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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...
    13 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.
    13 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...
    14 days ago in z/OS / ICSF 1 Future consideration

    Move settings of password phrase rules from ICHPWX11-exit to RACF SETROPTS

    Today we use the Exit ICHPWX11 to manage our rules for RACF Password Phrases (e.g. length of Password Phrase, valid Characters). Unfortunately the exit is not supported by IBM. A sample is delivered with SYS1.SAMPLIB, but the most current version ...
    3 months ago in z/OS / RACF 4 Future consideration

    Log RACF keyring and certificate usage to enable proper validation and auditing

    Determining whether a RACF keyring or any RACF certificate is still in use by an application (e.g., started task, batch job, etc.) is a very challenging task. Neither RACF nor other components like zERT generate SMF records that capture the usage ...
    about 1 year ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Future consideration

    Command to display how much full is SYS1.LOGREC dataset (in given moment)

    Dear IBM Team, there is now way how to find out how much occupied is SYS1.LOGREC dataset (in DSLIST 3.4 it always shows 100 %, so this is not relevant). There is just warning message IFB080E once it is 90 % full and then message IFB081I once it is...
    4 months ago in z/OS / BCP_Service Aids 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...
    27 days ago in z/OS / DFSMS SMS 0 Future consideration

    Add a confirmation panel for Free command in ISPF command line.

    In ISPF add a confirmation panel for Free command. My customers want this fucntion. Becase they wants to prohibit thier datasets from being compressed unintentional.
    4 months ago in z/OS / ISPF 0 Future consideration

    SDSF - Add RACF Template RACF Information

    Add to the SDSF panel 'RACF' two new columns that shows the installed and available RACF template version.
    3 months ago in z/OS / SDSF 0 Future consideration

    Enable FEATURE SHARED=YES in the HCD PROFILE

    Our customer encountered data integrity problem for the user catalogs and the DASD datasets in the data warehouse system because a lot of USBs were SHARED=NO. Then it could not update the databases for a few weeks. So, our customer strongly reques...
    2 months ago in z/OS / HCD 1 Future consideration

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