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    Avoid Remote VL CP Penalties By Utilizing Local Resources When Drawer Fit Fails

    On IBM z16 servers, we have observed a significant increase in the cost of accessing data/memory located in a remote drawer. In certain scenarios, this can result in a notable increase in CPI, leading to an LPAR’s CPU utilization doubling -or even...
    6 months ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / General/Miscellaneous 1 Future consideration

    Enable System Recovery Boost for DMR Events Triggered By Drawer Swaps

    On IBM z16 servers, we have observed a significant increase in the cost of accessing data/memory located in a remote drawer. In certain scenarios, this can result in a notable increase in CPI, leading to an LPAR’s CPU utilization doubling -or even...
    6 months ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / General/Miscellaneous 1 Future consideration

    Ability to configure a log off on idle user (automatic logoff after timeout) on the HMS/SE

    Our customer was asking for this option - is it available - how can it be activated/ deactivated (case TS018530378) It appears it is not possible to configure and idle user to be logged off from the HMC/SE - for me it makes perfect sense to have t...
    9 months ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE)/IBM Resource Link 0 Future consideration

    Allow custom TCP Ports for SFTP Boot

    HMC should allow to add custom TCP Ports to boot from an SFTP source. At the moment, it just uses TCP Port 22 but when the customer runs his SFTP/SSH Server on a non-standard Port, the HMC is not able to connect.Ideally the HMC allows entries like...
    7 months ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE)/IBM Resource Link 0 Future consideration

    DFSMSdss COPYDUMP function would include an option to Tape REBLOCK

    DFSMSdss DUMP tape created using Large Block Interface , reduces its usability for other components, besides RESTORE and COPYDUMP.
    about 4 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS DSS 0 Future consideration

    Add link encryption capabilitys to coupling express adapters

    As of today, coupling express (LR and SR) adapters are not capable of link encryption functionality. The sysplex functionality of logically encrypting CF structures like LIST and CACHE structures is good but does not cover the need to have "everyt...
    7 months ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / Parallel Sysplex 2 Future consideration

    Allow RESTORE with REPLACEUNCONDITIONAL of source single-volume sequential to multi-volume pre-allocated target

    RESTORE of Non-VSAM data set causes diagnostic: ADR380E (002)-FRLBO(19), DATA SET USERID.TEST.SEQ1 NOT PROCESSED, 80 Data set was allocated with DATACLAS allowing 20 candidate DASD volumes, of which 1 was used to contain a number of data extents. ...
    4 months ago in z/OS / DFSMS DSS 0 Future consideration

    Extension of "Manage System Time" tab overview with NTP configuartion on z16 oscillator cards

    Beginning with IBM z16, the STP physical connection to the time servers (PTP or Network Time Protocol (NTP)) is no longer established through the HMC. The time servers are connected now directly to the CEC (bypasses the SE connection).So each of t...
    10 months ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE)/IBM Resource Link 1 Future consideration

    ADRDSSU enhanced Unix Support

    UNIX Support for ADRDSSU was introduces with the DFSMShsm Enhancements for Backup of Unix Files. The current DSS Design for USS files doesn't allow to use DSS with the same comfort for USS files as for classic datasets, as there is no support of s...
    10 months ago in z/OS / DFSMS DSS 0 Future consideration

    Provide the ability for DSS to be able to scratch and reallocate an in use (ENQed) dataset that is not the actual dataset in use during a logical copy operation.

    System programmers who maintain indirectly cataloged datasets on a maintenance sysres / sysres set that gets cloned to an IPLable sysres set.
    about 2 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS DSS 5 Future consideration

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