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Core Infrastructure

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Enhance Dynamic Allocation to SMB

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR0214053143User Marketing Field Requirement Number: SSMVSE04524Title: Enhance Dynamic Allocation to SMBSubmitted By: IBM User Group Relations/Dallas/IBMOriginators Area: UGDIV : S UGGROUP : MVS UGPROJ : MVSEFPOC: Bria...
about 10 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS VSAM 2 Future consideration

Creating Common Dataspaces

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR0324085813User Marketing Field Requirement Number: SSMVSE08001Title: Creating Common DataspacesSubmitted By: IBM User Group Relations/Dallas/IBMOriginators Area: UGDIV : S UGGROUP : MVS UGPROJ : MVSEFPOC: Brian Keuli...
about 10 years ago in z/OS / BCP_Storage Management (inc. RSM/ASM/VSM/DIV) 3 Future consideration

Expand the JOBPARM TIME field to accommodate more than a week

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR00068441User Marketing Field Requirement Number: SSJES296202Title: Expand the JOBPARM TIME field to accomodate more than a weekSubmitted By: IBM User Group Relations/Dallas/IBMOriginators Area: DFNA / 972-447-0298FPO...
about 10 years ago in z/OS / JES2 3 Future consideration

CICS messages originated by PLI PUT DATA

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR1105136243User Marketing Field Requirement Number: MR1105136243Title: CICS messages originated by PLI PUT DATAs or PUT LISTs or COBOL DISPLAY are not prefixed by the issuing Program NameSubmitted By: Wilfried van Hec...
about 10 years ago in z/OS / LE 1 Future consideration

JES2: Ability to route output to an internet connected userid

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR00068437User Marketing Field Requirement Number: SSJES295204Title: JES2: Ability to route output to an internet connected useridSubmitted By: IBM User Group Relations/Dallas/IBMOriginators Area: DFNA / 972-447-0298FP...
about 10 years ago in z/OS / JES2 3 Future consideration

DESTID support for IP Printway Destinations

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR00068845User Marketing Field Requirement Number: SSJES297202Title: DESTID support for IP Printway DestioationsSubmitted By: IBM User Group Relations/Dallas/IBMOriginators Area: DFNA / 972-447-0298FPOC: Mark Bauman/Ro...
about 10 years ago in z/OS / JES2 3 Future consideration

$PJES2TERM should require operator confirmation

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR00073820User Marketing Field Requirement Number: SSJES299002Title: $PJES2TERM should require operator confirmation.Submitted By: IBM User Group Relations/Dallas/IBMOriginators Area: DFNA / 972-447-0298FPOC: Mark Baum...
about 10 years ago in z/OS / JES2 2 Future consideration

JCL Inheritance of Job Statement Parameters

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR0119112817User Marketing Field Requirement Number: SSSHARE01713Title: JCL Inheritance of Job Statement ParametersSubmitted By: IBM User Group Relations/Dallas/IBMOriginators Area: UGDIV : S UGGROUP : MVS UGPROJ : MVS...
about 10 years ago in z/OS / JES2 3 Future consideration

Parameter for setting site default FSSDEF AUTOSTOP value

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR0304105213User Marketing Field Requirement Number: SSJES209003Title: Parameter for setting site default FSSDEF AUTOSTOP valueSubmitted By: IBM User Group Relations/Dallas/IBMOriginators Area: UGDIV : S UGGROUP : MVS ...
about 10 years ago in z/OS / JES2 2 Future consideration

LE C header files in HFS should comply w

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR1115066438User Marketing Field Requirement Number: SSLNGC0513623Title: LE C header files in HFS should comply with ANSI standardSubmitted By: IBM User Group Relations/Dallas/IBMOriginators Area: UGDIV : S UGGROUP : A...
about 10 years ago in z/OS / LE 1 Future consideration