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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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PERFKIT GRAPHICS selections

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR1127064312User Marketing Field Requirement Number: MR1127064312Title: PERFKIT GRAPHICS selectionsSubmitted By: Roger Lunsford/Endicott/IBMOriginators Area: z/VM CP Level2FPOC: Daniel Griffith/Endicott/IBM Submitted D...
over 10 years ago in z/VM 2 Not under consideration

z/VM Performance Toolkit WEB GUI Buttons

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR0913102855User Marketing Field Requirement Number: MR0913102855Title: z/VM Performance Toolkit WEB GUI ButtonsSubmitted By: Roger Lunsford/Endicott/IBMOriginators Area: z/VM Level 2FPOC: Daniel Griffith/Endicott/IBM ...
over 10 years ago in z/VM 2 Not under consideration

Provide Migration function to clear a dr

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR00057495User Marketing Field Requirement Number: SSVMSM96004Title: Provide Migration function to clear a drained CP device.Submitted By: IBM User Group Relations/Dallas/IBMOriginators Area: DFNA / 972-447-0298FPOC: D...
over 10 years ago in z/VM 1 Future consideration

z/VM needs to provide a means to make de

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR0502084226User Marketing Field Requirement Number: MR0502084226Title: z/VM needs to provide a means to make detection of DB2 Data corruption errors that were caused by a prior CP error.Submitted By: Bill Talamo/Richm...
over 10 years ago in z/VM 2 Not under consideration

Eliminate requirement for tape on z/VM t

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR0519087640User Marketing Field Requirement Number: MR0519087640Title: Eliminate requirement for tape on z/VM to backup/restore spoolSubmitted By: Scott Rohling/Boulder/IBMOriginators Area: STG Lab ServicesFPOC: Danie...
over 10 years ago in z/VM 2 Not under consideration

Add a data security erase option to TAPE

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR1209091823User Marketing Field Requirement Number: WAVV200901Title: Add a data security erase option to TAPESubmitted By: Greg Smith/San Francisco/IBMOriginators Area: Greg Smith zSeries TechlineFPOC: Daniel Griffith...
over 10 years ago in z/VM 2 Not under consideration

Support of DRCT CKPT and WARM dasd area

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR00041337User Marketing Field Requirement Number: CSVMVM93011Title: Support of DRCT CKPT and WARM dasd area ReconfigurabilitySubmitted By: BE10570Originators Area: 6001 / 03/244 89 85FPOC: Daniel Griffith/Endicott/IBM...
over 10 years ago in z/VM 2 Not under consideration

z/VM TRSOURCE should trace the LPM (Logi

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR0902095331User Marketing Field Requirement Number: MR0902095331Title: z/VM TRSOURCE should trace the LPM (Logical Path Mask) value in ORB byte 6.Submitted By: Hidesugi Gotoh/Japan/IBMOriginators Area: JapanFPOC: Dani...
over 10 years ago in z/VM 2 Not under consideration

Provide account number on spool files

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR00046362User Marketing Field Requirement Number: CSVMVM94001Title: Provide account number on spool filesSubmitted By: BE10570Originators Area: 6001 / 03/244 89 85FPOC: Daniel Griffith/Endicott/IBM Submitted Date: 09/...
over 10 years ago in z/VM 2 Not under consideration

Dynamic SAN path control for EDEV

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR010609136User Marketing Field Requirement Number: SSLVM08001Title: Dynamic SAN path control for EDEVSubmitted By: IBM User Group Relations/Dallas/IBMOriginators Area: UGDIV : S UGGROUP : LVM UGPROJ :FPOC: Daniel Grif...
over 10 years ago in z/VM 1 Future consideration