On Thursday, 09/23/2010 at 11:27 EDT, Alan Ackerman 
<[email protected]> wrote:
> I went and looked at APARs VM64814 and VM64816 on IBMLink. Almost no
> information! They both simply say NF NEWFUNCT, with no description. 
> Come on IBM, why the secrecy?

Such accusations!   From the z/VM 6.1 July 22 announcement letter 210-234: 
 "XRC time stamping support is provided with the PTFs for APAR VM64814 and 
VM64816 for z/VM V5.4 and z/VM V6.1, all of which have a planned 
availability date of December 31, 2010."   Not to mention Matt's detailed 
response to Dennis' question on the same APARs.

As to why the APARs don't have their descriptions, I'm guessing it's just 
a paperwork snafu, not a conspiracy.

That said, sometimes we do choose to have a beta program and those PTFs 
are indeed labeled as "new function" until the beta is complete.

Alan Altmark

z/VM and Linux on System z Consultant
IBM System Lab Services and Training 
ibm.com/systems/services/labservices 
office: 607.429.3323
[email protected]
IBM Endicott

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