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Core Infrastructure

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Set MSR data set response time targets for automatic tiering with

Currently, automatic tiering is managed at the volume/extent level without knowledge or consideration of the service level objectives for the data sets on the volumes. When caching was introduced, the MSR objective was used to drive must cache/may...
over 9 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS SMS 2 Not under consideration

Allow Virtual Concurrent Copy (VCC) to dynamically allocate Working-Space Data Set(s)

Virtual Concurrent Copy currently requires each installation to pre-define/allocate the Working-Space Data Set necessary to contain the PIT track images. There is no easy way for the installation to know what the appropriate size for these data se...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / DFSMS SDM 0 Future consideration

Improve HSM messaging around ML1 data set migration failures

During ML1 migration, HSM selects a volume by examining the space available but it does not consider the fragmentation index for the volumes. In cases where there are many volumes (especially EAV's) with a lot of space available in the overall poo...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 1 Future consideration

Enable AUTOCVT to assume untagged files are ibm-1047

I have been porting several open source applications to USS using the -qascii option on the C/C++ compilers. This works wonderfully when auto conversion is also enabled. The one whole in the auto conversion feature is that it doesn't assume untagg...
almost 5 years ago in z/OS / LE 2 Not under consideration

Collect Client Signature Algorithms with z/ERT

At the moment there is no way - besides collecting traces (AT-TLS, SystemSSL, Packettrace) to gather information about signature (hash) algorithms on TLS connections. We would like to use z/ERT to collect data from the client hello signature algor...
about 3 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

Allow the LIKE paramenter in JCL to use GDGs or PDS(E) for attributes

Currently to use LIKE in JCL has the following restrictions: DO NOT use LIKE= to model the characteristics of a PDS member coded in JCL, a GDG, or a temporary data set. Also, please note that the EXPDT or RETPD dates are NOT copied by LIKE. LIKE s...
about 8 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS SMS 2 Not under consideration

Cut&Paste accross zOSMF instances

To use portions of service definitions (SD) in another SD I can use cut&paste, for example: copy classification groups and paste it at other place. BUT this is NOT possible from another sysplex because I've to open another instance of zOSMF in...
about 8 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 1 Future consideration

ISPF EDIF EDIT Macro Support for DSNAME and MEMBER

We need the capablility to set MEMBER and DSNAME variables inside EDIF so that customer EDIT Macros that run and depend on those two variables can execute sucessfully. These EDIT macros are normally used just to display the information from these ...
about 8 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 1 Future consideration

DFSMSdss DUMP/Restore NOUCB Volumes

Because of address contraint (one SYSPLEX) we are using multiple MSS. We are using MSS 0 for MetroMirror (aka PPRC) primary devices.We are using MSS 1 for MetroMirror (aka PPRC) secondary devices. We are planning to do consistent Flashcopy for all...
over 6 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS DSS 0 Future consideration

racf define replace

Make it easier to maintain certificates
over 1 year ago in z/OS / RACF 2 Not under consideration

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