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Core Infrastructure

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Need a DISPLAY command for PROTECTED output and CANCEL of only PROTECTED output

I'd like to know how much PROTECTED output is on my SPOOL but there is no command to display it by that status. If I check BPXAS or ASCHINT status I see some PROT and some that are not. How much PROT do I have altogether? Can I cancel "only" PROT ...
almost 8 years ago in z/OS / JES2 1 Delivered

Remove secret key in ISPF panel

Hi, Today we store the secret key in a vault, to reduce handling of the secret key. To secure the buckets we do not want to enter the Secret key in the ISPF panel. We want a mechanism allowing us to indicate the path of a file in the mainframe whi...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / DFSMS Cloud Data Access 1 Delivered

Enable DADSM exit to allow a forced EOV condition

For client enforcing strict allocation controls it can be beneficial to force dataset allocation to specific pools with specific allocations. This level of enforcement will minimize fragmentation, reduce storage administrator intervention and yiel...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / DFSMS SMS 1 Delivered

JES2 performance problem for duplicated name JOBS

Santander Bank depends heavily for their daily processing on submitting duplicated name JOBS in hundreds and sometimes thousands while communicating with their external customers or what they call CORPORATE CONNECTIONS. JES2 performance needs to b...
over 6 years ago in z/OS / JES2 1 Delivered

Message "EZD1314I TCP/IP AND EXTENDED SERVICES ARE NOW INITIALIZED FOR STACK" not living up to its expectations

EZD1314I is supposed to tell us that TCPIP is ready and waiting for work and that it's ok to start applications that depend on TCPIP to be fully active. We wait for EZD1314I to appear at IPL time and yet our TN3270 servers kick out error message "...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Delivered

Add Metadata on object storage

Hi, We need to add some metadata when we download file to Object storage. Like sysplex_name, Lpar_name, record_format, dataset_organisation User_name etc.. The goal is to have more information on the files, and to secure object. It should be possi...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / DFSMS Cloud Data Access 1 Delivered

Allow to upload a workflow and an input file from a workstation

Currently while creating workflow it is possible specify XML file and an input file locations only on z/OS host. Is this possible to implement uploading of the files using browser?
about 5 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 1 Delivered

PKI services for z/os : remove ldap CRL distribution point.

In our shop we sign sub CA's for open systems with PKI services for z/OS. While signing the certificate signing request, we add the HTTP-CRL distribution point.As a result, the actual sub CA certificate will contain 2 CRL distrubution points. 1. o...
almost 7 years ago in z/OS / PKI 1 Delivered

USS Fork Process Causes Demotion of 1M Pages

APAR OA41307 caused RSM to demote 1M pages to 4K pages when invoking the COPYSRVH function during fork processing. This is a potential performance problem and negates the advantages of large pages
over 3 years ago in z/OS / BCP_Storage Management (inc. RSM/ASM/VSM/DIV) 1 Delivered

Support extra wide output from "ps"

As we start to set up a Java environment on z/OS, we are finding that some of the tools that we have on Linux (RHEL in our case) are not available on z/OS. Please support extra wide output in the ps command, similar to how Linux gives the -w optio...
almost 9 years ago in z/OS / Shell & Utilities 2 Delivered

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