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Core Infrastructure

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Additional Volume Amount/RECORG fields i

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR101411563User Marketing Field Requirement Number: MR101411563Title: Additional Volume Amount/RECORG fields in Dataclas ConstructSubmitted By: Donna Weaver/Orlando/IBMOriginators Area: SMSFPOC: Carmen Yep/San Jose/IBM...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS ISMF/Naviquest 1 Future consideration

IEBCOPY Performance

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR00046388User Marketing Field Requirement Number: JOOS0394001Title: IEBCOPY PerformanceSubmitted By: Yutaka Nikkoh/Japan/IBMOriginators Area: N/A / 81-3-3808-3795FPOC: Barbara McDonald/San Jose/IBM Erika Dawson/Tucson...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS Utilities 2 Future consideration

Comprehensive Programming Environment Do

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR1003133459User Marketing Field Requirement Number: SSMVSS13003Title: Comprehensive Programming Environment DocumentationSubmitted By: IBM User Group Relations/Dallas/IBMOriginators Area: UGDIV : S UGGROUP : MVS UGPRO...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS General/Unknown 3 Future consideration

Cycle start time for OAM stor. group mig

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR00065781User Marketing Field Requirement Number: DSMVSS95002Title: Cycle start time for OAM stor. group migr. less than 1 hSubmitted By: IBM User Group Relations/Dallas/IBMOriginators Area: 6001 / 03/244 89 85FPOC: B...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS OAM 2 Future consideration

Enhance the Mapping Macro for SMF Record

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR0902061738User Marketing Field Requirement Number: SSMVSE064942Title: Enhance the Mapping Macro for SMF Record Types 14 and 15Submitted By: IBM User Group Relations/Dallas/IBMOriginators Area: UGDIV : S UGGROUP : MVS...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS OCEOV 2 Future consideration

IEBCOPY Permit Partially Qualified Membe

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR1117118014User Marketing Field Requirement Number: SOMVSE87101Title: IEBCOPY Permit Partially Qualified Member NamesSubmitted By: IBM User Group Relations/Dallas/IBMOriginators Area: UGDIV : S UGGROUP : MVS UGPROJ : ...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS Utilities 1 Future consideration

Writing EOF (end-of-file) for non-SMS managed data sets at create time

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR1119075920User Marketing Field Requirement Number: SSMVSS07016Title: Writing EOF (end-of-file) for non-SMS data sets at create time.Submitted By: IBM User Group Relations/Dallas/IBMOriginators Area: UGDIV : S UGGROUP...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS OCEOV 3 Future consideration

Consistency for MOD between SMS and non-SMS managed data sets

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR1119075921User Marketing Field Requirement Number: SSMVSS07017Title: Consistency for MOD between SMS and non-SMSSubmitted By: IBM User Group Relations/Dallas/IBMOriginators Area: UGDIV : S UGGROUP : MVS UGPROJ : MVSS...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS OCEOV 3 Future consideration

IEBCOPY Messages should indicate severit

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR0110123345User Marketing Field Requirement Number: SSMVSE11069Title: IEBCOPY Messages should indicate severity with type I W ESubmitted By: IBM User Group Relations/Dallas/IBMOriginators Area: UGDIV : S UGGROUP : MVS...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS Utilities 1 Future consideration

Messages From TSO/E RENAME Should Displa

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR0903133741User Marketing Field Requirement Number: SSMVSE13011Title: Messages From TSO/E RENAME Should Display Fully Qualified DSNSubmitted By: IBM User Group Relations/Dallas/IBMOriginators Area: UGDIV : S UGGROUP :...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS Utilities 1 Future consideration