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    Add BLOCK COMMANDS to JES

    I want to be able to issue block commands in JES output. Sometimes we have to manually clear output and I have to issue P on each output. Even if I copy/paste the column of Ps, there are still many screens to paste. I want to be able to use: //p //p
    about 1 year ago in z/OS / JES2 1 Functionality already exists

    Provide the ability to create only the volume label on a DASD volume using ICKDSF

    We have seen occasions where something is overwriting just the volume label on cylinder 0, track 0 but the remaining data on the volume remains in tact. This causes the volume to be inaccessible along with all of the data on it. There should be a ...
    over 2 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS ICKDSF 3 Functionality already exists

    Is IBM health check VSAMRLS_TVS_ENABLED still required under zOS v3.1 ?

    Now that DFSMStvs is included in the base install of zOS v3.1, health check VSAMRLS_TVS_ENABLED excepts as it now finds the product installed but not enabled. I suspect the majority of zOS customers do not enable this now free product? so would ha...
    over 1 year ago in z/OS / DFSMS VSAM/RLS 7 Functionality already exists

    zFS ACCESS Security

    We ask z/OS Security Server to be enhanced to permit zFS to be easily protected, like HFS current protection running for the early life of HFS on z/OS.
    almost 8 years ago in z/OS / z/OS File System (zFS) 1 Functionality already exists

    VSAM RLS Lock Information

    Today VSAM RLS relies on the LISTSUBSYS(ALL) and LISTSTAT IDCAMS share control dataset commands as a way to list the CICS regions which hold locks in RLS files and to provide statistics of usage of a certain sphere. There is no information about w...
    over 8 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS VSAM/RLS 1 Functionality already exists

    Enhance IDCAMS error reporting - IDC3027I

    We recently had a problem where the VTOC was full or near full on multiple volumes. Many batch jobs were failing when attempting to do an IDCAMS DEFINE and IDCAMS was generating the following message: IDC3027I NO SPACE IN VTOC OR VTOC INDEX The Pr...
    about 3 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS Catalog/IDCAMS/AMS 1 Functionality already exists

    Software Update plugin enhancements - Add the ability to automatically identify and retrieve any missing PTF's and download/receive them and rerun the APPLY CHECK. Also identify PE PTF's that cannot be APPLYed and exclude them.

    This would save time and confusion. It would also steer less experienced sysprogs away from the terminal which is (I thought) the whole reason behind z/OSMF. The ability to customize the jobcard (to include parms like a time parm and region parm) ...
    over 1 year ago in z/OS / SMP/E 5 Functionality already exists

    Isolate PCI traffic from non-PCI traffic on the crypto cards

    One of our teams has to purchase hardware security module (HSM) to handle the encryption of the PCI traffic. If CSF could separate the PCI from the Non-PCI traffic, this could allow our team to use the hardware encryption process instead of buying...
    over 1 year ago in z/OS / ICSF 3 Functionality already exists

    Provide a warning threshold or limit for the number of record locks

    A looping application in a development environment can request an excessive number of record locks. This can result in excessive cells in use for the IGWLNHRB Storage Pools and a storage shortage which can terminat and restart the SMSVSAM address ...
    over 2 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS VSAM/RLS 1 Functionality already exists

    Protect RACF Database to prevent inadvertent deletion

    System admins have priviledged access to datasets and system resources. While doing cleanup of antiquated database files an administrator inadvertently deleted the live primary and backup RACF databases causing an outage. Can the RACF task be modi...
    over 2 years ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Functionality already exists

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