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Core Infrastructure

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Enhance zERT to Shut Off SMF 119 Subtype 01/02

The existing 119 subtype 01/02 is a subset of the new zERT 119 subtype 11/12. They should have the ability to shut off the 01/02 OR use the existing data from them - combined with a few additional fields in 11/12 to make one SMF file. Currently, t...
about 2 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

z/OS LE/C should support to freopen() for SYSIN dataset open

System:z/OS v.2.1Description:While the SYSIN DDwhen defined with DATA or * are JES subsystem managed, in XL C, SYSIN DDwill be treated as the C stream stdin, regardless of how it is sourced(subsystem or data set), and is treated special. The freop...
over 6 years ago in z/OS / LE 2 Not under consideration

SMP CSI - Global & Target zone - Sysmods Receive/Apply - Reporting/Audit

There's multiple people who perform the receive/apply etc. processing against the SMP/E CSI's and sometime it's an ask to go back say about 3 months back to find out who received/applied the sysmod, so I thought since CSI is KSDS i could certainly...
about 2 years ago in z/OS / SMP/E 0 Future consideration

Threshold warning for Catalog service task upper limit

The Catalog address space service task upper limit is set at IPL time. This limits the number of tasks available to handle catalog requests. There is no current message or monitoring check that would alert when you are approaching the upper limit....
over 8 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS Catalog/IDCAMS/AMS 2 Not under consideration

Enhance RACF to support WHEN(PROGRAM) for the WRITER class

Please enhance RACF to support commands like the following one for the WRITER class. permit JES2.NJE.CTDX001 class(WRITER) id(Your_Favorite_Scheduler_id_here) ACCESS(READ) when(PROGRAM(CKRCARLA))
over 8 years ago in z/OS / RACF 2 Not under consideration

Enhance UNIX to allow file level control using WHEN(SERVAUTH)

Please enhance z/OS UNIX so that WHEN(SERVAUTH) support in RACF can be used to grant access at a file level in UNIX.
over 8 years ago in z/OS / USS 2 Future consideration

Option to return all properties of an (archived) workflow via z/OSMF REST Api

The REST Api to get properties of an (archived) workflow returns only a subset of all existing values in the /var/zosmf/data/app /<workflow> files. Provide an additional option on the query parameter "returnData" to fetch all data. - E.g. "a...
over 4 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

Add a function to monitor transaction statistics in DFSMStvs

DFSMStvs will be part of the main IBM products at this integrated IBM client account, but there is a TVS enhancement that we want to have. We are asking IBM to implement a new TVS function to monitor transaction statistics. We want to have somethi...
over 8 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS VSAM/RLS 1 Future consideration

Allow volumes/devices to be marked online during LOADxx processing.

This may not be the correct component. Customer is requesting a process, possibly in the LOADxx member, that allows them to manipulate the status of I/O devices defined in the IODF dynamically at IPL time prior to their being needed. If the IODF m...
over 6 years ago in z/OS / BCP_IOS 0 Future consideration

Permit zOSMF Software Deployment to initialize online target volume

zOSMF Software Deployment's "initialize target volume?" option, when opted, demands the target volume be offline. This requires manual intervention in the deployment of a software instance before and after the ICKDSF/INIT job to vary the device of...
about 2 years ago in z/OS / SMP/E 0 Future consideration

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