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JES2 EMAIL DELIVERY SERVICES Customization

Provide ability to customize subject line when using JES2 EMAIL DELIVERY Services. Today we have to open the email to associate a jobname job number, system and rc of the job which is not convenient.
almost 4 years ago in z/OS / JES2 1 Delivered

HWTHCONN - Creation of a Customized Connect Timeout option

Developers building new applications using z/OS HTTP/HTTPS callable services has no way to set a customizable connect timeout when calling HWTHCONN. So, when a server isn't available, the call is kept blocked until it finally timed out after 75 se...
over 2 years ago in z/OS / web enablement toolkit 3 Delivered

Get dynamic window sizes in zOSMF NCA

When working on a big screen running zOSMF and the NCA plugin in full screen mode to work on any of the policies, the window in NCA does not scale to the real size of the window of zOSMF/NCA itself as it's limited to a fixed height. This must be i...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Delivered

Download and upload datasets and dataset members with non-alphanumeric, non-national special characters

This request is similar to RFE ID 142345 - Download and upload datasets and dataset members with names in different encodings than IBM-1047 using REST API. Product: Zowe CLI, Zowe Explorer, Postman Actor: User attempting to download or modify a da...
almost 4 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 1 Delivered

RMM shall keep Vol/Dataset information for all volumes, till TS77* Expire-Hold is reached

TS77* LWorm data set and volume information are cleared when scratch. This information is very important when volumes are deleted by accident.
over 3 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS RMM 2 Delivered

OMVS GREP should support z/OS datasets

Many OMVS commands support accessing z/OS datasets using the "//'dataset.name'" but grep is not one of them. With OMVS scripting becoming more pervasive and with the need to access z/OS datasets still a requirement, this is important.
almost 3 years ago in z/OS / USS 2 Delivered

JES2 POLICY - read and use value of SYSTEM SYMBOL

Within the new JES2 POLICY we need the possibility to read and use some SYSTEM SYMBOLS.
almost 3 years ago in z/OS / JES2 1 Delivered

Enable dsadm (dsfs) to support more granular high level qualifier for createparm

Currently DSFS only support a single level high level qualifier for the dsadm createparm path (e.g. IBMUSER). Please expand this to multiple levels (e.g. IBMUSER.TEST). The psmodel/pdsmodel's may be different with different qualifier levels.
8 months ago in z/OS / z/OS File System (zFS) 1 Delivered

There are no ++ASSIGNs for PTFs in the global zone when there are no PTFs to be shipped in the order.

Customer requests one or more PTFs, but the result is PTF not found. SMP/E sees the PTF-not-found response and immediately submits another order, requesting only HOLDDATA. The customer's perceived trouble is ++ASSIGN statements are not provided in...
almost 8 years ago in z/OS / SMP/E 6 Delivered

Enhance CFRM Policy Editor to allow export of CFRM policy to CSV-format file

The z/OSMF CFRM Policy Editor is a major step forward in making it easier to view and change the contents of CFRM policies. However, there are situations where it would be valuable to be able to have the policy information in a spreadsheet-friendl...
over 2 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 1 Delivered

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