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Include the dataset name in the IGW859I message text

The Itau bank and IBM has a project to activate the DFSMStvs product to run on the GRBE (Itaú OLTP application) to support the online workload.So, it is very important to us to have an improvement for the message IGW859I, today this message doesn'...
over 3 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS VSAM/RLS 5 Planned for future release

Enhance IRRXUTIL/R_admin to support DIGTCERT/DIGTCERT

I would like to see the R_admin/IRRXUTIL interface enhanced to support the "non-standard" RACF classes DIGTCERT and DIGTRING, this would allow administrators to extract all digital certificate info using IRRXUTIL without needing to rely on using I...
almost 2 years ago in z/OS / RACF 4 Not under consideration

Allow 'su' to inherit options from the parent shell

Hello IBM, Without the 2nd 'errexit', the script below continues further execution, despite /var/xxxxxxxxxxx being non-existent ('su' does not inherit the 1st 'errexit'). If the commands following the 'su' are dangerous, system-wide actions (not h...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / Shell & Utilities 1 Future consideration

VTAM Connection Network Pending PU Processing

When a Connection Network PU goes into a pending state during connection establishment, VTAM does not perform any INOP Processing as it does for native Enterprise Extender connections. The pending PU remains in the pending state for an indefinite ...
almost 4 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

Z/OS RMM RM(EXPDT) Catalog Control function for expdt=99000.

Right now with retention method expdt if a the user uses expdt=99000 in their jcl the expiration date is set to 12/31/1999. With whilecatalog(on) for a management class we want to use for catalog control, if all the datasets on the tape(s) are unc...
about 3 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS RMM 2 Planned for future release

RMF subtype to capture resource usage metrics for zCX runtime and zCX containers

Current zCX workloads can only be measured and controlled by WLM from z/OS perspective. It does not have correlated data points between GP/zIIP utilization going thru container's utilization within zCX. It would be very helpful to understand how m...
about 4 years ago in z/OS / Container Extensions (zCX) 1 Future consideration

ISMF Last Date/Time Modified field updated incorrectly

Although SMS SCDS does not contain any Scratch Threshold values, the Last Date/Time Modified field is updated when changing a Scratch Threshold value. My customer claims that the Last Date/Time Modified field shouldn't be updated if the SMS SCDS i...
about 1 year ago in z/OS / DFSMS ISMF/Naviquest 0 Future consideration

Allow reuse for VSAM file opened in RLS mode

To be able to use REPRO with the REUSE option against a VSAM file that is opened in RLS mode
about 3 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS VSAM/RLS 1 Planned for future release

Provide common APIs in support of PDSE Member Generations

We know member generations are useful but to access them requires a lot of work, especially from the open environment. By providing a set of common APIs current, i.e. REXX, and new, i.e.Perl, python, etc. will be able to easily work with member ge...
about 1 year ago in z/OS / DFSMS Access Methods Non-Vsam 3 Not under consideration

A full PDSE dataset should be able to delete members without needing additional DASD space

We currently have a large SMP/E SMPPTS PDSE dataset which is full on a volume with only 5 available cylinders. Attempts to delete a member from the PDSE result in a E37-04 abend because the system is trying to get an additional extent. The dataset...
7 months ago in z/OS / DFSMS PDS/PDSE 1 Planned for future release

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