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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

Ability to dynamicall set the SYSOUT DD of active running job as spinnable

Currently, when a started task, ie CICS is running, we are unable to use the command to spin the SYSOUT DD off, if the attribute for that particular SYSOUT DD isn't set SPIN=. It'll be very useful if we can dynamically set a SYSOUT DD as spinnable...
about 1 year ago in z/OS / JES2 0 Future consideration

Back reference SYSOUT DD JES data set

Kindly refer to PMR case number TS014415883 This will be useful when second step can back reference to the SYSPRINT from first step, done some filtering and produce the desire output in second step, whilst still able to see the actual output in fi...
about 1 year ago in z/OS / BCP_Allocation 1 Not under consideration

Multiple OMVS file for STDENV

I would like use multiple OMVS file for STDENV. Usage of concatenate file in MVS environment for STDENV is authorise but not for the OMVS file.
almost 3 years ago in z/OS / USS 1 Future consideration

Add OpenSSH parameter to control whether RACF checks are made by the TERMINAL or SERVAUTH class

Please add a parameter to control whether RACF checks are made by the TERMINAL or SERVAUTH classes, such as the PORTOFENTRY4 parameter for FTP. Per PMR23901,7TD,000 discussion if a remote IP address is covered at all in ANY NETACCESS statement the...
over 9 years ago in z/OS / Ported Tools 1 Future consideration

Support for include/exclude lists in automount facility

We'd like the ability to select/exclude which systems are assigned automove=Y automounted file systems in the /etc/u.map parameter file.
over 1 year ago in z/OS / USS 0 Future consideration

TSO RECEIVE support for DSNTYPE keyword

Allow XMIT files of a PDS to be restored to DSNTYPE(LIBRARY). That is, after command "RECEIVE INDS(xmit.dataset)" is issued, allow response to be "DA('new.pdse.name') DSNTYPE(LIBRARY)" and RECEIVE will allocate the new PDSE with DSNTYPE=LIBRARY be...
over 2 years ago in z/OS / TSO 1 Future consideration

Make DAE - ADYSET00 possible to supress SYSUDUMP the same way as SYSMDUMP can be supressed today.

When we get problems in our Environment with a lot of SYSUDUMPs produced and filling up our SPOOL volumes. Then we would like to have the possibility that DAE - ADYSET00 can supress all our SYSUDUMP's. This can avoid that all our spool volumes to ...
about 1 year ago in z/OS / BCP_Service Aids 1 Not under consideration

Store/create/use SSH public-private key pairs in RACF and/or ICSF without using SSL certs

provide a means (similar to RACDCERT) to create, store, import, export, display, etc., SSH Public-Private key pairs within RACF, associated with a User ID, for use with SSH Ported Tools functionality (and ideally won't conflict with Dovetailed ven...
almost 4 years ago in z/OS / OpenSSH 1 Future consideration

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