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Core Infrastructure

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JES2 - no automatic Reconfiguration driven after Site Outage

After a planned SITE1 outage we saw that JES2 Reconfiguration was started driven by member "x", but just a few seconds later member "x" was QUIESCED as it was running in SITE1. Because of that we see that member "Y" has taken over with RECONFIGURA...
about 3 years ago in z/OS / JES2 0 Future consideration

EDGJNSCR in SYS1.SAMPLIB changes required

There are several errors in the EDGJNSCR samplib member. We ship several sample reporting jobs in SYS1.SAMPLIB, that are based on non-extended records but the job itself is does not specify this in its description. We should update the sample job ...
over 3 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS RMM 0 Future consideration

Suppression of creation of IUTSAMEH device

We would like to have the opportunity (f.e. a parameter in tcpip profile) to deactive the creation of IUTSAMEH device.
over 3 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under consideration

Provide ability to list all z/OSMF Workflow Definitions

z/OSMF Workflow Definitions must be specified when creating a Workflow instance. However the user must know the name and location of the file that contains the Workflow Definition. It would be FAR easier to use Workflows if the Workflow Editor 'ca...
over 5 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

Request to create a new RLS command to show the name of the data sets that are allocated inside a data cache structure.

The Itau bank opened the PMR: 28951,228,631 because we didn't find a way to know the VSAM RLS data sets that were allocated inside a data cache structure. During the pmr the only way to find the name of those data sets was to check this informatio...
about 6 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS VSAM/RLS 0 Future consideration

Create a new parameter for SFTP which prevents the replacement of a file if a new file with the same name is transferred to the targeted directory

If SFTP is used to transfer a file to a directory with a file of the same name, SFTP will overwrite the existing file. Some other implementations have a -n parameter, for noreplace, which prevents the server from overwriting the existing file. Som...
9 months ago in z/OS / OpenSSH 1 Future consideration

Enhance DSFS createparm to add completion message

Currently the createparm command on a successful create will terminate with no messages. Please add a message about the successful completion including the particulars of the creation.
9 months ago in z/OS / Data Set File System (DSFS) 1 Future consideration

ISPF SRCHFOR function fails to notify the user when additition hidden options are in place

When using SRCHFOR on the ISPF Command line in option 3.4, it will sometimes not find the string even though it does exist in the list. This can occur when there are other options specified that are not seen by the user unless they enter SRCHFOR (...
almost 8 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 0 Future consideration

Remove / prior to 4 digit UCB Addresses on Mount Command

The z/OS Mount command syntax requires a / prior to a 4 digit UCB. The time has come to eliminate this requirement.
over 2 years ago in z/OS / BCP_Consoles 4 Not under consideration

Improve the OMVS CP command performance

The current cp command is painfully slow when used to copy all members of a PDS in either direction (z/OS PDS to USS or vice versa). It appears the command does an Alloc/Open/Copy/Close/Free for *EACH* member when it should do Alloc/Open/copy each...
about 1 year ago in z/OS / Shell & Utilities 7 Future consideration

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