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DFSMS ISMF/Naviquest

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Enhance DFSMS to check for assignment of DATACLASS values for the SCDS, ACDS, & COMMDS

This will inform administrators prior to an activation that a configuration conflict exist which may cause activation to go into allocation, effectively preventing activation from proceeding. Worse case could be a difficult to recover CDS file.
24 days ago in z/OS / DFSMS ISMF/Naviquest 0 Submitted

config drift for SMS/ACS similar to IODF

Similar to IODF, when it activates, it displays what is being changed... we need to see similar when an SMS is activated. This helps in config drift procedure for audit requirement. Currently we have a rexx procedure to compare before & after ...
28 days ago in z/OS / DFSMS ISMF/Naviquest 0 Future consideration

ISMF Last Date/Time Modified field updated incorrectly

Although SMS SCDS does not contain any Scratch Threshold values, the Last Date/Time Modified field is updated when changing a Scratch Threshold value. My customer claims that the Last Date/Time Modified field shouldn't be updated if the SMS SCDS i...
8 months ago in z/OS / DFSMS ISMF/Naviquest 0 Future consideration

Display more than eight Systems in ISMF panels

When displaying the volumes of a storage group MVS and SMS statuses for only eight systems are shown (e.g panelid DGTLGP36). In environments with more systems it is toilsome to get an overview especially when there is a large number of disks in th...
about 1 year ago in z/OS / DFSMS ISMF/Naviquest 0 Future consideration

SMS SCDS construct comparison tool

With the heavy focus on cyber resiliency, we are looking for a tool to compare SMS constructs between SCDSs--or between the active configuration and a new SCDS. We have excellent testing tools for ACS source code (with test cases and NaviQuest), b...
over 5 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS ISMF/Naviquest 5 Future consideration

SMS SCDS construct comparison tool

With the heavy focus on cyber resiliency, we are looking for a tool to compare SMS constructs between SCDSs--or between the active configuration and a new SCDS. We have excellent testing tools for ACS source code (with test cases and NaviQuest), b...
over 5 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS ISMF/Naviquest 2 Future consideration

(MUFG) When operating VOLCAT with ISMF, the updated VOLCAT information shoud be displayed in ISMF panel or as pop-up warning

When operating VOLCAT with ISMF, the customer wants that the updated "VOLCAT name + VOLSER name of the VOLCAT" should be displayed in ISMF panel or as pop-up warning.
over 4 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS ISMF/Naviquest 3 Future consideration

Add PROC parameter/variable to ACBJBAOB in SYS1.SACBCNTL for ISPF data set name HLQ

When using Naviquest to generate a job, it will generate a JCL job stream that contains a JCLLIB statement that points to SYS1.SACBCNTL and an EXEC statement for a PROC located in that data set (ACBJBAOB). There are a few parameters/variables that...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / DFSMS ISMF/Naviquest 0 Future consideration

ISMF / Naviquest dasd list device type

Currently ISMF / Naviquest when generating a dasd list for device type for any 3390 device greater than a mod-9 as mod-9. I know that the reason ISMF shows all the volumes as 3390-9 is because there really is no such device as a 3390 mod27 or mod5...
about 9 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS ISMF/Naviquest 3 Future consideration

Total space obtained from a profile of files with Naviquest

En referencia al PMR 45057,100,838, queríamos abrir un RFE (si todavía no hay uno abierto) para que se amplíe la restricción del tamaño máximo del lenguaje CLIST (The values of numeric variables must be integers in the range from -2,147,483,647 (-...
over 5 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS ISMF/Naviquest 1 Future consideration

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