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Require DFSMS DSS to provide detailed messages about the encryption status of data sent to the cloud, and also to enquire on crypto status of cloud-resident data.

Any enterprise sending data to the cloud must be confident the data sent is encrypted at the target and on the wire with customer keys and not just the provider keys. Messages should be issued displaying the status. In addition a query command nee...
2 months ago in z/OS / DFSMS DSS 0 Under review

Add advanced encryption algorithms for DUMP/RESTORE

Right now, DFSMS DSS dump/restore support the following encryption algorithms. CLRTDES - This option specifies that the dumped data is encrypted with a clear triple-length DES key. CLRAES128 - This option specifies that the dumped data is encrypte...
2 months ago in z/OS / DFSMS DSS 0 Under review

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. ...
3 months ago in z/OS / DFSMS DSS 0 Under review

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...
9 months ago in z/OS / DFSMS DSS 0 Future consideration

ADRDSSU Dump should generate SMF records on input datasets and volumes

IZBR uses smf records to build the Backup Table. It can process standard smf records when backups are made by various programs like IDCAMS or IEBCOPY but not from (the most commonly used backup method) ADRDSSU DUMP (or COPY). Now clients can set u...
12 months ago in z/OS / DFSMS DSS 1 Future consideration

Provide a mechanism to prevent the use of Flash Copy if Preserve Mirror Required is not also specified

In a GDSP Metro Mirror configuration, recoverability it broken if a Flash Copy is initiated without Preserve Mirror being invoked. I believe, in this configuration, it is better for a Flash Copy to fail if Preserve Mirror is not performed. What is...
12 months ago in z/OS / DFSMS DSS 1 Not under consideration

Restore nonEAV dataset to EAV area when not enough nonEAV space

On IBM main a customer attempted a restore of a dataset and failed due to nor enough nonEAV space. Other forum member directed user to Patch area and restored to EAV area with changing to EAV compatible attributes. Suggest an option statement for ...
about 1 year ago in z/OS / DFSMS DSS 0 Future consideration

CLONE the master catalog to a alternate name, with no internal updates.

We would like the ability to STAGE changes for up coming IPLS ( days, sometimes weeks in advance). Of the 3 components RESVOL, PARMLIB and Master Catalog... only the Master Catalog is not able to be cloned ...aka staged for a future IPL. Currently...
about 1 year ago in z/OS / DFSMS DSS 3 Not under consideration

Restore a non SMS extended addressable LDS to an SMS managed Volume

Per error message in the log: Issue :0ADR971E (001)-FDSRL(04), LOGICAL RESTORE FOR CLUSTER ISV.JAVA.V11.OMVS.JAVAROOT IN CATALOG ICFCAT.SHR.ISV FAILED, 8 Error: The source data set is a NONSMS extended addressable VSAM LDS and the target data set ...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / DFSMS DSS 0 Future consideration

DFDSS COPY jobs - allow user to determine if a copy job issues RC4 or RC8 for a missing dataset

We get an RC4 for COPY step with a missing dataset. We also get RC4 for a COPY of a PE (prevasivelky encrypted) file that was OPEN when the copy was performed. Using condition code checking we cannot differentiate between the missing file, which w...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / DFSMS DSS 1 Future consideration

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