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DFSMS SMS

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Pervasive Encryption feature to enable PDSE, but exclude LOADLIBS (which cannot be encrypted).

We cannot enable PE for our PDSE libraries, as there is has been no method to exclude LOADLIBs, which become unusable when encrypted with PE. This prevents us from enabling encryptions for PDSE files that could contain confidential or restricted d...
29 days ago in z/OS / DFSMS SMS 0 Planned for future release

Looking for a DFSMS/HSM exit point of RACF Control

We would like an SMS/HSM exit or RACF control that would prevent an inadvertent activation of an ACS routine that, for example, would delete all files 1 or more days old because a storage manager mistakenly sets the rule for 1 day instead of 10 da...
over 8 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS SMS 4 Planned for future release

Storage group: Total space Alert threshold% feature

With zOS 2.2, there is a new field added to storage group: Total Space Alert Threshold% which gives us alerting on console. I liked this feature, but when tested, seems the total space is being calculated for only ENABLED volumes and ignoring QUIN...
over 6 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS SMS 2 Planned for future release

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