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To capture the SC's LOCK SET NAME from the DCOLLECT

Today, DCOLLECT does not provide the lock structure information, which limits our ability to validate the definitions between the Current SCDS and the New SCDS. The below records are being generated from the DCOLLECT and used for the comparison be...
about 22 hours ago in z/OS / DFSMS ISMF/Naviquest Submitted

Just one heading in DFSMSrmm reports

It should be possible to define only one heading per report. Today, the LINECOUNT parameter can only be used to enter a value between 10 and 999. Additionally, NOLIMIT should be possible here, so that only a header line is displayed at the beginni...
1 day ago in z/OS / DFSMS RMM Submitted

Add retry functionality for AUDIT MEDIACONTROLS CLOUD due to HTTP 401 disconnect

AUDIT MEDIACONTROLS CLOUD fails with an HTTP/1.1 401 that IBM DS8A10 support indicated was due to a restAPI Token Expiration. They indicated they plan to address this issue with PCR 444, but would likely not be available until 2027. APAR OA66772 a...
4 days ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM Submitted

Kubernetes CSI Dynamic provisioner to consume z/OS native NFS Storage from Openshift4.x cluster

Today to consume the z/OS native NFS Storage from kubernetes based Openshift4.x cluster, we need to manually create the PV & use it from PVC. This make difficult from operation prospective & as well for application. Also if application pod...
4 days ago in z/OS / Network File System (NFS) Submitted

Short Term Authorization on JESSPOOL via GROUP not USER

To provide short-term authorization, a user can overtype the DEST field with another user's user ID. This can be done on either the O or H panels. On https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/3.2.0?topic=sets-permitting-other-users-view-your-data on can rea...
5 days ago in z/OS / JES2 Submitted

Streamline the zOSMF Incident Log File Transfer process.

Hello, I've been using the zOSMF v31 Incident Log feature to transfer files to the IBM Support server.Each time I use the Send Diagnostic Data wizard I have to supply config info such as UserID, Keyring and SSL settings. You'll see in the attached...
5 days ago in z/OS / z/OSMF Submitted

Method to clear and reload the TCPIP Profile in zOSMF Network Configuration Assistant plug-in

I would like to request an enhancement to the Network Configuration Assistant(NCA) plug-in to add a command or utility that can clear out or reset the TCPIP profile to its initial state so that I can import my TCP/IP configuration like it's first ...
6 days ago in z/OS / Communications Server Submitted

Allow for uncataloged PDS members to be listed via the REST API

Users may have the same PDS in different volumes, most of which may not be in the catalog. In order for them to list members, it would be good to allow the z/OSMF REST API to accept a volser as a query parameter. Operation HTTP method and URI path...
6 days ago in z/OS / z/OSMF Submitted

2 GB large pages for native (non Java) heap

We currently run in-memory java computing applications that leverage long lived memory(> 1TB per instance), we do run with 2GB large pages for the heap via JVM option Xlp:objectheap:pagesize=2G but the majority of the data is stored off heap, f...
7 days ago in z/OS / LE Submitted

Expose FMID on public APAR pages for clear product identification

Currently, APAR web pages do not always display the related FMIDs. When FMIDs is missing, customers cannot always determine with confidence which product or component the APAR belongs to and create product aware automations for APARs. . This creat...
8 days ago in z/OS / Documentation Submitted