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Monitor string usage

As described in PMR we had an issue after dynamic strings added.We had no idea we were close to limit and we are not aware how often this happens.We suggest to add monitoring for the dynamic string as described in Use Case.
about 5 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 0 Future consideration

SDB not working as advertised

SDB not working as advertised as below from ISMF: HELP-------------------- SYSTEM DETERMINED BLOCKSIZE -------------------HELPCOMMAND ===> Use the SYSTEM DETERMINED BLOCKSIZE (SDB) field to specify that the system determined blocksize should be...
over 5 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS Disk Storage SW Support 2 Future consideration

Support <suspend/> element in workflow with parallel step execution

We would like to use the parallel feature introduced with workflows but it does not support the <suspend/> flag. We would like it to support this flag.
over 5 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

Source Vipa and Interface interaction

We recently attempted to switch from Device Link statements to Interface statements. However we ran into an issue where if a Client lived on the same Host as where the Dynamic Vipa was currently on and attempted to use a Target on another LPAR the...
over 5 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 0 Future consideration

z/OSMF Let ?Create Workflow? to set ?Users can take ownership of steps automatical

In z/OSMF Workflow, Allow "Create Workflow" process to set "Users can take ownership of steps automatically" rather than requiring setting only in WF Editor. For same reasons as "set Owner on all steps to User" in Create Workflow. Particularly for...
about 6 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 1 Future consideration

z/OSMF Workflow Notification - too general and does not open directly to assigned step

z/OSMF currently sends a notification to a user when a certain step in the workflow is assigned to him/her. However, the notification is too general and doesn't contain details of the step. The link, once clicked, doesn't also directly open to the...
over 6 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

CEE3USR equivalent function at the Process Level

LE provides the CEE3USR function to anchor storage at the Enclave level. We would like to use a CEE3USR equivalent function at the Process level. We currently use the LE routine CEEPCB_ZGETST to get Process-Level storage. We'd like to anchor it of...
over 6 years ago in z/OS / LE 0 Future consideration

Add a resource pool for provisioning DASD

As suggested by Mr. Ken Irwin, I would propose to have something similar currently existing for port provisioning, but for DASD. The idea is to set the workflows to provision/deprovision DASD on demand. IRWIN, KEN J 5/02/18 22:30Checking current d...
over 6 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 1 Future consideration

Add IPv6 support to XTI API running in a language environment

We need to have IPv6 support for XTI C API running under a language environment. currently t_* calls support only IPv4.
over 6 years ago in z/OS / LE 1 Future consideration

Support Symbols LogDD also in DD:SYSTSIN

Hello, If using symbol logging combined with DD SYSTSIN in Tso-batch job //SYSTSIN DD *,SYMBOLS(xxxx,logdd)... then Loggdd is ignored now (as mentioned in JCL Reference) OA53706 does some changes in jes2 code that may support logging in this case ...
over 6 years ago in z/OS / JES2 2 Future consideration

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