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DFSMS DSS

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Change DEFRAG TYPRUN=NORUN into separate ADRDSSU command

Resubmitting MVSS14002; MVSS Top "xx" List The ADRDSSU DEFRAG command with PARM='TYPRUN=NORUN' is a very handy way to produce a VTOC extents report, similar to the old DISKMAP program on the CBT tape. However, if you forget to specify the correct ...
over 7 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS DSS 1 Not under consideration

Zap a cloned zFS file with the correct audit-file id (auditfid) when it is created

Various auditing routines use the zFS supposedly-unique "file id" as opposed to the filesystem names, and have an issue when one or more datasets in the same shared-filesystem plex are using the same file id. DFDSS is IBM's poster-child for manipu...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / DFSMS DSS 0 Future consideration

Allow use of better data selection parameter(s) on the PRINT command of ADRDSSU

When printing a data set using ADRDSSU I can see the absolute text of files including encrypted files. However, in order to just see a small part of the text I need to print the entire data set or specify absolute track addresses. Absolute track a...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / DFSMS DSS 1 Not under consideration

Preserve data set alias when moving non-SMS managed data set

When moving non-SMS managed data sets with aliases, the data set aliases are deleted. There is no message or return code indicating that..A message should be issued which informs about the deletion. In addition the message should contain the data ...
almost 8 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS DSS 0 Future consideration

IDC3009I rc30 rsn34 in moving VOLCAT

My customer encounters MSGADR497E as below while moving a VOLCAT.ADR497E (001)-CATLG(04), A CATALOG ERROR OCCURRED WHILE DEFINING USER CATALOG SYS1.VOLCAT.VGENERAL.T1406145.T3249100. RETURN CODE IS 030, REASON CODE IS EM-034 But IDC3009I rc30 rsn3...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / DFSMS DSS 1 Not under consideration

DFSMSMDSS Do not create candidate volume on RESTORE

DFSMSDSS creates a candidate volume when the number of volumes in the source dataset exceed the number of volumes where the dataset resides when restored. A candidate volume should not be created and there are not any keywords that can be specifie...
almost 10 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS DSS 1 Future consideration

ADRDSSU Enhancement

ADRDSSU fails to reinitialize a space efficient flash copy volume if the volume UCB shows a count greater than zero. This leaves the volume online without a VTOC and subject to I/O errors if referenced. When using the FCWD option with ADRDSSU, a R...
about 7 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS DSS 2 Future consideration

Remove DASDVOL call from DFDSS logical dataset dump

When running a DFDSS logcal dataset dump of a SMS managed volume, DFDSS is making an unnecessary call to the RACF DASDVOL facility class. Please review the above Service Request for the details. We are attempting to delete the DASDVOL facility cla...
almost 8 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS DSS 0 Future consideration

Have the functionality (PS to PSE) added to the DSS product.

We are moving data using ADRDSSU from legacy systems without any advanced dataset functionality to systems that support EAVS and hardware compression. The inability to replace PSE datasets with PS datasets is causing the restore jobs to finish CC ...
almost 5 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS DSS 1 Future consideration

Serialization at dataset instead of VTOC for DSS DEFRAG

We use an alternative defrag solution today and are interested in vendor consolidation - using IBM's built in DSS tool would allow us to simplify our Mainframe environment.
over 1 year ago in z/OS / DFSMS DSS 0 Future consideration