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Core Infrastructure

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z/OSMF - Configuration Assistant Backstores Location

Currently under z/OSMF - Configuration Assistant, there is no option to specifiy where files are stored. This causes issues in our environment where 87 copies of z/OSMF exist. We currentlly have /var/ directory setup that is maintanence specific a...
over 9 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 3 Not under consideration

General settings page for workflows to set time-limitations

Support a new general setting page in Workflows and the user can set the time-limitation for all workflow users in this new general setting page, the time limitation can be set for different scopes, for example: the time limitation can be set for ...
almost 4 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

Delay of zFS write with sync I/Os - z/OS 2.2

Applications are experiencing huge delays when zFS is performing a write with SYNC against large files, the frequency of SYNCs are low, and there are many concurrent tasks trying to perform operations on the same file.
almost 8 years ago in z/OS / z/OS File System (zFS) 1 Not under consideration

PLAC0811-1429 System logger monitoring in RMF III

SUBMITTER SECTIONSubmitted by: Carles.ArisSubmitters Company: la Caixa PUBLICRequirement Number and Title: PLAC0811-1429 System logger monitoring in RMF IIIHomework Assigned: NoRequirement Category: Core TechnologyCurrent Status: RecognizedClosed ...
almost 10 years ago in z/OS / BCP_Logger 5 Not under consideration

PFI0311-1385 Provide RACF/RRSF for z/VM

SUBMITTER SECTIONSubmitted by: lutz.lasthaus-freund@f-i.deSubmitters Company: Finanz Informatik PUBLICRequirement Number and Title: PFI0311-1385 Provide RACF/RRSF for z/VMHomework Assigned: NoRequirement Category: Core TechnologyCurrent Status: Re...
almost 10 years ago in z/OS / RACF 3 Not under consideration

PAGENT Refresh/Update with specific configuration specification

Enable quick updates to policy without requiring automation to rename policy files. F PAGENT,UPDATE,POLICY=????????
almost 10 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under consideration

Safer config online No.2

BTMU has requested for a new config online function regarding FICON Channel which allows to access UCBs by way of healthy channels other than the CHPID which is performing a config online command.The detail is as follows. While a CHPID is performi...
almost 10 years ago in z/OS / BCP_IOS 4 Future consideration

Provide ISPF table IMPORT/EXPORT as ISPF services

Our applications use ISPF table for storing data, manipulating and accessing table entries from high level language programs using ISPF services. User also have a need to process the data statistically and graph the data. Currently, user has to ma...
over 11 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 3 Not under consideration

Allow suppression of messages to JOBLOG in MPFLSTxx PARMLIB members

Currently we have a number of messages which we don't want to suppress but we don't want to be visible in the JOBLOG as they can cause clutter. We stop these messages going to JOBLOG by using an MPF exit and coding the following: OI CTXTERF3,CTXTE...
almost 2 years ago in z/OS / BCP_Consoles 0 Future consideration

Eliminate SMF Type30 OMVS process section having all zeros

Provide a means of eliminating OMVS process sections that contain only zeros.
almost 6 years ago in z/OS / BCP_SMF 1 Not under consideration

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