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Core Infrastructure

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zOSMF Configuration Assistant Backing Store Utilities

We have split our zOSMF Configuration Assistant Backing Stores into SYSPLex groupings. This was done due to the performance issues with a large backing store and the single use interface.With many backing stores we have lost a good deal of the usa...
over 7 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 0 Not under consideration

Enhance FTP DIR Results for PDSE

Enhanced the results of the FTP subcommand DIR to report a PDSE as PE or PO-E, instead of as PO where it can be confused with a PDS.
almost 4 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under consideration

Add GIT functionality when using "dataset and file search"

It would be very handy if a GIT plugin would be available to perform GIT functions on USS files. In our shop we use GIT for version control for some of our configuration files. We now use other interfaces to issue the GIT commands but it would be ...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

RACF panel Display Sys Options results in Open for Output rather than input

Due to Audit requirements, we monitor datasets that are deemed critical to determine who has accessed those critical datasets and whether it is an acceptable/authorized access. We have noticed that our reports have been reporting access to the 'SY...
almost 9 years ago in z/OS / RACF 2 Not under consideration

ECSA Storage Shortage Prevention

When the system is under ECSA/CSA stress have a new ENF signal raised to inform users that obtain ESCA storage and not give it back for performance reasons to give back that storage back and take a performance hit in order to prevent ESCA/CSA from...
about 9 years ago in z/OS / BCP_WLM 5 Not under consideration

z/OSMF REST API for RMF III support

New set of RESTful APIs for z/OSMF supporting RMF monitoring services is needed. Using these new set of APIs, a customer/enterprise can acquire current set of data for CPU utilization, job response time etc.
over 7 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

Record "V" DCOLLECT IDCAMS

The record type "V" of the DCOLLECT would contain the notion of "SPACE EFFICIENT". It could be much more easy for us to see if this volume is an SE or not.
about 9 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS Catalog/IDCAMS/AMS 3 Future consideration

PDSE Monitor DUMPNEXT enhancement for multi-system dumps

Enhance existing PDSE monitor DUMPNEXT functionality to dump the PDSE address space(s) on remote systems. Remote PDSE address spaces should be dumped in cases where a remote system has not responded to locking requests as reported by the PDSE moni...
over 7 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS PDS/PDSE 0 Future consideration

VSAM RLS Lock Information

Today VSAM RLS relies on the LISTSUBSYS(ALL) and LISTSTAT IDCAMS share control dataset commands as a way to list the CICS regions which hold locks in RLS files and to provide statistics of usage of a certain sphere. There is no information about w...
over 7 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS VSAM/RLS 0 Future consideration

New cross reference function

In large configuration with many LCU defined on few boxes there is the possibility to misconfigure HCD and give to one physical LCU different definitions that could leave to problems described by OA63553. At the present time the only way we have t...
over 2 years ago in z/OS / HCD 5 Not under consideration