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Core Infrastructure

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An easy to use pre-installation CFSizer

This is a really old request for having an easy to use pre-installation CFSizer. I'm sure others have made the same request. A search in RFE reveils sort of same requests - but for whatever reason, I'm not allowed to see the full request.
almost 7 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 3 Future consideration

List of Common Event Adapter (CEA) Access Requirements

Currently, it is documented that CEA requires the RACF TRUSTED attribute. This is a concern for our Security Administrators and Auditors. We are requesting a more granular list of access requirements for CEA and elimination of the requirement that...
almost 7 years ago in z/OS / BCP_CEA 1 Future consideration

libevent / libev on z/OS

For multithread connections libevent and libev boost network performance. It is avaliable on other IBM platforms like AIX. Right now select is used to detect socket acitivity and it is an expensive operation. Usage of libevent and libev would be g...
almost 9 years ago in z/OS / USS 3 Future consideration

PDSE V1 to V2 Bulk Conversion Utility

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR100313340User Marketing Field Requirement Number: SSMVSS13005Title: PDSE V1 to V2 Bulk Conversion UtilitySubmitted By: IBM User Group Relations/Dallas/IBMOriginators Area: UGDIV : S UGGROUP : MVS UGPROJ : MVSSFPOC: E...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS PDS/PDSE 1 Future consideration

REXX: Should Support Major Access Method

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR0711115115User Marketing Field Requirement Number: SSSHARE018757Title: REXX: Should Support Major Access MethodsSubmitted By: IBM User Group Relations/Dallas/IBMOriginators Area: UGDIV : S UGGROUP : MVS UGPROJ : MVSE...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / TSO 2 Future consideration

Installation default jobcard

Currently Workflow default job card and the REST Jobs API requests can only be changed by individual users. We need the ability to change the current default jobcard for all users. For example, currently the default MSGCLASS is 0 we would like to ...
about 7 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

Implement an equivalent to MAXTNDSP used on the CD command for SDUMP today for IEATDUMP/SYSMDUMP/ABDUMP

The Java agent configured in xdump option CICS JVM server triggered a JVM transaction dump (TDUMP). We experienced a two minutes service interruption because TDUMP processing, by design, set all TCBs in the CICS address space in non-dispatchable. ...
almost 2 years ago in z/OS / BCP_Service Aids 0 Future consideration

z/OS USS using "stat" and "st.st_size" does not give expected, correct value

z/OS - Unix System Services For such big file sizes, using "stat" and "st.st_size" does not give you a precise size value unfortunately as you see in comparison with the "ls -l" output that includes the exact value.
over 5 years ago in z/OS / USS 3 Future consideration

Track date last encrypted adn decrypted in VVDS cell

We want to be able to determine when a dataset was last encrypted and decrypted separately. Our long term key management strategy requires knowledge of these dates.
over 5 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS Access Methods Non-Vsam 2 Future consideration

More details behind LDAP's Internal Errors like R008115

LDAP reason code: R008115 An internal TDBM backend error has occurredis not enough detail for customers to fix the problem themselves. Internal issues like not defining an entry completely (eg, the user used on a Bind) should be externalized.
over 5 years ago in z/OS / LDAP 2 Future consideration

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