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RMSSERV.EXEC check for MACHINE ESA

When the directory for RMSMASTR is set to MACHINE ESA or when using a system default (GLOBALOPTS MACHINE ESA) without additional MACHINE statements the RMSMASTR startup fails. DFSMS/VM RMSSERV EXEC checks for MACHINE XA or XC but not for ESA. Sinc...
over 6 years ago in z/VM 0 Delivered

zVM dynamic reconfiguration capability for devices in Subchannel set 1

Dynamic reconfiguration capability for 3390D and 3390A devices in subchannel set1.
about 7 years ago in z/VM 1 Delivered

z/VM Support for Transactional Execution Facility (TX)

Transactional Execution facility is a hardware feature first made available on the EC12 mainframe released in 2012 and has been supported on zOS 2.1 since 2013.The feature enables a more efficient and simpler way of updating core resident data in ...
over 7 years ago in z/VM 1 Delivered

Increase 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
over 7 years ago in z/VM 1 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

Need a method to reset vswitch statistics

Need a command that will reset vswitch statistics
about 10 years ago in z/VM 3 Delivered

VM VARY ON/OFF Support for Crypto Coproc

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR0723094947User Marketing Field Requirement Number: MR0723094947Title: VM VARY ON/OFF Support for Crypto CoprocessorsSubmitted By: Greg Boyd/Gaithersburg/IBMOriginators Area: ATSFPOC: Daniel Griffith/Endicott/IBM Subm...
about 10 years ago in z/VM 2 Delivered

need addcreator option added to setropts

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR091813340User Marketing Field Requirement Number: MR091813340Title: need addcreator option added to setropts on z/VM RACFSubmitted By: Paul Evans/Markham/IBMOriginators Area: z/series Q&AFPOC: Daniel Griffith/End...
about 10 years ago in z/VM 3 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