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    Use NEWNAMEunconditional on zOSMF backup of source datasets

    On systems where the HLQ of source datasets only exist on the source system, a catalog error on the target system is encountered when the restore job runs even though RENAMEunconditional is used to rename to a HLQ that exists on the target system....
    about 1 month ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

    [Sysplex Management] Allow to edit preflist of multiple structures at once in the CFRM Policy editor

    Currently, if you want to modify the preflist of multiple structures, you must select each structure individually, click "Edit", adjust the preflist order using the "Sort" buttons in the preflist section, and then save the changes. When dealing wi...
    about 2 months ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

    Allow recursive delete to remove symbolic links when issuing a Restfiles delete request

    It would allow entire directories to be deleted instead of everything except symbolic links. This currently leaves them around and they need to be removed via a different type of REST request.
    2 months ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

    No ISPF stats during LOAD creation with zosmf APIs.

    I need to transfert Load (binary) member from a system to another using zosmf API. Getting the load is not a problem but transfering the load using the zOSmf APIs, the created members do not have ISPF statistics. Here is an example of logs: 2025-0...
    3 months ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

    more flexible data selection in JOBS REST API

    current /restjobs/jobs API : supports status=active, but not status=output or status=input -- make this a full choice of available status returns up to 1000 jobs (without exec-data) but provides no way to access any remaining jobs, only to make a ...
    4 months ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 1 Future consideration

    Concurrent REST requests for downloading PDS members results in several abended IZUFPROC jobs

    Say that I have a sample application that makes multiple, concurrent requests to the z/OSMF REST API to download PDS members. It uses the endpoint for retrieving the contents of a data set member: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/2.4.0?topic=interf...
    4 months ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 1 Future consideration

    add identification for Alias whether its pointing to pds,pdse or ps/

    In the datasets listing zosmf rest api's i can see the an entry with vol as ALIAS, but i want to see the details whether its pointing to pds , pdse or ps.
    5 months ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

    Add GDG identification to the z/OSMF datasets API

    In the FTP connection when I list data sets within a qualifier I get the information that a data set is a GDG - in z/OSMF I don’t. Is there a way that I find out that a data set is a GDG?I don’t want to cause an additional job to run as the user, ...
    5 months ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

    Enhance the z/OSMF programming guide to rotate sideways-tables back to vertical, or re-design them if it's not possible.

    Most people read publication online, it is very difficult to read doc sideways, especially there are so many sideways-tables in this doc. Please see table 4 (Event types shipped with z/OSMF) as an example as well as tables from 603 to 615 in chapt...
    5 months ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

    Support recalling migrated datasets in z/OSMF desktop data set list

    This feature would increase the usability of z/OSMF desktop data set list.
    6 months ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

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