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    zEDC Authorized Services Managing Module Dynamic Area and History Buffer + Update Documentation

    While testing out zEDC authorized services running in synchronous mode on a z15, we noticed pairs of STORAGE OBTAINS/RELEASES surrounding each call to FPZ4ABC, leading to increased CPU time. After opening a PMR, it was revealed that these requests...
    over 4 years ago in z/OS / BCP_IOS 1 Future consideration

    Provide a less FORCEful command to deallocate PFIDs.

    We recently had an issue with zEDC, see TS004212422, where we needed to deallocate and allocate a PFID from use. As documented in sg24-8259, we had to use CF PFID(xxxx),OFFLINE,FORCE to deallocate the PFID. In my 40 year career, commands with FORC...
    over 5 years ago in z/OS / BCP_IOS 0 Future consideration

    GDPS Monitoring of Path Availability to Metro Mirror secondary Devices

    Availability of channel paths to Metro Mirror secondary devices is crucial in the context of a GDPS HyperSwap. Currently it is possible even with a GDPS planned HyperSwap to swap from devices connected via 8 paths to devices connected via only 1 p...
    over 5 years ago in z/OS / BCP_IOS 7 Future consideration

    z/OS HyperSwap and Concurrent Copy

    As in RFE ID 141306 suggested by IBM Systems Developer, I'll raise a RFE also for the z/OS Hyperswap component. z/OS Hyperswap should prevent a planned HyperSwap if a concurrent copy session is active. An unplaned HyperSwap should be possible of c...
    over 5 years ago in z/OS / BCP_IOS 0 Future consideration

    Health check enhancement for XCF_CDS in a zOS Hyperswap environment managed by CSM

    The existing checks XCF_CDS_SPOF and XCF_CDS_SEPARATION don't check in a HyperSwap environment that primary CDSes and alternate CDSes are on separate DASD boxes of different sites. An extention should check the site information of the HyperSwap se...
    over 5 years ago in z/OS / BCP_IOS 1 Future consideration

    Health check the completeness of volumes in a zOS HyperSwap configuration managed by CSM

    The HyperSwap configuration should be checked that no PPRC enabled volume that should be in the configuration is missing, otherwise the integrity of data is not given in case a Swap occurs. It should be possible to define a list with exceptions of...
    over 5 years ago in z/OS / BCP_IOS 0 Future consideration

    z/os message after model conversion takes place using OOCoD or CBU

    Needing z/os to report a message when a model conversion takes place with OOCoD or CBU. z/os should report this with out the use of another product.There is an IBM case number associated with this. The case number is TS002615373.
    over 6 years ago in z/OS / BCP_IOS 2 Future consideration

    IMPROVED METHOD TO REMOVE PATHS

    We did the test to verify the effect of RECOVERY PATH_SCOPE=CU. The test case of one path busy got the expected result. 2-3 seconds after 'VARY ONLINE', the path of all devices under the same CU got offline. However, the two paths busy case did no...
    over 6 years ago in z/OS / BCP_IOS 2 Future consideration

    Information about device status for channel path on message IEE174I

    The form 17 of message IEE174I in response to the command DISPLAY M=CHP(chpid) shows the channel path status to the device despite the title shown on display being “DEVICE STATUS FOR CHANNEL PATH chpid” The information showing z/OS device status f...
    over 6 years ago in z/OS / BCP_IOS 1 Future consideration

    VOLSER in an AUTOIPL Policy

    We would like the AUTOIPL Policy (contained in a DIAGnn member) to accept a VOLSER for MVS (for both LOAD Address and LOADPARM) and SADMP specifications. Upon interpreting the DIAGnn member, I would expect the code to issue a UCBSCAN (or whatever ...
    almost 7 years ago in z/OS / BCP_IOS 1 Future consideration

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