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Provide better messaging and prevent hang situation in dynamic RRSF main switching

Prevent blocking situations when user is starting a RRSF dynamic main switch if conditions of empty inmsg data sets is not met. Currently it is difficult to detect what the reasons are if a RRSF dynamic main switch is not completed. IBM should try...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / RACF 0 Future consideration

SETROPTS PRIORITY WHEN RACF DATASHARING

Currently when a SETROPTS REFRESH is sent from a LPAR and it is a member of a sysplex and RACF is configured in datasharing with Sysplex Communication, the REFRESH is executed in all the LPARs (except the one that sent the command) under the *MAST...
about 6 years ago in z/OS / RACF 2 Not under 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

Options in ISPF interface in z/OSMF

Hi, In most installations, in TSO/E login panel the command parameter has some CLIST or REXX programs specified for execution. The same option is missing in z/OSMF ISPF interface. Please consider to add this option. In absence of this option, we a...
over 5 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 1 Future consideration

Obviate need for base register when using EZASMI interface

Right now use of the EZASMI interface to TCP/IP sockets programming requires a base register. It would be nice if that were not the case because it hampers development of baseless programs. I'd find it reasonable if a solution were provided based ...
about 4 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

Additional protection needed for critical data, in order to further prevent accidental deletion

On August 20 our storage team caused an unfortunate issue, while cleaning a volume on the behest of the customer DB Systel. On the LPAR BLP7, an outage was caused, as the active primary and backup RACF db-s were deleted. While this was remedied an...
over 3 years ago in z/OS / RACF 2 Not under consideration

PHP API and Perl API on EzNoSQL

Add PHP API and Perl API to EzNoSQL to allow more flexibility and integration with mobile and Web applications of EzNoSQL. Not many Web servers or mobile platforms use C. Java is more common. These are the other APIs: C and Java.
over 1 year ago in z/OS / DFSMS EzNoSQL 0 Future consideration

Reconnecting OTIS after the corresponding Db2 was started in Maintenance Mode and later in Operating Mode ( OAM recognize this this )

When a Db2 instance is stopped and started normally the corresponding OAM and OTIS reconnect to it as expected. If this Db2 is stopped and started in Maintenance Mode OAM acknowledges this and reconnect to this Db2 when it is started afterwards in...
8 months ago in z/OS / DFSMS OAM 1 Future consideration

ISPF HILITE PLI - keywords missing

The IBM supplied ISP.SISPSAMP(ISRPXASM) from z/OS 2.1 (RSU1504?) lacks four PL/I keywords
over 9 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 7 Planned for future release

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

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