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More than 4 members in SSI cluster

Customer needs possibility to place more than 4 members into an SSI cluster. Customer wants to have more flexibility, therefore the max limit of members should be increased from 4 to at least 8.
over 8 years ago in z/VM 2 Delivered

More than 1 TB Real memory for z/VM

Customer needs far more than 1 TB real memory supported by z/VM running in one LPAR. Customer wants to run a Datawarehouse solution in Linux in z/VM environment. Datawarehouse of customer needs about 3 TB memory. Therefore customer thinks having t...
over 8 years ago in z/VM 4 Delivered

Dynamic IOCP change fails as too large for CP

When doing a HCD command CBDSACT to dynamically load and activate a new IODF, frequently receive "CBDD824I Configuration change too large for CP to handle. " for large IODFs. As it's been explained to me, CP should try more aggressively to obtain ...
about 9 years ago in z/VM 2 Delivered

PWF0313-1584 - Support greater that 4 systems in SSI cluster

SUBMITTER SECTIONSubmitted by: cortesmSubmitters Company: Wells Fargo PUBLICRequirement Number and Title: PWF0313-1584 - Support greater that 4 systems in SSI clusterHomework Assigned: NoRequirement Category: Core TechnologyCurrent Status: Recogni...
over 9 years ago in z/VM 2 Delivered

Large page support for z/OS guests under z/VM

PPI, an ISV , is using z/VM as development environment for large customers in FSS. In order to exploit he full DB2 z/OS performance under z/VM.
over 9 years ago in z/VM 2 Delivered

dynamic changes for HW Crypto definitions in z/VM w/o IPL of z/VM

Allow dynamic changes of HW crypto support definitions in z/VM without the need of performing an IPL of z/VMIn an existing z/VM environment we had assigned a HW-Crypto queue to a z/VM LPAR (processor 1 Domain 4). When adding a CRYPTO statement to ...
over 9 years ago in z/VM 2 Delivered

Raw disk I/O device drivers for CMS/TSO Pipelines

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR00057073User Marketing Field Requirement Number: SSCMSX96011Title: Raw disk I/O device drivers for CMS/TSO PipelinesSubmitted By: IBM User Group Relations/Dallas/IBMOriginators Area: DFNA / 972-447-0298FPOC: Daniel G...
almost 10 years ago in z/VM 3 Delivered

Encoding Functions for CMS/TSO Pipelines

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR00057075User Marketing Field Requirement Number: SSCMSX96013Title: Encoding Functions for CMS/TSO PipelinesSubmitted By: IBM User Group Relations/Dallas/IBMOriginators Area: DFNA / 972-447-0298FPOC: Daniel Griffith/E...
almost 10 years ago in z/VM 3 Delivered

Encryption Stages for CMS/TSO Pipelines

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR00057076User Marketing Field Requirement Number: SSCMSX96014Title: Encryption Stages for CMS/TSO PipelinesSubmitted By: IBM User Group Relations/Dallas/IBMOriginators Area: DFNA / 972-447-0298FPOC: Daniel Griffith/En...
almost 10 years ago in z/VM 2 Delivered

Non-numeric Comparison Capability in CMS/TSO Pipelines SPEC Stage

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR00057103User Marketing Field Requirement Number: SSCMSX96042Title: Non-numeric Comparison Capability in CMS/TSO Pipelines SPEC StageSubmitted By: IBM User Group Relations/Dallas/IBMOriginators Area: DFNA / 972-447-02...
almost 10 years ago in z/VM 3 Delivered