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Generic MVS data set support in z/OS UNI

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR1130106417User Marketing Field Requirement Number: SSMVSO08001Title: Generic MVS data set support in z/OS UNIX System ServicesSubmitted By: IBM User Group Relations/Dallas/IBMOriginators Area: UGDIV : S UGGROUP : MVS...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / USS 3 Delivered

Handle POSIX thread termination properly in Batch Environments

A thread termination signal in a POSIX(ON) environment should be properly managed by involved resource managers.PI93384 implemented this partially for e.g. Db2, MQ triggering appropriate recovery routines. In an POSIX(ON) or Java Batch environment...
over 5 years ago in z/OS / BCP_Scheduler 2 Delivered

z/OSMF - add IZU_WORKFLOWS_MAXIMUM parm to IZUPRMxx

Need to increase the number of workflows from 200 to 500. Currently, the only way to do this is to use the local_override.cfg script and specify parameter IZU_WORKFLOWS_MAXIMUM=xxx. But, use of the override file is not officially supported and the...
about 8 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 1 Delivered

Show template version number on Software Services Instances panel

Currently the template name is displayed on the Software Services Instances panel, but since we do have several versions of the same template we're missing the template version in this display. Showing the template version, we can quickly have an ...
over 2 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 2 Delivered

Direct LDAP support by DFSMShsm CLOUDUSER

DFSMShsm needs to have a cloud account defined to DS8000 to allow Transparent Cloud Tiering functionality. When the DS8000 machine is using a remote authentication policy, the mkuser command is disabled. Strict security policies in place disallow ...
about 7 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 2 Delivered

zOS CSSMTP AT-Sign Conversion

In zOS Communication Servers SMTPD Mail Gateway the hexadecimal representation of the AT Sign can be specified with parameter ATSIGN. The same function is needed for the CSSMTP Mail gateway. With the actual codepage conversion not only the mail te...
almost 10 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 4 Delivered

An option to disallow password change after logon with passticket

A passticket is temporary and can only be used for a specific purpose. A password is permanently and generally usable. So we want an option to disallow a password change for an user that is logged on with passticket.
over 4 years ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Delivered

Notify subsystem when TCPIP deletes IOCTL DVIPAs

Our shop allocates a range of IPs for use by DB2 subsystems via the VIPARANGE parameter is our TCP.PROFILE configuration. Since our DB2 DVIPAs are defined in the BSDS, DB2 uses IOCTL DVIPA defines to bind to them. When the TCPIP stack experiences ...
almost 9 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Delivered

VLF to use 1MB pages

VLF is used for caching modules and other objects to speed up access in a system. 1MB pages would be a good thing for VLF to use, if specifically told to make use of them.
over 10 years ago in z/OS / BCP_General 6 Delivered

UNIX file listings require extra work when viewing the list because of case sensitivity

In TSO, the ISHELL utility displays the list of files / sub-directories in aAbBcCdD... order. It makes it real easy to see if a name exists regardless of it being upper/lower case. The ISPF panels do not do that by default and I can find no way to...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 4 Delivered