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Core Infrastructure

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Introduce validation to not allow invalid characters in the DSNAME field in VRS

Although DFSMSrmm does not check quoted data set names for valid characters (per TSO RMM ADDVRS command doc), it would be beneficial to not allow invalid characters in the DSNAME field of a VRS because the accidental creation of a VRS with certain...
1 day ago in z/OS / DFSMS RMM 0 Submitted

Support Compression for zCX-VSAM Files

We want to compress the data from zCX at runtime to minimize the I/Os and the used space on DASD. For Pervasive Encryption it is recommended to compress data before encryption. For zFS VSAM-LDS Files it is possible to compress by using zfsadm comm...
5 days ago in z/OS / Container Extensions (zCX) 0 Submitted

z/OS Health Checker HZSPRINT utility enhancemnet

z/OS Health Check utility HZSPRINT provides the user with good information about the checks in place, however it doesn't show the state of it as it could be verified in SDSF for example. Using the the F HZSPROC,DISPLAY,CHECKS,DETAILS it provides t...
4 days ago in z/OS / BCP_Healthchecker 0 Submitted

Introduce RMM defaults table (DEFTABLE) operand that can request DFSMSrmm record the data set details only for the first file on a tape volume.

The EDG_EXIT100 parameter list has a PL100_CAN_IGNORE_FILE2_TON value that can be used to request that DFSMSrmm record the data set details only for the first file on a tape volume. This is useful to help minimize the overall size of the RMM Contr...
about 6 hours ago in z/OS / DFSMS RMM 0 Submitted

Create an environment variable on /usr/lpp/dfsms/gdk/providers

Hello, Seems the ZFS for the System was in R/O can you create an environment variable like for the Resolver ? For now we create a Symbolic link to manage CDA for exemple ln -s /datas/gdk/providers /usr/lpp/dfsms/gdk/providers RESOLVER_CONFIG envir...
about 13 hours ago in z/OS / DFSMS Cloud Data Access 0 Submitted

ICETOOL DISPLAY function and HEADER parameter

With ICETOOL you can do a list with DISPLAY function you can have a HEADER each x pages or NOHEADER or HEADER(NONE). It can be usefull to generate a file with only one header. In this way i can generate a CSV file for sending to another software. ...
about 15 hours ago in z/OS / DFSMS DFSORT 0 Submitted

Have option to hide or secure password when using AMAPDUPL

Hide or secure password in dataset when using AMAPDUPL thru a proxy.
about 15 hours ago in z/OS / OpenSSH 0 Submitted

DFSMSrmm cleanup data set records

Most customers today are using VTS to create tapes. When the tapes go scratch, after x number of days, the data is usually deleted from the VTS. For example this is the case with TS77xx EXPIRY-HOLD=x days, meaning after RMM has scratch the tape, t...
3 days ago in z/OS / DFSMS RMM 0 Submitted

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...
23 days ago in z/OS / USS 0 Submitted

Make zACS generate DD statements to turn off common abend analysis tools

When we run zACS , IBM Fault Analyzer is invoked hundreds of times when analysing all SVC/PCs . It would be great if the JCL generated by zACS, included DD statements such as //IDIOFF DD DUMMY IBM FAULT ANALYZER OFF//ABNLIGNR DD DUMMY ABEND-AID OF...
3 days ago in z/OS / Authorized Code Scanner 0 Submitted