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Add option BACKUP to HMIG command.

Add option BACKUP to command HMIG that backs up a DSN to a HSM backup volume if none is present, then migrates the dataset to a migrate volume.
about 10 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 2 Not under consideration

Logger AUTODELETE at RETPD but not before

Requesting a new logger AUTODELETE option (e.g. AUTODELETE(RETPD)) where both active and inactive log data would be autodeleted at expiration, but not before. RETPD(N>0) Eligible for physical deletion Unexpired Expired Active Inactive Active ...
about 2 years ago in z/OS / BCP_Logger 2 Not under consideration

SORTL instruction in SMF30

Hello dear team, Customer asked a question if we are planning to implement the SORTL instruction for SMF113 into SMF30 as well? Find below his question: "SMF113-record shows the use-count for SORTL-instructions. Are there any plans to bring this ...
about 2 years ago in z/OS / BCP_SMF 1 Not under consideration

option to disable updating last-reference for given volumes

Our 'system' volumes are mounted read-only so they can be shared among multiple, unrelated, z/OS systems. The syslog is full of following error messages related to data sets on these volumes;IEC331I 028-002(000C0010),job,step,IGG0CLEG IEC331I cata...
about 2 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS Catalog/IDCAMS/AMS 1 Not under consideration

SDSF DA should be able to display log entries in spawned tasks

If I'm in an SDSF Display Active screen and I issue S against a job that is running in the Unix environment (in the example I've attached it's an FTP job that's spawned when I establish an FTP connection to the LPAR) then the response from the S i...
about 6 years ago in z/OS / SDSF 0 Future consideration

EWCP: Enhance classification of task INIT CPU time.

Copied from old SHARE Requirements system SSEWCP04007: Voting Priority=2.5 +5=1 +4=5 +3=5 +2=7 +1=2 abstain=4 -4=1 Priority=2.5 Initiator CPU Time measurements (TCB and SRB separately) need to need added to two SMF records, the RMF TYPE72 and the ...
about 8 years ago in z/OS / Advanced Data Gatherer 4 Future consideration

Enrich message ICH70001I with the number of attempts.

Asis: ICH70001I userid LAST ACCESS AT hh:mm:ss ON www, month, day, 19yy This message is issued when the Resource Access Facility (RACF) RACINIT service is invoked to initialize RACF processing for a new address space. The first time this user ("us...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / RACF 2 Not under consideration

Enable AUTOR00 to detect and respond to message ILR031A

Hi, during IPL of our newly installed zos 2.5, we are getting message ILR031A that has been added to AUTOR00 but is being ignored and we do need to manually respond. Please see below: DATA SET LAST UPDATED AT 14:32:37 ON 09/12/2022 (GMT) False 202...
about 2 years ago in z/OS / BCP_Storage Management (inc. RSM/ASM/VSM/DIV) 1 Not under consideration

Create a RACF/Secure Communications redbook

The documentation for setting up secure communications between z/OS lpars/plexes and external sources (that may or may not be mainframe-related) is not at all stream-lined, and I've had to dig into RACF, TCPIP and OpenSSH manuals, along with googl...
about 4 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

Add PROC parameter/variable to ACBJBAOB in SYS1.SACBCNTL for ISPF data set name HLQ

When using Naviquest to generate a job, it will generate a JCL job stream that contains a JCLLIB statement that points to SYS1.SACBCNTL and an EXEC statement for a PROC located in that data set (ACBJBAOB). There are a few parameters/variables that...
about 2 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS ISMF/Naviquest 0 Future consideration

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