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Status Under review
Workspace z/OS
Categories BCP_IOS
Created by Guest
Created on May 8, 2025

RELATED IDEAS

Change IOS581E message to be more specific

When IEA499E message is reported for space constraint threshold , it sends the message to devices irrespective of whether they are within the pool experiencing the threshold breach. This can lead to confusion and cause false flags.

For example, if two sysplexes have DASD gen'd to the same DS8K but in different pools, both plexes will receive threshold alert even though only one pool triggered it.

Changing the message to be sent to devices only within the pool experience the threshold breach would lead to less confusion.

Similarly with IOS581E message, the reporting CHPID is not necessarily associated with the actual link incident. This message could be changed to only report via the CHPID experiencing the link issue to lead to less confusion.

Idea priority Low
  • Admin
    BRIAN KEULING
    Oct 10, 2025

    Since IEA499E and IOS581E are created by 2 different areas of z/OS, we ask you to create a new Idea for IEA499E and open it against the z/OS Workspace with the category set to DFSMS Disk Storage SW Support. This current idea will be assessed by the BCP_IOS team for them to determine the proper evaluation for this request, and as such I am updating the title/nature of the request.

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