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Core Infrastructure

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DFSMSdfp - Multi volume PDSE

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR062910266User Marketing Field Requirement Number: SSMVSS09008Title: DFSMSdfp - Multi volume PDSESubmitted By: IBM User Group Relations/Dallas/IBMOriginators Area: UGDIV : S UGGROUP : MVS UGPROJ : MVSSFPOC: Elmer E La...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS PDS/PDSE 1 Future consideration

Provide a Wizard in ISMF Panels to create the necessary details to set up OAM

It would be helpful if ISMF had a WIZARD function to help generate the details needed to setup OAM. OAM requires SMS (ACS code and Constructs), DB2 Tables, and OAM CBROAMxx Parmlim, IGDSMSxx parmlib to be set up. A Wizard could provide the structu...
about 6 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS OAM 2 Not under consideration

retrieve last line command from ISPF DSLIST

Sometimes I issue a long TSO command as a line command on ISPF DSLIST. And then I would like to issue a variation of the command. I would like to issue a line command to retrieve, but not execute the previous line command. As a retrieve line comma...
about 9 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 4 Not under consideration

Dynamic STEPLIB for DSNREXX

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR0518043127User Marketing Field Requirement Number: SSSOSXD04011Title: Dynamic STEPLIB for DSNREXXSubmitted By: IBM User Group Relations/Dallas/IBMOriginators Area: UGDIV : S UGGROUP : GSE UGPROJ : GSEFPOC: William Yu...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / TSO 1 Future consideration

REXX: Provide SORTSTEM Functionality in

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR0930086343User Marketing Field Requirement Number: SSREXX08003Title: REXX: Provide SORTSTEM Functionality in z/OS REXX EnvironmentsSubmitted By: IBM User Group Relations/Dallas/IBMOriginators Area: UGDIV : S UGGROUP ...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / TSO 1 Future consideration

When using IDCAMS with a model statement, allow for the use of keylabel(NONE) to not copy the model datasets encryption key. This allows for the dataset attributes to be copied without requiring access to an encryption key.

This would allow application developers who need to create 'test' datasets and want to use production dataset attributes. They don't want to access the data, just attributes.
over 1 year ago in z/OS / DFSMS Catalog/IDCAMS/AMS 1 Not under consideration

JSON parser

JSON parser toolkit does not allow the creation of an array as the root object which is a valid JSON construct. It is possible to create a root array object by parsing "[]" but the create service does not allow additional objects to be added to a ...
about 6 years ago in z/OS / web enablement toolkit 3 Future consideration

ISPF Table TBHIDE and TBFLIP functions

When developing an ISPF application using tables the ability to filter the table display can significantly improve the user experience. To filter today requires that rows be deleted to remove them from the display and then added back when the filt...
over 7 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 1 Future consideration

RACF Profile BPX.SAFFASTPATH

Make BPX.SAFFASTPATH more granular (e.g., add userids and access) or add another profile with a userid and access authority to USS resources. Access to UNIX services and resources (e.g. IPC queues) requires many, many SAF Router (IRRSXT00) calls f...
over 7 years ago in z/OS / USS 1 Future consideration

Prevention of message lost 'GEO150I'

This request is to eliminate the problem that the user has encountered described in PMR=73176, APAR=OA55044. After re-sync of XRC, system message GEO150I was sometimes missing if there were no updates or small number of updates on the XRC. In this...
about 6 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS SDM 2 Not under consideration