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DFSMS DSS

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    STGADMIN (ADMIN) AUTHORIZATION FOR REPLACE KEYWORD

    We would like to have a separate FACILITY profile STGADMIN.ADR.STGADMIN.RESTORE.REPLACE to be able to protect the replace functions for DFSMSdss STORAGE ADMINS. Storage admin should be able to restore any data set but not necessary be able to repl...
    3 months ago in z/OS / DFSMS DSS 0 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. ...
    6 months ago in z/OS / DFSMS DSS 0 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...
    12 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...
    about 1 year ago in z/OS / DFSMS DSS 1 Future 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 ...
    over 1 year ago in z/OS / DFSMS DSS 0 Future 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

    Compatibility between Striped multi-layered VSAMs and Fast replication

    We would like to use FAST REPLICATION to copy Striped multi-layered VSAMs. Today if we try to do that, we get the messages: ADR918I (001)-AMOVE(25), FAST REPLICATION COULD NOT BE USED FOR DATA SET B4DB2P2.DSNDBC.D1D4V01.S1D4V925.I0001.A014, RETURN...
    over 1 year 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.
    over 2 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS DSS 5 Future consideration

    Zap a cloned zFS file with the correct audit-file id (auditfid) when it is created

    Various auditing routines use the zFS supposedly-unique "file id" as opposed to the filesystem names, and have an issue when one or more datasets in the same shared-filesystem plex are using the same file id. DFDSS is IBM's poster-child for manipu...
    over 2 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS DSS 0 Future consideration

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