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ISPF Edit Compare should support comparing to a different generation

When in ISPF Edit or View the Compare command should be able to compare to an absolute, or relative, generation. compare -2 x compare abc -1 x compare 49 x
over 1 year ago in z/OS / ISPF 0 Future consideration

Sorting file/directory names in ISPF UDLIST using case in sensitivity should be configured with a site wide default using ISPCCONF

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over 1 year ago in z/OS / ISPF 0 Future consideration

TSO DELETE should delete the PDSE base member and all generatlons

TSO Delete currently deletes the PDSE base member (generation 0) and leaves generations -1 and beyond as orphan/ghost members. Delete should delete the base and all generations - with an appropriate message
over 1 year ago in z/OS / DFSMS Catalog/IDCAMS/AMS 3 Not under consideration

IPCS Provide support for Format of STR(LS)

IPCS CBFORMAT -address- STR(LS) does not format the Linkage Stack data at the address provided, but instead formats a different Linkage Stack. Which LS that is formatted depends upon the type of DUMP (e.g. SVCDUMP or SADUMP) and other variables kn...
about 5 years ago in z/OS / BCP_General 4 Not under consideration

ftp blksize is too small 0-32760 for unit=cart tape or any other means

to increase the blksize from 0-32760 current limitation of over 10 years to over 70000 at least for FTP transfers, especially for tape transfers e.g. unit=cart for FTPthis is so out of data and limiting in dsntype large facilities and would be of ...
over 8 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 0 Not under consideration

Change of behaviour for the USS 'tail' command

The USS 'tail -1 <file>' command is outputting 2 lines if the final line in a file does not end with a new-line character: >cat tt aaa bbb ccc>>od -h tt 0000000000 81 81 81 15 82 82 82 15 83 83 83 0000000013 >tail -1 tt bb...
over 2 years ago in z/OS / Shell & Utilities 0 Planned for future release

Workflow needs a place to document author, version, change log, etc.

Hi, Currently, the workflow editor doesn't provide a place to keep track of the usual data that developers need. Things like author, version, changes, etc.For example: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~...
about 5 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

Provide some figures on OSA interface usage / utilization

Provide some OSA interface / port statistics about bandwidth usage and utilization which can be queried by NETSTAT command e.g. D TCPIP,,OSAINFO,INTFNAME=LNKGE00 The figures should display values for - highest peak (bandwidth usage since last acti...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

Avoid hang of System Logger's End-of-Memory Resource Manager IXGR1EOT

A hang of System Logger's End-of-Memory (EOM) Resource Manager IXGR1EOT prevented effective cleanup for 4 minutes thus also locking out other relevant EOM Resource Managers during this period.
over 3 years ago in z/OS / BCP_Logger 0 Planned for future release

Secure RMF CPC panel

We are looking for a supported way to secure the RMF CPC Capacity panel (ERB3BFI) to restrict access to technical support staff only (whilst allowing access to all other panels) I have not been able to find anything in manuals that describes a for...
over 3 years ago in z/OS / RMF 0 Future consideration

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