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Core Infrastructure

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SMP/E to update acceptable LKED PARMs / Binder Options

It has been found that DB2 High Performance Unload (HPU), under DB2 Tools, FMID HINZ510, is trying to use COMPAT=PM5 in their JCLIN's LKED Steps. SMP/E only accepts up to PM4. This is to request SMP/E allow all the available COMPAT options to be s...
2 months ago in z/OS / SMP/E 1 Not under consideration

Allow to offload records at SMF LOGSTREAM, with OPTIONS(ARCHIVE) for specific SID or allow with OPTIONS(DUMP) with offload and delete for a specific SID.

As we already know, that IFASMFDL SMF offload utility with OPTIONS (ARCHIVE) does not allow us to offload with specific to a SYSID when more than 1 LPAR are connected to the same Log Stream and at the same time on other hand with the OPTIONS (DUMP...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / BCP_SMF 0 Future consideration

IO Timing Facility - Page Devices Support

We previously submitted an RFE for I/O Timing Facility (IOT) Page devices support.RFE : https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rfe/execute?use_case=viewRfe&CR_ID=49685 When we submitted this RFE, we expected the system to enter the non-restartable...
about 3 years ago in z/OS / BCP_IOS 0 Future consideration

Enhance z/OSMF Desktop Interface

An enhanced user interface will benefit all users by reducing the effort needed to get around in the GUI. Hi, Currently, the z/OSMF Desktop Interface consists of an unstructured group of icons and a status line. When an icon is opened by a double ...
over 2 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

Provide new functionality to import data in to zNA using the Db2 load utility instead of inserts

- Db2 load utility can be scheduled as a batch job - Load can be run with log no, reducing the logging overhead - Less resource contention
over 1 year ago in z/OS / Communications Server 0 Future consideration

Support proxy servers for CDA and GDK

A proxy server allows a site to funnel access through while protecting the z/OS (real origin) address. Some sites disallow direct access from the mainframe to public cloud providers. This can be done to improve security and privacy of the mainfram...
about 1 month ago in z/OS / DFSMS Cloud Data Access 0 Future consideration

Deploy an option to suppress warning messages in HCD.

There are warning messages that come out in HCD that are known to be ok, but still spill out a lot of warning messages that are additional things to review. It would be great to have the ability to suppress warning messages in an IODF and those be...
about 1 month ago in z/OS / HCD 1 Future consideration

Changing Allocation Libraries Values during a Deployment operation in z/OSMF Software Management

Using the CustomPac ISPF Dialogs, we previously had the ability to change allocation dataset values via ServerPac while installing a new zos version. We used to do this trying to avoid space jcl problems while applying RSUs and PTF during the whol...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / SMP/E 1 Future consideration

Change space units for GIMUNZIP new allocation

After installing z/OS V2R5 via z/OSMF ServerPac PSI, the target and distribution non-VSAM data sets (PDS and PDSE) were allocated by "bytes" unit instead of traditional "tracks" or "cylinders", which made it difficult to measure the size of data s...
about 3 years ago in z/OS / SMP/E 2 Future consideration

Accept and generate RACF Identity Tokens for authentication

z/OSMF can generate and validate JWTs, but the JWTs are only valid with z/OSMF itself. If z/OSMF could generate RACF Identity Tokens (IDT), then the generated token could be used with other z/OS components that support RACF IDTs such as Db2 for z/...
2 months ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

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