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DFSMS Catalog/IDCAMS/AMS

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Add functionality to report PDSE version 1 or 2 in DCOLLECT

PDSE v2 data sets were introduced in zOS v2.1. Yet I have no means to monitor and report existence of PDSE v2 data sets.
almost 9 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS Catalog/IDCAMS/AMS 3 Not under consideration

IDCAMS DEFINE MODEL SMS parameters

In an IDCAMS DEFINE, if we specify a MODEL, it would be great if the SMS parameters (DATACLASS, ...) of the model be used.
about 5 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS Catalog/IDCAMS/AMS 2 Planned for future release

Need ability to allow/deny certain IDCAMS functions

Would like the ability to allow/deny certain IDCAMS functions via PARMLIB/SAF, etc. Specifically, we want the ability to allow/disallow the use of the DELETE keyword on DEFINE CLUSTER, DELETE. there could be other parameters that could use the sam...
about 6 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS Catalog/IDCAMS/AMS 10 Not under consideration

Non-intrusive catalog reorg/transformation to RLS-managed

A completely non-intrusive reorg function is needed to migrate non-RLS catalog to RLS catalog. The strategic direction for z/OS catalogs is RLS management so it behoves IBM / Mainstar to develop a completely non-intrusive function to transform non...
over 7 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS Catalog/IDCAMS/AMS 5 Not under consideration

Better support for multiple master catalogs in a sysplex

There are a growing number of system data sets which have sysplex scope, but which are VSAM. When z/OS sysplexes are configured with a single master catalog shared across all sysplex LPARs this does not present any issue. However, such a sysplex i...
6 months ago in z/OS / DFSMS Catalog/IDCAMS/AMS 1 Not under consideration

Provide SET IGGCAT=xx to dynamically change catalog options

Allowing a SET IGGCAT=xx would allow a user to dynamically change catalog options without having to restart the catalog address space (CAS). SSMVSE14003
over 7 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS Catalog/IDCAMS/AMS 1 Planned for future release

Catalog TAKEDUMP command should include VLF asid

Used the "F CATALOG,TAKEDUMP" and "F CATALOG,RESTART" commands to generate the svcdump to diagnose the problem in the pmr. Later told that we should have also dumped the VLF asid so there is insufficient doc to diagnose the problem.
almost 8 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS Catalog/IDCAMS/AMS 2 Not under consideration

IDCAMS ALTER NEWNAME should support multiple level rename

Consolidating sysplexes, I've got a requirement to rename all data sets under a given HLQ to a multi level qualifier. IDCAMS ALTER NEWNAME would allow it for a single qualifier to a single qualifier (though the masking requirements are somewhat st...
over 8 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS Catalog/IDCAMS/AMS 2 Not under consideration

DSECT for SHCDS Listrecovery output or DSECTs for SHCDS-Commands outputs for processing/examining the output via program. If this is not possible, then please give a hint via SMPE (Usermod, Hold...) or somewhat else when the layout of this output changes.

We are using RLS in CICS and we use EXCI interface for quiescing and unquiescing Datasets in CICS, for further batch processing of RLS-datasets. To determine then recovery-status of the datasets which need to be quiesced via EXCI, we use IDCAMS-pr...
about 1 year ago in z/OS / DFSMS Catalog/IDCAMS/AMS 1 Not under consideration

Please change behavior of IDCAMS utilitty ALTER commands

If IDCAMS ALTER detect that backpointer to catalog points is not user intended one.then ALTER issue some WARNING or INFORMATION message. <User case> <<Background>>User used IDCAMS DELETE to delete VSAM but got below message: IDC3...
about 6 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS Catalog/IDCAMS/AMS 3 Not under consideration

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