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Add sudo command into the base install USS security

Integrating sudo like Linux has would improve security by being able to use superuser privileges on a case-by-case basis rather than having all of your commands be superuser authorized. We'd also be able to set restrictions and timeouts in the sud...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / Ported Tools Planned for future release

Allow VSAM Data Sets To Consider Previously Used Volumes Prior To Extend Failures

Allow new extents for VSAM data sets to consider previously used volumes before failing the extend with out of volume error.The feature will be very useful to Db2 tablespace and index extend processing which will provide additional Db2 object avai...
8 months ago in z/OS / DFSMS VSAM Planned for future release

Add Additional Arabic Characters to z/OS Unicode 13488 to 420 Conversion

U+0625 - إ - ARABIC LETTER ALEF WITH HAMZA BELOW cannot be translated to CCSID 420. There are no HAMZA BELOW code points or Ligature code points for Alef With Hamza below in the current translation table. Currently, there are normalizations in the...
8 months ago in z/OS / BCP_Unicode Planned for future release

Add an error message to the chown command if user is lacking a uid or OMVS segment

You can't set a user as owner of a z/OS Unix file with chown if they don't have a UID in their OMVS segment, yet the command gives no feedback if this occurs, this means you can think you set someone as owner without actually being able to do it a...
about 1 year ago in z/OS / Shell & Utilities Planned for future release

Modernization of IBM zOS USS Environment

Looking to modernizing the IBM zOS USS environment to enhance its compatibility with contemporary POSIX standards and utilities. The current system, while robust, lacks certain modern features that are essential for efficient and streamlined opera...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / USS Planned for future release

OAM: Allow global defaults in CBROAMxx PARMLIB member

There are parameters in CBROAMxx that have to be specified for each Storagegroup individually. For us, that means 1068 lines of PARMLIB definition which are the same for each Storagegroup. In times of simplification, it should be possible to defin...
5 months ago in z/OS / DFSMS OAM Planned for future release

Add error message to the chgrp command if group has no gid

I suggest adding an error message to the chgrp command if the group has no gid or no OMVS segment. <insert incomprehensible IBM error code> Group has no GID, command failed And another error message if the group has no OMVS segment <inser...
about 1 year ago in z/OS / Shell & Utilities Planned for future release

Implement python3 support for BCPii

As of today, BCPii v1 and v2 (HWIREST) offer callable services for REXX, C, and Assembler. However, making REST-like calls using REXX, C, or Assembler can be cumbersome due to the limited or overly complex support for essential functionalities suc...
11 months ago in z/OS / BCP_BCPii Planned for future release

Better way of managing OPENs and CLOSEs of RLS files across Sysplex

Currently SMSVSAM design treats operations of Open and Close of VSAM RLS files across the sysplex as a single thread process. In big environments this can be time consuming and hurt performance during heavy workload scenarios. It would be importan...
8 months ago in z/OS / DFSMS VSAM/RLS Planned for future release

Describe the catalog mapping information for capacity estimation

When we migrated the sequential data sets to SMS environment, the user catalog ran out of space, and many batch jobs were ABEND. This was due to an increase in the size of catalog entries due to the use of a maximum of 59 for the Volume Count of ...
almost 2 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS Catalog/IDCAMS/AMS Planned for future release

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