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Core Infrastructure

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Need an API to provide additional timer synchronization information (i.e. D ETR) for SDSF

SDSF needs an API to gather 'timing' information such as ETS ID, STRATUM 1 NODE, Preferred Time Server/Backup Time Server/Arbiter (output of D ETR command) to implement new fields/panels in SDSF. Description/use case: Customers can configure STP o...
2 days ago in z/OS / BCP_Supervisor 0 Under review

Add Batch job name to report besides the default Userid

The current process for reporting on changes to PDS/PDSE members for any add, deletes, updates, changes will list only the userid. The client currently uses PDSMAN, and STOW option, and this report also list changes made by batch jobs. The batch j...
2 days ago in z/OS / Change Tracker 0 Future consideration

Enhance active and status displays with acee userid

Please add to these displays a column with the ACEE Userid - I'm not sure where owner is coming from but we have started tasks that are started by a server address space under the started task userid and then change to a specific userid which is r...
5 days ago in z/OS / SDSF 3 Functionality already exists

Compatibility between Striped multi-layered VSAMs and Fast replication

We would like to use FAST REPLICATION to copy Striped multi-layered VSAMs. Today if we try to do that, we get the messages: ADR918I (001)-AMOVE(25), FAST REPLICATION COULD NOT BE USED FOR DATA SET B4DB2P2.DSNDBC.D1D4V01.S1D4V925.I0001.A014, RETURN...
22 days ago in z/OS / DFSMS DSS 0 Submitted

Enable ISPF services to support PDSE Member Generations

LMMLIST and LMMCOPY along with LMMDISP should support PDSE Member Generations if they exist in the referenced PDSE.
12 days ago in z/OS / ISPF 0 Submitted

Usage of the "Common Plattform Enumeration" (CPE) for IBM Products in the "IBM Z an LinuxOne Security Portal" within Resource link

Given that vulnerability and patch management is not only a concern of the z ecosystem in an organization, the software to manage vulnerability data should be able to handle sources and vulnerabilities for multiple platforms. Therefore a standardi...
4 months ago in z/OS / General 4 Not under consideration

z/OSMF Config Assistant: Support read only mode when backing store is locked

When a user needs to open a backing store in the Configuration Assistant and the backing store is in use by another user, you are presented with the option of canceling or destroying the other user's lock. If the user only needs to view the config...
17 days ago in z/OS / Communications Server 0 Under review

Suppress SDSF ULOG panel after z/OS V2.5

SDSF ULOG display was changed by z/OS V2.5 following. <V2.4>The users who do not authorized READ access to resource ISFCMD.ODSP.ULOG.jesx could not display ULOG panel. <V2.5> The users became to display ULOG panel whether authorized or...
12 months ago in z/OS / SDSF 1 Not under consideration

z/OS with HSM and DB2 backup/restore utilities

Perform backup system alternate copy pool with many pools
24 days ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 0 Submitted

CSSMTP Add Return-/Reason-Code to Message EZD1813I

When CSSMTP detects some error during the process of a SMTP Mail which prevents the transmission of the mail to the remote SMTP Server it issues message EZD1813I. This message is WTO issued and can be processed by a System-Automation component. Bu...
4 days ago in z/OS / Communications Server 0 Submitted