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Core Infrastructure

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HCD - option to switch IOCDS for next POR on SA CF Dynamic Activation screen

On other HCD Dynamic activation options (HCD 2.6.1 and 2.7 with option A) you have the ability to specify a switch of the IOCDS for the next POR. In the GA2 support providing the ability to dynamically activate a new IOGEN on a Stand Alone CF (opt...
over 4 years ago in z/OS / HCD 3 Not under consideration

in the panel editing: I would like the option of exporting the panel definitions into a text-source format with tools around it to be able to create pannels with ISPF statements. The definition should fit in a functional design, also context sensitive info for the end-user.

shorten the distance between functional design and program
8 months ago in z/OS / ISPF 1 Not under consideration

To externally document return/reason codes in relocate section 443

Currently the authentication info in byte 1 of the relocate section 443 does not differentiate between when IDs with MFA fallback are logging in when MFA started task is down and when they are logging in from a bypassed application. Having a prope...
8 months ago in z/OS / RACF 0 Future consideration

DFSMSdss DUMP/Restore MSS>=1

Because of address contraint (one SYSPLEX) we are using multiple MSS. We are using MSS 0 for MetroMirror (aka PPRC) primary devices.We are using MSS 1 for MetroMirror (aka PPRC) secondary devices. We are planning to do consistent Flashcopy for all...
over 6 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS DSS 0 Future consideration

Allow IDCAMS to INITIALIZE a VSAM dataset during (or after) DEFINE

CICS is unable to open newly defined empty VSAM datasets as it requires at least one CI to be formatted. To overcome this requires use of an OEM or open source program (VSAMINIT is the common one) to write and then delete a record in the VSAM data...
over 2 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS Catalog/IDCAMS/AMS 1 Planned for future release

(MUFG) Request to improve the problem of long processing time of rmm addvolume with TS7700

Since rmm addvolume processing with TS7700 takes 8 times as long as Oracle VSM environment, we hope to improve it so that it can be processed in a short time.
about 5 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS RMM 2 Planned for future release

General Settings / Home Page info to be displayed on all pages

Update zOSMF Home Page settings to be displayed on all parges, and not just the login page.
over 3 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 1 Not under consideration

Remove RACF non-alphabetic character requirement from Passphrases

NIST Password Policy Guidelines no longer recommend that password complexity be imposed, since studies have shown they can encourage the creation of bad passwords/passphrases. The manual indicates that RACF enforces a basic set of syntax rules whi...
over 2 years ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Not under consideration

z/os message after model conversion takes place using OOCoD or CBU

Needing z/os to report a message when a model conversion takes place with OOCoD or CBU. z/os should report this with out the use of another product.There is an IBM case number associated with this. The case number is TS002615373.
about 5 years ago in z/OS / BCP_IOS 2 Future consideration

Add a subsystem for Cloud Data Access

To load a file to a cloud you need to read a source file and write target file to S3. If you want to load a file to an S3, sometimes you have a file who need to be transformed. On first step you transform a source file to a target file and after y...
almost 2 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS Cloud Data Access 0 Future consideration

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