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Cleanup of uncataloged data sets with DFDSMSdss

DESCRIPTION:The Itau bank Storage support team sometimes needs to run a cleanup related to uncataloged data sets, this process consists of run a backup for the files first and after delete them from DASD to save disk space.The current design of AD...
over 7 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS DSS 1 Future consideration

Have TN3270 Task to provide a Count Down message when a Certificate that is cached it should provide messages on the cert and expiration

The CERT is cached when the TN3270 is started. When that cert is nearing expiration (30 days or less) there are no messages in TN3270 that state the cert is about to expire. Or how many days it is until expiration. Or what the name of the cert tha...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

"Install multiple" must be available in all dialogs

In "Network Configuration Assistant" the new "install multiple" feature is missing in some dialogs. How to recreate: change set, New --> Reusable Config. Change something (e.g. new port reservation), save, validate against baseManage Change Set...
almost 6 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under 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...
9 months ago in z/OS / DFSMS OAM 1 Future consideration

Update zlsof -d command

Update the zlsof -d command to identify the blocksize in its output so the size of the locked or delete file can be accurately determined. Today, the zlsof -d displays the following:CommandPID UserFile System MountpointSizeInode/file The user cann...
almost 6 years ago in z/OS / USS 1 Future consideration

Improved CF Task and z/OS Subchannel Queue Management

Today, queueing based on subchannel availability is all-or-nothing, for all structures, and any one CF structure can consume 100% of the available subchannels during a spike, causing queueing and delays for all CF structures•APAR OA41203 does not ...
over 7 years ago in z/OS / BCP_XCF/XES 0 Future consideration

zERT Enforcement Policy and Policy Agent not adhering to same implementation

When using a zERT Enforcement Policy with two or more Traffic Descriptors, Policy Agent is not able to handle those as a single rule and creates artificially additionalrules for each Traffic Descriptor associated with the zERT defined rule, append...
about 2 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

Add a code stub to the z/OS LDAP examples for a basic authenticated session

Please add a new example file or commented section to the existing sample files found in /usr/lpp/ldap/examples/ that uses the LDAP client API to create an authenticated session through SSL on TLS V1.3. A working example would be a good basis to a...
9 months ago in z/OS / LDAP 0 Future consideration

Enhance RMF M3 filtering capability

Please provide a means in the RMF M3 enclave panel to filter on user id, similar to the existing capability to filter on service class.
over 4 years ago in z/OS / RMF 2 Future consideration

ISPF Edit: Add new paramater UTF8 to SOURCE primary command

Since ISPF Edit supports UTF-8 encoding as well as ASCII the SOURCE primary command should have a new possible parameter-value UTF8 to switch to UTF-8 editing during the edit-session.
over 6 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 0 Future consideration

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