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Document Generic Tracker Facility GTZPRINT Msgs/RCs in IBM Pubs

The Generic Tracker Facility, introduced with z/OS 2.1, provides a utility program, GTZPRINT, to print recorded tracking events with sample invocation JCL in SYS1.SAMPLIB(GTZPRNTJ). If the utility fails the user is instructed to find return code e...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / BCP_Generic Tracker 2 Planned for future release

Allow HSM Recycle of tape to disk

We have HSM backup data on tape, and we would like to move this to disk instead. We have implemented autobackup to disk, but even after several months there is still tape media that contains valid backup versions. We need the ability to recycle th...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 1 Future consideration

Avoid abend0C4 in BPXPRFVE touching volatile control blocks.

RTM1 software logrec entries should be suppessed by FRR recovery routine for 0C4 when addessing volatile control blocks.
over 10 years ago in z/OS / USS 3 Future consideration

Add support for LBI to C/RTL

C/RTL does not currently support BLKSIZE > 32760 for tape data sets. LBI allows a BLKSIZE up to ~256K. C/RTL should support LBI to allow for more efficient transfer of data stored on tape.
over 10 years ago in z/OS / LE 1 Future consideration

Would like additional useful details on IOS163A message

We occasionally see some IOS163A messages like the following:IOS163A CHPID 64 ALERT, NO ASSOCIATED SUBCHANNEL FOR DEVICE Unfortunately that doesn't have enough information for us to immediately act on that message. We must get someone to look at t...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / BCP_IOS 1 Future consideration

Request to allow HSM TAPEREPLACE to support Flashcopy SE Dump tapes

Environment: z/OS 1.13, DFSMShsm 1.13, DB2 10, DS8700 with Flashcopy SE, TS7720 VTS. Our plan was to issue the DB2 "BACKUP SYSTEM" command to flashcopy our three production DB2 subsystems. The BACKUP SYSTEM command then issues DFSMShsm FRBACKUP co...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 3 Not under consideration

z/OS NFS replication support

z/OS NFS client doesn't support the NFS replication as described in chapter 6 of RFC 3530.
over 10 years ago in z/OS / Network File System (NFS) 2 Not under consideration

F021 ? Automatically refresh job results workflow status not automatically updating

F021 – Automatically refresh job resultsworkflow status not automatically updating
about 5 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 3 Future consideration

FTping failing to transfer to GDG file

Having FTP job's failing when ftping to GDG files.
over 10 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 4 Not under consideration

Comm Server PAGENT - Add modify commands for tracing

Add a feature to PAGENT to permit CtraceClearText and Trace settings to be dynamically changed for a particular TTLSConnectionAction. This feature would require a SAF resource to permit execution of these commands.
over 10 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 4 Not under consideration

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