IBM Z Hardware and Operating Systems Ideas Portal
Hide about this 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).


Shape the future of IBM!

We invite you to shape the future of IBM, including product roadmaps, by submitting ideas that matter to you the most. Here's how it works:

Search existing ideas

Start by searching and reviewing ideas and requests to enhance a product or service. Take a look at ideas others have posted, and add a comment, vote, or subscribe to updates on them if they matter to you. If you can't find what you are looking for,

Post your ideas

  1. Post an idea.

  2. Get feedback from the IBM team and other customers to refine your idea.

  3. Follow the idea through the IBM Ideas process.


Specific links you will want to bookmark for future use

Welcome to the IBM Ideas Portal (https://www.ibm.com/ideas) - Use this site to find out additional information and details about the IBM Ideas process and statuses.

IBM Unified Ideas Portal (https://ideas.ibm.com) - Use this site to view all of your ideas, create new ideas for any IBM product, or search for ideas across all of IBM.

ideasibm@us.ibm.com - Use this email to suggest enhancements to the Ideas process or request help from IBM for submitting your Ideas.

Add a new idea Subscribe
Status Under review
Workspace z/VM
Created by Guest
Created on Mar 13, 2025

RELATED IDEAS

Enable flashcopy Command for ESE Volumes

With the new DS8A00 and FCM4 it is necessary to define all Volumes as type ESE (Extended Space Efficent). But we found that the normal flshcopy command under z/VM doesn't either work with ESE-Volumes. You must establish, copy and withdrawn the Flashcopy relationship by seperated Commands with a manually check if the Flashcopy is over. z/OS doesn't have this problem! 

So please make the flashcopy-command eligible for ESE Volumes under z/VM.

Idea priority Medium
  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Mar 21, 2025

    Case is open under https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/500Ke00000A22yRIAR

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Mar 14, 2025

    This request was noted to us in development and we reviewed the associated Flashcopy code. It appears that for any Flashcopy command with the target device being ESE should set the appropriate flag to indicate that to the hardware on the request. The expectation is for both versions of the command to currently work with ESE devices.

    If you are having failures of your Flashcopy commands with ESE devices, we would like you to open a support case so we can gather additional data to investigate.

By clicking the "Post Comment" or "Submit Idea" button, you are agreeing to the IBM Ideas Portal Terms of Use.
Do not place IBM confidential, company confidential, or personal information into any field.