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DFSMS Catalog/IDCAMS/AMS

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    IDCAMS PRINT to allow for codepage input

    The output of an IDCAMS PRINT job includes both the raw data in printed hexadecimal and also in a "translated" section that displays capital English and special characters from the EBCDIC code page. There are many international situations where al...
    over 2 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS Catalog/IDCAMS/AMS 1 Functionality already exists

    WTOR with REPRO NOMERGECAT confirming that NOMERGECAT is intended and informational msg that target catalog needs to be used

    When using REPRO NOMERGECAT a WTOR should be issued asking the client if he really wants to run the NOMERGECAT and if the answer is yes, issuing a message that you must use the target catalog after the nomergecat.
    over 11 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS Catalog/IDCAMS/AMS 4 Not under consideration

    IEA370I - Add CONSOLE command to display active MASTCAT (e.g. F CATALOG,MASTCAT)

    For auditing purposes it is important to be able to identify the active master catalog. Currently during IPL IEA370I message is issued to display the master catalog, but the message comes too early to be found in SYSLOG or captured by basic automa...
    about 1 year ago in z/OS / DFSMS Catalog/IDCAMS/AMS 1 Functionality already exists

    Prevent wildcard searches on HLQ

    When wildcard searches are used on large(r) systems, enq delays / decrease in performance is experienced on catalog processing that impact critical production business processes.Wildcard searches causes higher processing time for example when Db2 ...
    almost 2 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS Catalog/IDCAMS/AMS 2 Not under consideration

    Provide an SVC 26 catalog locate user exit

    Many vendors have SVC 26 'hooks' or have used SVCUPDTE to change the location of the SVC 26 processing routine. Providing a front end pre SVC 26/Locate and a back end end post SVC26/Locate fully documented and dynamic exit would help vendors and r...
    about 3 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS Catalog/IDCAMS/AMS 1 Not under consideration

    Add catalog checks for catalog name and SMS bit during define and locate processing

    We just wrapped up a 51-day case (TS011865490) where we had issues of the SMS bit being turned off (while on an SMS volume) and having a VVDS NVR catalog back pointer pointing back to the master catalog rather than to its TSO usercatalog. The IBM ...
    about 3 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS Catalog/IDCAMS/AMS 3 Not under consideration

    TSO DELETE should delete the PDSE base member and all generatlons

    TSO Delete currently deletes the PDSE base member (generation 0) and leaves generations -1 and beyond as orphan/ghost members. Delete should delete the base and all generations - with an appropriate message
    about 3 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS Catalog/IDCAMS/AMS 3 Not under consideration

    Enhance IDCAMS error reporting - IDC3027I

    We recently had a problem where the VTOC was full or near full on multiple volumes. Many batch jobs were failing when attempting to do an IDCAMS DEFINE and IDCAMS was generating the following message: IDC3027I NO SPACE IN VTOC OR VTOC INDEX The Pr...
    over 3 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS Catalog/IDCAMS/AMS 1 Functionality already exists

    Provide additional restriction to using IDCAMS DELETE 'XYZ.**' MASK

    Protect data environment from unintenational data loss
    over 3 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS Catalog/IDCAMS/AMS 4 Not under consideration

    CHECK(IBMCATALOG,CATALOG_RNLS)

    The following DFSMS/CATALOG Health Check is misleading if the system is running CA-MII with GRSRNL=EXCLUDE:CHECK(IBMCATALOG,CATALOG_RNLS) There is no way to determine which reserves MII is configured to process.
    over 10 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS Catalog/IDCAMS/AMS 4 Not under consideration

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