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Status Delivered
Workspace z/TPF Product Family
Categories z/TPF
Created by Guest
Created on Aug 16, 2013

RELATED IDEAS

Channel path removal and add for tape devices

Customer is requesting an option on the ztvar to be able to remove and add channel path to a tape device. This surfaced in a situation
were the customers shares channels to multiple TS7720
and a channel needed to be removed from only one of the
TS7720. The only option available was to remove the PCHID/channel
at the CEC, but this removed the channel to both TS7720's.

Idea priority Medium
  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Jul 7, 2021

    This is available with z/TPF APAR PJ46400.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Oct 14, 2015

    Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - z Systems Software
    Product - z/TPF

    For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
    Brand - WebSphere
    Product family - Transaction Processing
    Product - z/TPF

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Jan 13, 2014

    Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
    Brand - WebSphere
    Product family - Transaction Processing
    Product - z/TPF
    Component - z/TPF

    For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
    Brand - WebSphere
    Product family - Transaction Processing
    Product - z/TPF
    Component - Runtime

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