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Core Infrastructure

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LE should give an error for an attempt to start a new enclave in a single-enclave environment

An LE environment that is set up for a single enclave only will not support an attempt to start a second enclave. Currently, if this is attempted in COBOL, the result is a S0C1 in CEEBPIRA. An APAR is open that will change this to be a U4093-92 ab...
over 3 years ago in z/OS / LE 1 Not under consideration

Have JCL symbol for PDS submitted from

Have a JCL symbol to be the PDS where a job was submitted from. so I can have JCL like//MYJOB JOB// INCLUDE &mypds(DEFS)
about 4 years ago in z/OS / TSO 0 Future consideration

Be able to configure SCRNAME for common panels instead of using internal names such as ISFPCU4

I can use SWAPBAR to display the sessions I have, but it displays names like ISFPCU4. I can set the screen name using SCRNAME eg SCRNAME SDSF, but I do not want to do this for every session I start. It would be good to be able to get the names se...
over 2 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 1 Not under consideration

ISPF MSGID State Variable

ISPF provides the ability via the command line to change the setting of the MSGID state which determines if the message ID is displayed with the ISPF messages. There is currently no way to programmatically determine the current state or to change ...
over 8 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 1 Future consideration

IEE707I Should show more than first 8 Bytes of the input verb

Because the message only shows the first 8 Bytes of the input verb, the message shows partial information that can be unusefull or misleading.
almost 6 years ago in z/OS / BCP_Consoles 1 Future consideration

passticket support for protected userids

provide support for protected userids on RACROUTE REQUEST=VERIFY with a passticket.We have spoken with Phil Wakelin(CICS Strategy & Design)because we want to run CICS Liberty with passticket and the user will be a technical and we want that us...
over 7 years ago in z/OS / RACF 2 Not under consideration

Increase limit of 18 volumes for HSM CDS backup to 59 as it is for z/OS.

During CDS backup HSM could not locate the oldest backup copy of a cds and issued misleading message ARC0744E RC36 REAS8 telling there is a catalog problem. IBM support found the number of volumes of the cds backup copy to be limited to 18. IBM wi...
over 7 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 3 Not under consideration

HCD - Use 64-bit virtual storage to print HCD report through CBDJRPTS

CBDJRPTS uses a lot of private area to print HCD reports, reaching a limit where some reports cannot be printed, depending on the size of the IODF. For larger IODFs, we suggest using data spaces or 64-bit virtual storage instead of a private addre...
over 4 years ago in z/OS / HCD 1 Future consideration

JES2 health monitor for converter tasks

JES2 health monitor task should detect that all of the converter TCBs are in a long wait and issue an appropriate error message.
over 9 years ago in z/OS / JES2 2 Future consideration

Ability to set $LIBPATH from the IZUPRMxx parmlib member

Enable the ability to set z/OSMF $LIBPATH through the IZUPRMxx parmlib member instead of the override file which is not documented.
over 7 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 1 Not under consideration

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