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DFSMS Cloud Data Access

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CDA add new SMF records

Hi, To secure & traceability the solution we need to have new SMF records. Cloud endpoint (url) Object name (file name transfert) MVS RACF user that did the work Bytes received/written Clock time Jobname/Stepname Best regards,
9 months ago in z/OS / DFSMS Cloud Data Access 0 Future consideration

Enhance CDA for Signed Payload and Improve Tracing

The Provider files do not currently have the parms needed to support SIGNED Payload, currently it's only support "UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD" to use a signed payload we need to enhance CDA. Currently there is no tracing until the TOOLKIT is called as that i...
11 months ago in z/OS / DFSMS Cloud Data Access 0 Planned for future release

Remove secret key in ISPF panel

Hi, Today we store the secret key in a vault, to reduce handling of the secret key. To secure the buckets we do not want to enter the Secret key in the ISPF panel. We want a mechanism allowing us to indicate the path of a file in the mainframe whi...
about 1 year ago in z/OS / DFSMS Cloud Data Access 0 Future consideration

Download RECFM U

If i UPLOAD an RECFM U dataset like a DFDSS DUMP, at DOWNLOAD process the receiving file doesn't have the structure has the UPLOAD process had. So the DOWNLOADED file can't be use to restore file. If you can't improve the DOWNLOAD process ca you a...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / DFSMS Cloud Data Access 0 Future consideration

Add a subsystem for Cloud Data Access

To load a file to a cloud you need to read a source file and write target file to S3. If you want to load a file to an S3, sometimes you have a file who need to be transformed. On first step you transform a source file to a target file and after y...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / DFSMS Cloud Data Access 0 Future consideration

Allow GDKUTIL input to be provided by a parm when called by a program

Might GDKUTIL accept a parameter when called by a program? Where the first three words point to areas that have the same information as those three DD statements provide? EG: WORD1 -> UPLOAD PROVIDER(S3CLOUD) CONVERT WORD2-> /johnh-21st-test...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / DFSMS Cloud Data Access 1 Not under consideration

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