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Core Infrastructure

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Unable to delete member in PDSE 100% utilized

See: PMR
over 9 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS PDS/PDSE 2 Future consideration

Support for YYYY/MM/DD format in REXX DATE() function

Can a new option be added to the REXX DATE() function that returns a date in YYYY/MM/DD format, as required by LMMSTATS CREATED4 format? Maybe DATE('S/')?
over 7 years ago in z/OS / TSO 2 Future consideration

ISPF SuperC compare / ISREDIT COMPARE support for modify process options in REXX/TSO.

Customer: Claus Bjoerno, Bankdata under JN Data.---------------------------- We're currently having an issue with the internal ISPF SuperC compare, using this statement in a REXX under TSO: "ISREDIT COMPARE SESSION SAVE SYSIN" It seems that this c...
almost 3 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 2 Future consideration

Setting the FCTOPPRCPRIMARY option default

In a DFSMSdss copy process, using the default for FASTREPLICATION(PREF), copy is processed not using FC. Message : IGD17279I 1 VOLUMES WERE REJECTED BECAUSE OFPPRC PRIM CURRENTLY ACTIVEANTRQST QFRVOLS VOLUME RSN(2) The only way to resolve this is ...
over 3 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS DSS 1 Future consideration

UNIT=AFF as default for all concatenated allocations

Because there is no way to limit the number of tape drives a batch job can request concurrently, it would be very helpful if UNIT=AFF were the default for ALL concatenated allocations.Today, when tape storage is tapeless, it makes no sense to moun...
over 4 years ago in z/OS / BCP_Allocation 4 Not under consideration

Using DSFS to delete PDSE member generation uses wrong STOW

Using DSFS to delete a pdse member with member generations incorrectly uses the STOW type D instead of DG. Thus deleting the base member while leaving all member generations as orphans.
12 months ago in z/OS / Data Set File System (DSFS) 3 Future consideration

Check pending structures and perform structures' rebuild more easily when activating a CFRM policy from z/OSMF

When activating a new CFRM policy, sometimes the change remains pending if CF resources are allocated for the structures being modified. Reallocate or structure rebuild is needed in order for the pending policy change to take effect. However, with...
almost 3 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

SMPE Output in XML/JSON

Exporting in a format such as JSON/XML would allow for users to read in the SMPE output and manipulate the information to build a more automated process.
almost 2 years ago in z/OS / SMP/E 2 Future consideration

DFSMSsms ACS provide &OLDNAME variable during ACSENVIR=RENAME in MGMTCLAS

During SMS &ACSENVIR='RENAME' processing there is currently no ability in the MGMTCLAS routine to check what the original dataset name is, you only have the newname in the &DSN variable. This means that inappropriate renames cannot be prev...
over 3 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS SMS 3 Not under consideration

Improve the copy services tasks management of ANTMAIN to avoid some tasks interfere with other tasks

During the implementation of TCT (transparent cloud tiering) with HSM and DS8K my customer caused an incident that stopped all jobs using ADRDSSU to complete and to be cancelled. The current maxtask value (42) of ANTMAIN was reached because the mi...
over 3 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS SDM 1 Future consideration

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