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    Support dynamic/step-specific JOBNAME substitution in z/OSMF Workflows “Customize Job Statement” / Universal JCL card

    Product: IBM z/OSMF (Workflows) Request for Enhancement:Please enhance z/OSMF Workflows to allow a unique (dynamic) JOBNAME per job step within a single workflow execution, without requiring manual edits to each job’s XML/JCL. Today, all jobs laun...
    15 days ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

    When a TCP/IP stack is being started and encounters a syntax error in a profile statement, we believe the task should fail to start.

    Syntax errors in TCP/IP profile statements are flagged as I for informational. We believe they should be flagged as E for error. During system IPLs or when a TCP/IP stack is being started, we think a syntax error in a profile, should cause the tas...
    1 day ago in z/OS / Communications Server 0 Submitted

    Grant RSCS EVENT Manager the ability to determine if a RSCS link needs to be started

    Currently the RSCS event manager does not check the RSCS link status but just issues a start for all links in the events config file. I would prefer that it checked whether the link status is CONNECT or ACTIVE and not issue a start at all. This wo...
    2 days ago in z/VM 1 Submitted

    Business Terms with the same name in different subcategories are collapsed in the filter list

    Enhance the IKC filter functionality to identify and display Business Terms at the subcategory level. When multiple Business Terms have the same name but belong to different subcategories, the filter list currently collapses them into a single ent...
    2 days ago in z/OS / Knowledge Center 0 Submitted

    Check Business Term Usage Before Deleting It

    Enhance IKC project functionality to check whether a Business Term is currently assigned to or used by any assets before allowing the term to be deleted. Because users may work with and enrich assets at the IKC project level without publishing the...
    2 days ago in z/OS / Knowledge Center 0 Submitted

    Enable ADRDSSU to copy ZFS files >4GB from SMS to non-SMS environment

    With zOS V3.2 it may be possible that USS ROOT file grows to a size >4GB which requires VSAM attribute EXT-ADDR. For SMS datasets also the EXTENDED attribute is requred. At this time ADRDSSU isn't able to copy (using COPY or DUMP/RESTORE) to co...
    about 2 months ago in z/OS / DFSMS DSS 0 Planned for future release

    Prevent Premature JES2 Job Execution by Preserving HOLDUNTL on Release

    During JES2 recovery, region swaps, or DR events, jobs with an existing HOLDUNTL may also be placed into HOLD status. Releasing the HOLD currently removes the HOLDUNTL delay, making the job immediately eligible to execute. Enhance JES2 to provide ...
    10 days ago in z/OS / JES2 0 Submitted

    Monitoring Initial Size of Coupling Facility Structures

    It was noticed a problem during a Coupling Facility outage when was necessary to move structures from one CF to another CF. The rebuild/recovery process was not completed sucessfully because the INITSIZE of a WMQ Structure was smaller than the req...
    5 months ago in z/OS / BCP_XCF/XES 1 Future consideration

    Natively emit Open Telemetry (traces, logs, metrics) from IBM z Hardware

    Enterprise adoption of modern observability practices are moving towards open standards with vendor-neutral instrumentation.IBM z hardware do not have a consistent implementation of logs, traces, and metrics, often requiring complex side-car integ...
    about 1 month ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / General/Miscellaneous 0 Submitted

    RMF 74.1 should be updated to allow a simple association between related primary and secondary I/Os

    When CRS (Consistent Read from Secondary) is activated, RMF data cannot be used to accurately report on the z/OS online I/O activity. Secondary read I/Os are performed to offline devices and there is no possibility of easily associating the origin...
    3 months ago in z/OS / Advanced Data Gatherer 0 Future consideration

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