area: 6001 / 03/244 89 85FPOC: Daniel Griffith/Endicott/IBM Submitted Date: 03/27/199...
over 10 years ago in z/VM 2 Not under consideration

VM/ESA support for ICF catalogs

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR00053393_1User Marketing Field Requirement Number: Title: VM/ESA support for ICF catalogsSubmitted By: D030882Originators Area: 7373 / 0251-2378-352FPOC: Daniel Griffith/Endicott/IBM Submitted Date: 09/10/1997Due Dat...
over 10 years ago in z/VM 2 Not under consideration

Increase the maximum number of preferred Guests allowed to equal CMOS LPARS or greater

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR0813003745User Marketing Field Requirement Number: WAVV1998034Title: Increase the maximum number of preferred Guests allowed to equal CMOS LPARS or greaterSubmitted By: Jim Elliott/Markham/IBMOriginators Area: 905-31...
over 10 years ago in z/VM 2 Not under consideration