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z/OS

I am missing a OWNER and VRS selection in z/OSMF for DFSMSrmm

Currently, z/OSMF for DFSMSrmm only allows me to display volumes, data sets, and default table entries. There's no option to select OWNERS and VRSs. Best regards Norbert
16 days ago in z/OS / DFSMS RMM Under review

RRSF - segment-level control for command propagation

Background / Current behavior We use RRSF automatic command direction to synchronize RACF profiles across multiple systems. This works well operationally. However, IBM Documentation describes AUTODIRECT control in the RRSFDATA class strictly at th...
16 days ago in z/OS / RACF Under review

Append dataset API

Add an API to append to a dataset. This is already a feature in batch programs. At present, to append the entire dataset has to be downloaded, appended on the device, then overwritten. This is substantial traffic for something like logging.
30 days ago in z/OS / z/OSMF Under review

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 1 month ago in z/OS / DFSMS ISMF/Naviquest Under review

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...
about 1 month ago in z/OS / DFSMS RMM Under review

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 ...
about 1 month ago in z/OS / Communications Server Under review

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...
about 1 month ago in z/OS / LE Under review

Enhancement for VARY PATH command to allow CHPID Ranges

For maintenance purpose we must handle a large amount of Paths to our CF LPARs. Some commands looks like the following: VARY PATH(CFxx,90,CFxx,91,CFxx,92,CFxx,93,CFxx,94,CFxx,95,CFxx,96,CFxx,97,CFxx,98),OFFLINE to make this handling a little bit l...
about 2 months ago in z/OS / BCP_IOS Under review

zOS CFRM - Structure size change requires access to CSFSERV resources

When Coupling Facility (CF) structures are encrypted, any user executing the IXCMIAPU utility to write or update a CFRM policy currently requires access to CSFSERV resources such as CSFKGN (Key Generate) and CSFKYT (Key Test)—even in scenarios whe...
about 2 months ago in z/OS / BCP_XCF/XES Under review

Add REFVVDS(volser) parm to DEF CLUSTER with RECATALOG

We have ZFS datasets in the SYSRES (&SYSR2, in our case).We're upgrading z/OS and we need to catalog new ZFSs indirectly using &SYSR2 - we're not using SSA.When we try to use a DEF CLUSTER with RECATALOG the job fails as the VVDS in the cu...
about 2 months ago in z/OS / DFSMS VSAM Under review

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