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DFSMS Catalog/IDCAMS/AMS

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Extended GDG causes space issues

The LIMIT of 999 may be too high, not only for space reasons, but also for space management reasons.There are 3 major issues in the current implementation:1) Installations have no options in terms of limit the maximum number of GDGs. It is either ...
over 3 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS Catalog/IDCAMS/AMS 3 Delivered

Create health check for usercats not in VLF class IGGCAS

Usercatalogs should be defined to VLF class IGGCAS for best performance. A health check should be created to show any usercats that are not in the IGGCAS class for VLF.
over 4 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS Catalog/IDCAMS/AMS 5 Delivered

Catalog Name Filtering for F CATALOG,ALLOCATED

Resubmitting SSMVSS15002 -The MODIFY CATALOG,ALLOCATED allows filtering by the discrete volume serial number of the location of the catalog, however there is no filtering mechanism based upon the actual name of the catalog itself. The IEC348I resp...
almost 7 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS Catalog/IDCAMS/AMS 1 Delivered

Control GDG index limits

would like to be able to control gdg index limits, like the enchancement for 'noscratch' & 'scratch' attributes coming out in zos 2.2 parmlib
almost 7 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS Catalog/IDCAMS/AMS 6 Delivered

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