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    Write message from JES2 policy to joblog

    JES2 policies can be used to force installation requirements like accouting information.The user should be informed that the job does not meet the guidelines especially if it is canceled by a poicy. And a good place to do this is joblog.
    over 2 years ago in z/OS / JES2 4 Future consideration

    More granularity to secure JES2 commands

    Nowadays you can only protect who can CANCEL any BATCH, any STC or any TSO in global but not by any other filter; for example: FORCE parameter, jobname,… If you have permission to the JES2.CANCEL.BAT resource, you can cancel any JOB. It would be i...
    about 11 years ago in z/OS / JES2 45 Future consideration

    z/VM needs to support SNMPv3

    Support SNMPv3 to support bank standard that this type of communication must be encrypted.
    over 6 years ago in z/VM 3 Future consideration

    A JES2 Policy that scans JCL cards is required

    Submitted By: SHARE-MVSE Submitted Date: 02/05/2023 Submitter Name: Mike Shorkend (System Software Specialist) Submitter Email: mike@shorkend.com Description: The same way as JES2 provides exits 4/54 to scan all JCL cards for a job, this is needed...
    almost 3 years ago in z/OS / JES2 0 Future consideration

    Enhance JES2 to support compression of dynamic PDS PROCLIBs.

    Enhance JES2 to support compression of dynamic PDS PROCLIBs.
    almost 7 years ago in z/OS / JES2 0 Future consideration

    How to print the $HASP138 SPIN message written to CEEMSG to SYSLOG or JESMSGLG?

    We split the CEEMSG DD of CICS with the following line:// CEEMSG DD SYSOUT = *, SPIN = (UNALLOC, 10M)==> ceemsg output:08.38.16 S0310063 İHASP138 CEEMSG SPIN HAS OCCURRED BECAUSE OF LINE COUNT or we use "time":// CEEMSG DD SYSOUT = *, SPIN = (U...
    about 5 years ago in z/OS / JES2 2 Future consideration

    JES2 Access enhancement for MSGCLASS, SYSOUT as already provided for JOBLCASS

    We are using a user written exit to control usage of: SYSOUT JOBCLASS MSGCLASS OUTPUTCLASS Currently supported by RACF out of the Box is 'only' the JOBCLASS using Profiles: JES.JOBCLASS.* in CL(FACILITY)
    over 7 years ago in z/OS / JES2 2 Future consideration

    Extent CP Flashcopy with IBM Remote Pair FlashCopy (Preserve Mirror)

    Make IBM Remote Pair FlashCopy also known as Preserve Mirror available for CP Flashcopy. This way flashcopy will not affect the PPRC duplex state and GDPS will not complain. The system stays hyperswap ready during the flashcopy. Which is now not t...
    about 6 years ago in z/VM 2 Future consideration

    Support for FTP client mutual SSL authentication

    Please allow the z/VM FTP client to support mutual SSL authentication
    over 7 years ago in z/VM 0 Future consideration

    Support multiple PDR volumes for redundancy

    Currently there can only be one PDR volume for an SSI cluster. If the storage host where the PDR volume resides goes down or something happens to that volume, all the systems in the cluster go down. Even if there are other storage host and a z/VM ...
    over 3 years ago in z/VM 1 Not under consideration

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