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When using dsfs in a PDS the ls -al should display ISPF statistics or other info

When using ISPF the member display panel will display either ISPF statistics (if available) or load module information. The ls -al command when using /dsfs should present similar information when it is available. Since dsfs supports ISPF statistic...
5 months ago in z/OS / Data Set File System (DSFS) 4 Future consideration

A JES2 Policy that scans JCL cards is required

Submitted By: SHARE-MVSE Submitted Date: 02/05/2023 Submitter Name: Mike Shorkend (System Software Specialist) Submitter Email: mike@shorkend.com Description: The same way as JES2 provides exits 4/54 to scan all JCL cards for a job, this is needed...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / JES2 0 Future consideration

Provide new functionality to schedule the import of SMF data to the zNA database

Batch is the preferred method provide the ability to invoke a batch job to import data into the zNA database, outside of zNA, that can be submitted manually or scheduled via a job scheduler or some other scheduled process (i.e., daily) allow the b...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / Communications Server 0 Future consideration

Allow LDAP server admins to be able to customize SQL queries for LDAP operations.

Due to the wide range of SQL functionality and DB2 database implementations it's possible that certain SQL queries generated by the LDAP server are not optimized for some DB2 databases, a mechanism to allow LDAP admins to customize queries can gre...
5 months ago in z/OS / LDAP 0 Future consideration

Enhance ALL ISPF Member Lists with PDSE Member Generation Support

Enhance ISPF member lists, however and where ever generated, to include PDSE member generations in a seamless display.
over 1 year ago in z/OS / ISPF 1 Future consideration

zERT Analyzer - Enhance Query Builder Capabilities

While using the query builder in zERT it does not offer the ability to filter for either 'User ID' or 'Job Name' even those values are reported in the result set. It would be of great benefit if the query would allow to filter already on those two...
6 months ago in z/OS / Communications Server 0 Future consideration

PKI client service within z/OS to access external PKI for certificate request/(auto)approval

PKI Services (z/OS2.5) supports the following EST functions:1. cacerts: requests the EST CA certificates (the whole chain of the issuers' certificates) using Simple PKI Request.2. simpleenroll: requests a certificate with supplied public key using...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 2 Future consideration

Use more frequent commits when importing SMF data in to the zNA database to reduce Db2 resource consumption

Committing every 1000 inserts would be a good starting point This number needs to be customizable so we can adjust based on our needs as workloads and reporting needs change over time Our preferred solution to the lack of commits would be to use t...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / Communications Server 0 Future consideration

ACCEPT, REJECT, RESTORE SYSMODs using Software Update

The ability to ACCEPT, REJECT, and RESTORE SYSMODs using Software Update. Currently requires the user to do it manually outside of the Software Update interface.
over 1 year ago in z/OS / SMP/E 0 Future consideration

Add a specific CSF messages id to monitor the correct/(or not) initialization/start-up) of the CSFTTCP started task

Dear, In order to monitor the start-up of the CSFTTCP adress space with CA-OPSMVS automate and according to our standards we would like to have the possibility that CSFTTCP started task generates to the console specific messageids for the correct(...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / ICSF 0 Future consideration

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