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    Use NEWNAMEunconditional on zOSMF backup of source datasets

    On systems where the HLQ of source datasets only exist on the source system, a catalog error on the target system is encountered when the restore job runs even though RENAMEunconditional is used to rename to a HLQ that exists on the target system....
    about 1 month ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

    Include Current Options on Modify Protection Panel

    When modifying a protected dataset, you have to figure out what the current options are so you don't lose any of the options you are not modifying. Further, there's no way to tell the current email group without searching the VSAM datasets. When d...
    about 1 month ago in z/OS / Change Tracker 0 Submitted

    Add Additional Arabic Characters to z/OS Unicode 13488 to 420 Conversion

    U+0625 - إ - ARABIC LETTER ALEF WITH HAMZA BELOW cannot be translated to CCSID 420. There are no HAMZA BELOW code points or Ligature code points for Alef With Hamza below in the current translation table. Currently, there are normalizations in the...
    about 1 month ago in z/OS / BCP_Unicode 0 Submitted

    Enhance zsh so the delete key works as on other platforms

    Currently the zsh shell works well on 3.1 but the delete key on z/OS does not work the same as on Linux. On z/OS 3.1 zsh the delete key generates a ~ character and inserts it. The zsh shell should be consistent.
    over 1 year ago in z/OS / Shell & Utilities 3 Not under consideration

    Enable access to input datasets for DSFS

    Currently DSFS only supports output spool datasets. The addition of input spool datasets would be very helpful in providing a full user experience via the /dsfs/ sysout interface.
    over 1 year ago in z/OS / Data Set File System (DSFS) 1 Future consideration

    Add an Option to enable multi thread when using GDKUTIL

    We are challenged to increase the transfer speed using GDKUTIL, we try to play with the ChunkSize with no big improvement, the main issue is that GDKUTIL is mono thread. Can you add the ability to use multi thread in CDA ?
    6 months ago in z/OS / DFSMS Cloud Data Access 0 Future consideration

    zOSMF - Full High Availability (not only for REST)

    Current implementation of zOSMF does not allow for a full High-Availability setup, which contradicts the platforms design with highest availability, redundancy and data sharing.We suffer from zOSMF downtime required for maintenance of the hosting ...
    12 months ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

    DFSORT AI Engine

    Customer runs lots of DFSORT workload and often has to tune its parameters according to the input file characteristics , amount of memory available and other factors. This can be a cumbersome task, error prone and sometimes cause inefficient use o...
    about 1 year ago in z/OS / DFSMS DFSORT 1 Future consideration

    Anticipating RACF profiles that reaching maximum size

    IRR411I message indicates when a profile reached the maximum output size that RACF can handle (65 535 bytes), but it is not possible to know the real size of a profile at a given moment to anticipate this situation. Would it be possible to impleme...
    almost 3 years ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Future consideration

    ISPF Edit should be site configurable to prevent the Editing of a non-zero PDSE member generation.

    Editing a non-zero (non-base) PDSE member generation is asking for trouble for many reasons, the least of which is that non-zero generations are not able to be accessed via JCL or dynamic allocation. After much discussion on PDSEGEN the decision a...
    almost 3 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 0 Future consideration

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