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Core Infrastructure

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z/OSMF: Make IZUG.log messages eligible to be sent to the operlog by parmlib member

z/OSMF messages (of all types; informational, warning, error, severe) are currently all writen to the IZUG0.log in its own unix directory /global/var/zosmf/data/logs/.z/OSMF currently does not issue any messages to the syslog/operlog. (with a few ...
over 5 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

zOSMF file transmission delay

When uploading or downloading a large file it seems like nothing happens, but eventually the screen will pop up. Just an immediate confirmation that file transfer has started and then when completed or stopped would suffice.
12 months ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

zOSMF Job Output More Fields

Ability to display, sort, or filter job output based system or start time/date. Currently, only JOBNAME, Job ID, Status, Owner, Max-CC and Type are options.
12 months ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

zERT - Match the least common denominator of a rule

With the current setup of Reusable Rules that combines a combination of Traffic Descriptor Data Endpoints TLS or SSH version Protection Characteristics It is required that all of the specifics match to trigger the required action. This beha...
almost 2 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

Network activity need working prefix

You can use Filters but it is not that fast/easy. I would like to use the columns names. exampel: 'Jobname STCNAME' should filter all STCNAME. 'IPAddr 127.0.01' should filter that IP
6 months ago in z/OS / SDSF 1 Not under consideration

Catalog Failures during Housekeeping should set a rc4

During EDGHSKP EXPROC processing when a call to uncatalog data sets on an expiring tape fails RMM issues message EDG2158I to the RMM STC log but continues processing without setting any warnings in the output of the Housekeeping job itself or in t...
over 3 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS RMM 0 Future consideration

Enhance SMF logstream IFASMFDL failure messages

Our SMF logstream dump job was failing with: IFA832I INVALID PARAMETER COMBINATION FOR ARCHIVE OPTION IFA845I DIAGNOSTIC INFORMATION LSNAME = IFASMF.AQHO.DEFAULT FIRST LOGBLOCK RCD HDR = 00120000 1E02003B 44870121 162FC4E4 D4E80000 002C02C0 CURREN...
over 3 years ago in z/OS / BCP_SMF 0 Future consideration

Merge Library SYS1.SDWWDLPA into SYS1.LPALIB

If module DWW1VS00 (alias DWW1SCSR) is not present on LPA at IPL time we will get an abend X'0C4'. That is not an obvious problem to be solved, because the message does not indicate a library missing. The Library SYS1.SDWWDLPA is critical to IPL t...
over 7 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS VSAM/RLS 3 Future consideration

REDO

Add support for ISPF EDIT command REDO. Sometimes we go too far using UNDO. It would be nice to have a REDO option.
almost 5 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 0 Future consideration

add the substr function into ACS routines to simply SMS management for complex environment

I have been working with a customer who wants to obtain the subsystem ID for more generic filtlists and storage group assignments. Something like filtlist XXXSAP INCLUDE(DSN%%%U.**, 'ICF.DRPLEX.%%%SAP') EXCLUDE(DSN%%%%%.ARCHLOG1.**, DSN%%%%%.ARCHL...
12 months ago in z/OS / DFSMS SMS 1 Future consideration

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