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Core Infrastructure

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Wildcard Display for NETSTAT,DEV and OSAINFO INTERFACE NAMEs

Add a wildcard option to netstat,dev and osainfo displays for INTFN
over 9 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under consideration

FTP Delete with the Purge option

We need the ability to delete datasets where the EXPDT has not expired from within FTP. Such as the Purge option on the IDCAMS Delete command.
over 9 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under consideration

FLC Establish command with PM required is issued and the remote availabilility for FLC is not checked

If the FLC Establish command with PM required is issued and the remote still has a target relation, the FLC establish will fail. - Needed FLC capability (PRSD47) checking secondary. - Needed FLC capability (PRSD47) checking with RPFC capability fl...
over 9 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS DSS 1 Future consideration

Provide function to obsolete IDAVQXUQ - VSAM RLS Unquiesce Exit

Currently, IBM provides the IBM Confidential exit IDAVQXUQ so that multiple customers can re-invent the wheel, solving problems caused by VSAM RLS notifying all RLS registered CICS subsystems for a Quiesce Open. Please enhance this product to keep...
over 9 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS VSAM/RLS 1 Future consideration

Permit multiple TCPIP configuration libraries at startup

currently our VTAMLST DD in our NET PROC has multiple libraries,the first of which is named SYS1.lpar.VTAMLST.ALT followed by SYS1.lpar.VTAMLST. THis allows us to but a new version of a VTAMLST member ahead of the current version with having to pe...
over 9 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 9 Not under consideration

Capability to read Global Mirror C volume(Target of FlashCopy)

BTMU has requested for a new capability to read Global Mirror C volume(Target of FlashCopy) BTMU will build a new disaster recovery site about 500km far from Main site.Metro Mirror function can be used within 300km distance between Main site and D...
over 9 years ago in z/OS / BCP_IOS 3 Not under consideration

RFE for the limit for number of TCB'SMSVSAM is allowed to generate on z/OS 2.1

System: z/OS 2.1 SMSVSAM..Actor: User needing new feature which prevent from a burst of UNQUIESCE/OPEN of RLS files that brought down smsvsam..Description: In pmr 12534,000,738, customer encountered Abend 092A storage shortage VSAM hung which due ...
over 9 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS VSAM/RLS 1 Future consideration

Provide metrics for calls to unicode conversion

Provide metrics of top callers to Unicode service, count of successful and failed calls and cpu resources consumed by calling address space.
almost 5 years ago in z/OS / BCP_Unicode 3 Future consideration

ISPF pseudo temporary names should be true temporaries

ISPF pseudo data set names used by LMCOPY (and others) rely on the invoker to have a valid ALIAS defined since they default to the PREFIX of the submitter. In the case of a started task that doesn't have an ALIAS defined or update access to the ma...
over 9 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 3 Not under consideration

Define a suffix to the SYSIN DD JESSPOOL dataset name

Sending documentation to IBM using the PDDU option via the incident log, the proxy password is passed via SYSIN DD on the FTP step, After the job submissioin, authorized users can view the SYSIN dd via SDSF on JES spool, but the users's password s...
over 9 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 3 Future consideration

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