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Core Infrastructure

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HSM should have a similar performance to TSM

After IBM has discontinued TSM product, all possible alternatives to backup ZFS on a file basis with HSM result in unassumable CPU consumption and performance (CPU time). We have considered and tested all these alternatives, ours and those provid...
almost 2 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 1 Delivered

Shared zFS (Not the Root) across sysplex

We would like to have the ability to define a zFS (but not the root) as shared for read/write across our sysplex systems. Note, that we want to share a folder other than root, so the following procedure is not applicable: Creating the sysplex root...
6 months ago in z/OS / z/OS File System (zFS) 1 Delivered

Fit z/osmf validation type TSOUSERID to the underlying RACF rule

The validation type TSOUSERID does only allow userid names up to seven characters.But RACF itself allows to use even eight character long names.https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/2.3.0?topic=consider-8-character-user-id Correct the regular expression...
over 3 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 1 Delivered

Support for querying PTF/APAR/SYSMOD/USERMOD status from REST API

Hi, I work for the GTS Global Service Engeneering team and we are developing some automation solutions around SMPE and we need a function to query for status of a certain PTF via REST API. This is very critical for IBM GTS in order to automate wor...
almost 5 years ago in z/OS / SMP/E 1 Delivered

Pass job name in &JOBNAME system symbol for JES2 users

Currently, the &JOBNAME system symbol in z/OS does not contain the actual job name; it is either JES2 or JES2CIxx based on the JOBDEF INTERPRET value. It would be beneficial to have it be the job name, as it is described in the documentation.
about 6 years ago in z/OS / JES2 2 Delivered

Dynamically increase of XCF Notepad size

Provide a solution where we can increase the Notepad size without disruption of services. When we create a notepad, we are already planning its size considering future growth. However, due the high demand for notepad utilization during our project...
almost 8 years ago in z/OS / BCP_XCF/XES 1 Delivered

Support a connection timeout in the HTTP component of the Web Enablement Toolkit

Currently there are options in the HTTP component of the z/OS Web Enablement Toolkit to specify SEND and RECEIVE timeouts. Support for a CONNECTION timeout value would prevent waiting too long for connections that are not available or unreliable. ...
about 2 years ago in z/OS / web enablement toolkit 1 Delivered

add the jobname to the jes2 notification email

The NOTIFY statement email received uses a subject line of "z/OS job event notification" which makes multiple emails all look the same for the most part. Why not add the jobname to the subject line?
almost 5 years ago in z/OS / JES2 1 Delivered

Software Update app needs more granularity.

The Software Update app needs more granularity and options if it is ever going to be a viable alternative to the SMP/E ISPF panels. For example, the ability to select by sourceid, and the option to specify groupextend or bypass modid. Also, it wou...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / SMP/E 1 Delivered

Display Public Certificate in AT-TLS Trace

Many times when working with AT-TLS there are mismatched Certificate issues. Especially when you are the client. However even when you have the Tracing for ATTLS turned to 255 you can not extract the public certificate from the flow. 99% of the ti...
over 9 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 3 Delivered

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