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Core Infrastructure

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Add parm to increase SORTIN and SORTOUT buffers to improve reading and writing throughput

DFSORT's ability to read and write SORTIN and SORTOUT files appears restricted enough to impact the throughput of both Standard files and Striped files. For SORTIN large Striped files can be read 4 times faster by OPTIONs COPY or EASYTRIEVE. CPU u...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS DFSORT 3 Not under consideration

ISPF gives error ISP190A whenever a VER NONBLANK test is used on a non-panel field

The ISPF panel verify statement (VER) displays a message when a variable doesn't meet the verification criteria. It also automatically places the cursor to the last panel field referred to in any panel statement. This is likely the same field as t...
almost 4 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 1 Future consideration

DfSMSdss generic RENAME to allow change in number of qualifiers

DfSMSdss provides the RENAME and RENAMEUNCONDITIONAL options to rename datasets when they are restored or copied, either by changing the first-level qualifier of the dataset name, or by matching the dataset name to an 'old-name' in a list of (old-...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS DSS 1 Future consideration

Simplify syntax for IDCAMS

Allow for an simplified syntax of IDCAMS commands No need for end of line continuation characters '-' or '+'. A statement (such as DEFINE, ALTER) would end when a new one begins. New END-statement syntax (END-DEFINE, END-ALTER) to signify the end ...
7 months ago in z/OS / DFSMS Catalog/IDCAMS/AMS 1 Not under consideration

Add an APPL parameter (application name) to internal RACROUTE REQUEST=VERIFY calls

Add an APPL parameter (application name) for such calls so that INITSTATS can be configured to varying frequency with an APPLDATA profile to RACROUTE REQUEST=VERIFY calls internal to RACF
7 months ago in z/OS / RACF 0 Future consideration

Support JESLOG parameter on job card with the master subsystem

We execute our Netview STCs under the master subsystem rather than under JES2 and they can stay up for months at a time. The JESMSGLG can grow to several million lines which consumes a non-insignificant amount of spool space. We don't need that in...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / JES2 1 Future consideration

HSM post back status should respond quicker rather than waiting to notify DB2

HSM post back status respond quicker rather than waiting to notify DB2 of the issue to release resources
over 3 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 0 Future consideration

SDSF DA should show zIIP in title line

SDSF DA (Display Active) shows in the title line the CPU usage from current LPAR, from the whole CEC and (if you have one) the zAAP usage.zAAPs are replaced by zIIPs.So please show the current zIIP usage in the title line.
over 6 years ago in z/OS / SDSF 0 Future consideration

Allow SYSDSN in CLIST/REXX to have NORECALL like LISTDSI

Currently if you use SYSDSN in a REXX/CLIST and the dataset is migrated, it needs to be recalled by the function. However, with LISTDSI there is an option for NORECALL to prevent that from occurring. With the inclusion of NORECALL as an option on ...
about 8 years ago in z/OS / TSO 1 Future consideration

Operlog should write more than a single MDB to a logblock to allow connecting of multiple MDBS for long multi-line messages

OPERLOG currently only writes a single Message Data Block (MDB) to a logblock for the OPERLOG logstream. When attempting to display OPERLOG in hardcopy format, know applications like IEAMDBLG, SDSFLOG and ISFLOG read single logblocks containing si...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / BCP_Consoles 1 Not under consideration

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