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    Recover data sets from full volume dumps on TCT

    To be able to recover a single data set from a full volume dump on TCT would be a nice enhancement. A use case would be Db2 System Backup that uses DFSMS Copy Pools and gives Db2 the possibility to recover a single table space by extracting the re...
    11 days ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 1 Future consideration

    Support for backup/recover using TCT

    Like the support for migrate/recall using TCT it would be a good idea to have that possibility for bakup/recover using TCT.
    11 days ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 1 Future consideration

    Enable copy of TKDS keystore in ICSF virtual storage to be dynamically refreshed

    With reference to the case that I raised recently, TS021044974, I was advised by IBM that TKDS keystore in ICSF virtual storage can only be refreshed from TKDS VSAM by shutting down and restart ICSF started task. There is no option from an ICSF ad...
    12 days ago in z/OS / ICSF 1 Future consideration

    OGET and OPUT convert to/from EBCDIC

    Allow OGET (copy from USS file to MVS dataset) to convert to EBCDIC (code page 1047). Add a new parm "TO1047" to perform this similiar to OCOPY. For OPUT add parm "FROM1047" to convert to ASCII (code page 037)
    15 days ago in z/OS / USS 0 Future consideration

    Please add the message IGD17162I to the Syslog/Operlog.

    Background: We want to use Optools/SystemAutomation to quickly obtain an overview of all datasets allocations that trigger this message, even though the job ends with RC=00. IGD17162I RETURN CODE (12) REASON CODE (5F01083F) RECEIVED FROM COMPRESSI...
    26 days ago in z/OS / DFSMS SMS 0 Future consideration

    ICSF - Preserve Joblog and write CSFO0230 details

    Starting with zOS 3.2 ICSF is able to preserve the Joblog and make it available to JES even when started with SUB=MSTR. However, it does not yet support caching of the system settings and print them afterwards to the Joblog. Currently, after JES a...
    about 1 month ago in z/OS / ICSF 1 Future consideration

    RACF - Support of RSA keysize of 8192bit for RACDCERT with zOS 3.2

    With zOS 3.2 ICSF does support the key generation of 8192 bit: ICSF Panel 5.6.6 (CSFPKY22) [.....] Generate a new asymmetric key pair record. Select one key type/size: RSA key bit length: ____ (512 - 8192) [.....] But when using RACF RACDCERT comm...
    about 1 month ago in z/OS / RACF 0 Future consideration

    When generating an RPTEXT report in DFRMM, tapes may appear twice due to simultaneous delete and insert operations on the Control Dataset (CDS), and a design change is proposed to ensure consistent data

    We are creating an RPTEXT report in DFRMM. It can happen that a tape is listed twice in the report output if the tape previously had the status "scratch" and is now being written by a batch job during the report generation. According to informatio...
    about 1 month ago in z/OS / DFSMS RMM 0 Future consideration

    SDSF - Output Class 'OUTCLASS' Panel

    There are for most of the definitions like Jobclass (JC), SPOOL definition (MAS,SO,SP), System info (PROC,INIT) but no quick overview for the Output Class "OUTCLASS" definition. This request is to provide another JES related panel for OUTCLASS to ...
    about 1 month ago in z/OS / SDSF 0 Future consideration

    DFSMSrmm VRSEL and EXPROC specify system id to only process volumes created on that system

    Currently in a non fully shared catalog environment in a RMMPlex and CATSYNCH is not setup, and have a WHILECATLG=YES VRS assigned, if you were to run VRSEL on a system where the catalog is not available/not connected, catalog lookup SVC26 will no...
    about 2 months ago in z/OS / DFSMS RMM 0 Future consideration

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