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    Need -w option on z/OS Unix grep command

    Update z/OS Unix grep command with the -w option. Here's the failing command being sent from a non-Z Linux host to z/OS Unix for execution: grep -sqwF "$key" "$keyfile" Here's the definition of -w that I have seen: "-w, --word-regexp Select only t...
    over 7 years ago in z/OS / Shell & Utilities 2 Planned for future release

    Allow otel.resource.attributes and otel.exporter.otlp.headers labels to be configurable

    At UBS, it is mandatory to include billing information and software owner identification when sending data to our OTEL Landing Zone. This is achieved by setting the otel.resource.attributes and otel.exporter.otlp.headers fields. Without these attr...
    2 months ago in z/OS / Advanced Data Gatherer 1 Planned for future release

    Drop the requirements for VSAM RLS/Sysplex Structure

    To make possible to use the new EzNoSQL database without a sysplex.
    over 1 year ago in z/OS / DFSMS EzNoSQL 3 Planned for future release

    IDCAMS: DEFINE RECATALOG for multivolume dataset with volcount > 2 in order to the filesequence and all volumes

    Recatalog the multivolume dataset in wrong order and or less volumes the dataset is corrupted but the IDCAMS has returncode=0.
    almost 4 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS Catalog/IDCAMS/AMS 0 Planned for future release

    ISPF Enhanced PANEL Edit highlighting

    The ISPF editor should be enhanced to support enhanced highlighting for the ISPF PANEL language. ISPF PANEL highlighting is very sparse, not highlighting over 170 keywords used by the PANEL language. PANEL developers on z/OS will experience signif...
    almost 4 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 1 Planned for future release

    DFSort support for non-extended encrypted files

    Our company intends to use pervasive encryption to encrypt our mainframe datasets, but DFSort currently does not support non-extended encrypted files. It is crucial that this support is implemented since all our sorting is done through DFSort and ...
    over 4 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS DFSORT 1 Planned for future release

    include CopyPool Records in DCOLLECT Output

    The DCOLLECT function should include informations about copypools.
    over 8 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS Catalog/IDCAMS/AMS 3 Planned for future release

    Update ISPCMDS table entries for Minimum TRUNC values (e.g. UDLIST should be 3)

    The default ISPCMDS table has many commands that have a truncation value of 0 when there is no reason to force the user to type in the entire command name. Reasonable truncation values should be considered and implemented. UDLIST is an example of ...
    over 8 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 5 Planned for future release

    Devsup Report of all parameters including defaults

    Have one report to display all the fields and value for all parameters that are in DEVSUP member. Today, we have to doc the multiple places to validate fields. See use case.
    over 9 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS OCEOV 2 Planned for future release

    RDW support in the zNFS Server

    We are using MVS data with mixed bytes need to be transfered in binary mode(no conversion).The zNFS server should support the usage and handling(transport) the z/OS RecordDescriptorWord(RDW) as FTP for example.
    over 10 years ago in z/OS / Network File System (NFS) 2 Planned for future release

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