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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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Enhance caching commands to allow use of Volume Serial Number

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR00053669User Marketing Field Requirement Number: SSVMSM95016Title: Enhance caching commands to allow use of Volume Serial NumberSubmitted By: IBM User Group Relations/Dallas/IBMOriginators Area: DFNA / 972-447-0298FP...
about 10 years ago in z/VM 1 Future consideration

DirMaint 1.5.0 Messages are often misleading.

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR00059814_1User Marketing Field Requirement Number: Title: DirMaint 1.5.0 Messages are often misleading.Submitted By: BE10352Originators Area: SVCS / 32 - 15 - 45.28.63FPOC: Daniel Griffith/Endicott/IBM Submitted Date...
about 10 years ago in z/VM 2 Not under consideration

XEDIT Pattern Matching on Change and Locate

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR00064241User Marketing Field Requirement Number: SSCMSX97304Title: XEDIT Pattern Matching on Change and LocateSubmitted By: IBM User Group Relations/Dallas/IBMOriginators Area: DFNA / (919)572-2963FPOC: Daniel Griffi...
about 10 years ago in z/VM 2 Not under consideration

Allocation of resources

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR0425127149User Marketing Field Requirement Number: MR0425127149Title: Allocation of resourcesSubmitted By: Michael A Cifelli/Endicott/IBMOriginators Area: Level 2FPOC: Daniel Griffith/Endicott/IBM Submitted Date: 04/...
about 10 years ago in z/VM 1 Future consideration

CUF DIRMAP

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR00072558User Marketing Field Requirement Number: Title: CUF DIRMAPSubmitted By: SE054469Originators Area: 170 / 46-8-7931000FPOC: Daniel Griffith/Endicott/IBM Submitted Date: 02/05/1999Due Date: 02/17/2000
about 10 years ago in z/VM 2 Not under consideration

Provide exits for SFS integration

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR101007603User Marketing Field Requirement Number: WAVV200712Title: Provide exits for SFS integrationSubmitted By: Ronald Campbell/Markham/IBMOriginators Area: zSeries TechlineFPOC: Daniel Griffith/Endicott/IBM Submit...
about 10 years ago in z/VM 2 Not under consideration

Free Storage Subpools in Monitor

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR00024482User Marketing Field Requirement Number: SOVMPR93007Title: Free Storage Subpools in MonitorSubmitted By: IBM User Group Relations/Dallas/IBMOriginators Area: DFNA / 972-447-0298FPOC: Daniel Griffith/Endicott/...
about 10 years ago in z/VM 2 Not under consideration

VM minidisk caching page age reporting

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR00057311User Marketing Field Requirement Number: SSVMPR96004Title: VM minidisk caching page age reportingSubmitted By: IBM User Group Relations/Dallas/IBMOriginators Area: DFNA / 972-447-0298FPOC: Daniel Griffith/End...
about 10 years ago in z/VM 1 Future consideration

IBM Director for zSeries should allow IPL of CMS disks for customization

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR0821072118User Marketing Field Requirement Number: MR0821072118Title: IBM Director for zSeries should allow IPL of CMS disks for customizationSubmitted By: Chuck Brazie/Endicott/IBMOriginators Area: zVMFPOC: Daniel G...
about 10 years ago in z/VM 2 Not under consideration

Include NSS Member Names in Monitor Data

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR00058077User Marketing Field Requirement Number: SSVMPR96009Title: Include NSS Member Names in Monitor DataSubmitted By: IBM User Group Relations/Dallas/IBMOriginators Area: DFNA / 972-447-0298FPOC: Daniel Griffith/E...
about 10 years ago in z/VM 2 Not under consideration