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Core Infrastructure

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LE to support volume specification when referencing data sets as files

Allow specification of volume name with file name for services like fopen For example -- to open data set SYS1.PARMLIB member IEAIPL02 on volume D16PK2 as a file specify something like this: "//'SYS1.PARMLIB(IEAIPL02)[D16PK2]'"
about 1 month ago in z/OS / LE 0 Under review

AI-Powered WLM - New feature: Calendar for DAYOFF definitions

We have a monthly cycle on our daily schedules. Beside the normal working days, there are some days e.g. weekends or day-offs where the scheduled jobs are extremely different. We would like (as first phase of implementing this idea) to have the ab...
about 1 month ago in z/OS / AI Framework 1 Needs more information

Middleware recovery Boost parameters options

Dear Madam/Sir We would like to have the feasibility to change the way that is divided the daily interval of 30minutes of Recovery Boost. It should be useful to have the possibility of customization of thefollowing Middleware Recovery boost settin...
2 months ago in z/OS / BCP_General 2 Not under consideration

zOSMF - NCA Allow comparision of policies between stacks

It shall be possible to compare an AT-TLS policy (and as well all other technologies available in NCA) between two defined TCPIP Stacks. As I can have a staggered approach to deploy new rules or other attributes of a policy for stack A, I want to ...
8 months ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

Allow option for V TCPIP,,SYSPLEX,QUIESCE to persist across IPLs

We use the V TCPIP,,SYSPLEX,QUIESCE,TARGET command as part of a high availability strategy to isolate a problem LPAR and remove it from distribution. This works well, but the status is reset when TCPIP is restarted. We would like the ability to al...
5 months ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Future consideration

System Recovery Boost SMF record to know how much CPU used in ZIIP instead of GCP

During System Recovery Boost (SRB) some work, that is not eligible for zIIP, is dispatched on zIIP's in case there isn’t sufficient standard CP capacity available. There is existing SMF to count how much there is zIIP eligible time spent on CP's, ...
4 months ago in z/OS / BCP_Supervisor 2 Not under consideration

zCX: Provide Sysplex Distributor Support for High Availability

Currently zCX only supports Dynamic VIPAs, no Sysplex Distributor support is available. In case of a Docker Swarm, or even a Single zCX Container within one zCX, there is a timing window in that the application within the Container is not availabl...
about 3 years ago in z/OS / Container Extensions (zCX) 5 Future consideration

SDSF panel CFS doesn't show primary duplexed structures

The CFS SDSF panel can be very useful when it comes to checking upon CF structures allocation. Whenever we have to start a new CFRM policy either for moving structures or migrating CF images we use it to check the placement of the structures after...
12 months ago in z/OS / SDSF 0 Future consideration

Preventing ICH14081I Warning Message

ICH14081I message is issued when RACF encounters a duplicate class name in the dynamic class descriptor table and the installation-defined class descriptor table (module ICHRRCDE). The class attributes in the dynamic class table override any class...
2 months ago in z/OS / RACF 2 Not under consideration

zCX/Openshift Multi-Architectur Support with VMWare & zCX

With OpenShift 4.14, OpenShift supports Multi-Architectur setup with the Control Nodes on x86 and e.g. Worker Nodes on s390x (zCX). Unfortunately, VMWare is a not supported plattform. Without that support, we'll never get the chance to go to produ...
about 1 year ago in z/OS / Container Extensions (zCX) 0 Future consideration