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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

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

Ability to dynamicall set the SYSOUT DD of active running job as spinnable

Currently, when a started task, ie CICS is running, we are unable to use the command to spin the SYSOUT DD off, if the attribute for that particular SYSOUT DD isn't set SPIN=. It'll be very useful if we can dynamically set a SYSOUT DD as spinnable...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / JES2 0 Future consideration

Back reference SYSOUT DD JES data set

Kindly refer to PMR case number TS014415883 This will be useful when second step can back reference to the SYSPRINT from first step, done some filtering and produce the desire output in second step, whilst still able to see the actual output in fi...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / BCP_Allocation 1 Not under consideration

z/OSMF Desktop Dataset Search api - Add support to edit MVS data sets with different code pages

For users who are not very familiar with ISPF, the Desktop Dataset Search feature of z/OSMF makes it possible to work with MVS data sets and unix files. Currently the z/OSMF Desktop Dataset Search api supports the edit of a unix file with a differ...
about 2 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

DFSort support for non-extended encrypted files

Our company intends to use pervasive encryption to encrypt our mainframe datasets, but DFSort currently does not support non-extended encrypted files. It is crucial that this support is implemented since all our sorting is done through DFSort and ...
over 3 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS DFSORT 1 Planned for future release

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

Enhance SMP TRANSFERONLY PTF Download

If i Download PTFS/HOLDATA with the TRANSFERONLY option i have a unix directory with a few files and an Order Entry in CSI The Order entry in CSI tells me the requested PTFS and or Holddata, but the exact content downloaded is unknown without RECE...
about 2 years ago in z/OS / SMP/E 0 Future consideration

Enable SSH under OMVS to accept RACF password

I go into OMVS I type ssh userid@host I get back 'FOTS3322 Passwords may not be entered from 3270 terminals' If I can logon to TSO with a userid and password, why can't I logon via SSH with a userid and password? Here are my suggestions: (1) In th...
about 8 years ago in z/OS / OpenSSH 0 Future consideration

Make DAE - ADYSET00 possible to supress SYSUDUMP the same way as SYSMDUMP can be supressed today.

When we get problems in our Environment with a lot of SYSUDUMPs produced and filling up our SPOOL volumes. Then we would like to have the possibility that DAE - ADYSET00 can supress all our SYSUDUMP's. This can avoid that all our spool volumes to ...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / BCP_Service Aids 1 Not under consideration

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