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Core Infrastructure

Provide direct dialog manager support for creating new logical screens.

It would make it easier to create customized environments.
over 1 year ago in z/OS / ISPF Functionality already exists

sdsf parmlib option give member name

We have the sdsf.parm command today. which lists the datasets in parmlib concatenation.It would be good to be able to issue sdsf.parm IGDSMS00 and it displays __ user.parmlib(IGDSMS00) __ sys1,parmlib(IGDSMS00) so I can then browse/edit it directl...
9 months ago in z/OS / SDSF Functionality already exists

IEA370I - Add CONSOLE command to display active MASTCAT (e.g. F CATALOG,MASTCAT)

For auditing purposes it is important to be able to identify the active master catalog. Currently during IPL IEA370I message is issued to display the master catalog, but the message comes too early to be found in SYSLOG or captured by basic automa...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / DFSMS Catalog/IDCAMS/AMS Functionality already exists

Accumulative PREFIX

To monitor multiple tasks without constantly resetting PREfix. Ex. During performance tests, I want to watch CTG*, CICS*, DB2*. I would like to see those 3....and only those 3 on 1 screen. So....something like Pre CTG*. Then +PRE CICS*. Then +Pre ...
almost 2 years ago in z/OS / SDSF Functionality already exists

IDCAMS PRINT to allow for codepage input

The output of an IDCAMS PRINT job includes both the raw data in printed hexadecimal and also in a "translated" section that displays capital English and special characters from the EBCDIC code page. There are many international situations where al...
almost 3 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS Catalog/IDCAMS/AMS Functionality already exists

DSFS Utility file system name specification.

DSFS looks for "filename.SYSNAME" allocation of the liniear dataset, even when specifying only "filename" in the BPXPRMxx paramaters. Remove the requirement for "filename.SYSNAME" and use what is specified in BPXPRMxx member (do not add .SYSNAME a...
about 2 years ago in z/OS / z/OS File System (zFS) Functionality already exists

Dedicated (primary) and shared (secondary) group capping

As a MFaaS provider, we have had clients request a dedicated baseline of CPU capacity with the option of expanding beyond that baseline capacity as required and available. For example, a client may require 150 MSUs of GP capacity available at all ...
about 1 year ago in z/OS / BCP_Capacity Provisioning Functionality already exists

Enhance active and status displays with acee userid

Please add to these displays a column with the ACEE Userid - I'm not sure where owner is coming from but we have started tasks that are started by a server address space under the started task userid and then change to a specific userid which is r...
about 2 years ago in z/OS / SDSF Functionality already exists

Support JESLOG parameter on job card with the master subsystem

We execute our Netview STCs under the master subsystem rather than under JES2 and they can stay up for months at a time. The JESMSGLG can grow to several million lines which consumes a non-insignificant amount of spool space. We don't need that in...
over 3 years ago in z/OS / JES2 Functionality already exists

Allow SDSF to do a SETSYS to any LPAR in any SYSPLEX in your enterprise for commands and displays.

A User can be Logged on to one SYSTEM and then do a SETSYS to another LPAR in a different or same SYSPLEX and have full SDSF capability with full user access. This would be very useful and beneficial in enabling the user to get to any LPAR rapidly...
about 1 year ago in z/OS / SDSF Functionality already exists

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