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DFSMS HSM

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Possibilitar que ocorram HMIGRATES em paralelo no DFSMSHsm

Peço criar a possiblidade do HMIGRATE de DATASETS executar em paralelo e se possivel com o mesmo controle de quantidade similar ao MAXMIGRATION TASKS do Primary Space Management
about 1 year ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 0 Future consideration

HLIST VOLUME - more accurate listing in HSM PLEX

In HSMPLEX environment, ADDVOL ML1 SDSP settings are applied for specific LPAR only, but the HLIST VOLUME from another LPAR lists SDSP=YES (ADDVOL ML1 SDSP was not submitted on that other LPAR)
about 6 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 1 Not under consideration

Unable to cancel recall request during shutdown

During shutdown of DFHSM on a Lpar (using CRQ), this DFHSM can be processing a recall request for a very large dataset causing DFHSM not to shutdown until the dataset is recalled. We must be able to intervene in a DFHSM instance that is shutting d...
about 8 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 2 Not under consideration

HSM and "Common Recover Queue"(Support needed when doing Mass Recover of datasets backed up by Autobackup)

We have common recall queue. We have common recover queue(From HSM dumps), but we do miss the option of balancing the resources in case we need to do massive Dataset recover from Datasets backed up via AUTOBACKUP function in HSM. So I ask you to c...
almost 5 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 1 Future consideration

DFSMShsm Allow different numbers of backup versions and different retention criteria for Unix files within the same ZFS

The ability to use different numbers of backup versions and different retention criteria for Unix files within the same file system is required in DFSMShsm. As it is now in DFSMShsm it's not granular enough, since we require some files and/or dire...
about 6 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 0 Future consideration

DFSMShsm MIGRATE/HMIGRATE CLOUD Container Enhancement

An enhancement to DFSMShsm MIGRATE / HMIGRATE to allow the specification of CONTAINER name and OBJECTPREFIX in conjunction with the CLOUD parameter. DFSMShsm creates cloud containers to store objects using the default syntax of SYSARC.<HSMplexn...
about 5 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 0 Future consideration

DFHSM volume selection for CIDS allocation needs to check for contiguous space availability

This item requests DFHSM to check for enough contiguous space when selecting a volume for allocation of the CIDS. During the processing of the FRBACKUP command, one catalog information data set CIDS is created for each copy pool version. Each CIDS...
about 9 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 1 Not under consideration

Have HSM display unambiguous dates.

I live in South Africa, support customers in the UK, running an American operating system. HLIST of a migrated dataset displays both the migration date and the last reference date. However, both these dates have the format xx/yy/zz, with no explan...
over 2 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 0 Future consideration

Allow HSM automatic dump to DASD

HSM automatic dump currently only allows writing the full-volume dumps to tape. It should also support writing full-volume dumps to disk.
almost 7 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 0 Future consideration

QUERY ACTIVE(TCBADDRESS) output ARC0162I VOL= parm to have current tape being processed than (or) in addition to the first tape

When fuctions such as Data Set RECOVER is in progress for a very long time spanning hours for huge files, the output from QUERY ACTIVE(TCBADDRESS) currently lists the VOLUME=vvvvvv parm with the first HSM backup tape, even after it is done with th...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 0 Future consideration