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DFSMS Utilities

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Misc reporting issues with dataset compression and encryption

This RFE is submitted to request corrective actions for the following dataset compression and encryption capabilities in z/OS 2.2 and above.Misc issues:a) There is no documentation for SMS.IND field in IEHLIST LISTVTOC output that describes a valu...
over 6 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS Utilities 2 Future consideration

Eliminate IEBCOPY Restriction: Allow Multiple Input PDSs to be Sequentially Unloaded in a Single COPY/COPYGROUP Operation

Requirement: IEBCOPY should allow multiple input partitioned data sets to be unloaded when the objective is to produce a single output file in sequential format. This restriction is undocumented in the utility manual and can only be found in the m...
about 9 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS Utilities 2 Future consideration

Converting DFSMS utilities (IEBGENER) to 31bit

For a Special isv application (Serena merant dimensions) we've had to activate XPLINK(ON) for some EPLI main routines. Same application uses/calls IEBGENER too and this combination isn't working now:CEE3194E An attempt was made to initialize an AM...
about 7 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS Utilities 3 Not under consideration

IEBUPDTE Support for VB and LRECL > 80

This utility is limited to 80 bytes, but PDS/PDSE are not limited to 80 bytes, so we can not use it to add members to a PDS/PDSE that exceed the 80 byte limit. IEBUPDTE should support the limit of PDS/PDSE LRECL.IEBUPDTE should support RECFM=VB/VB...
over 7 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS Utilities 0 Future consideration

Printing incorrect VVDS should show some suitable messages.

My customer encountered that printing incorrect VVDS results in RC=04 without any suitable messages. PAGE 0001 5695-DF175 DFSMSDSS V2R03.0 DATA SET SERVICES 2022.286 09:30 PRINT DATASET(SYS1.VVDS.VWAS901) INDYNAM(WORK03) ADR101I (R/I)-RI01 (01...
about 2 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS Utilities 2 Not under consideration

Create ISPF Statistics when adding a member via IEBUPDTE

Can a parameter be added to the ADD statement of the IEBUPDTE utility to optionally create ISPF statistics when a new member is added to a PDS? We realize that the statistics are created when/if the new member is edited, but that may or may not ev...
almost 9 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS Utilities 1 Future consideration

Provide a method/utility to validate Group Associations in a load library between modules and aliases.

In order to proactively prevent incidents during production operations, the ability to proactively scan and validate the load module/alias relationships would be a huge improvement over the current situation. Currently, correcting this error is on...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / DFSMS Utilities 0 Not under consideration

Provide an override for message IGW01559E when using COPYGROUP to copy an Executable module and it's Alias into a target load library.

In certain circumstance when copying an executable module and its alias into an existing load module with the Replace modifier, error message IGW01559E is issued. However, the situation described by the error message does not apply. The Alias bein...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / DFSMS Utilities 0 Future consideration

FACILITY STGADMIN for IDCAMS VERIFY

Title “STGADMIN.IDC profile for IDCAMS VERIFY” Target Group: DFSMS & RACFRequest: Addition to RACF FACILITY CLASS CheckingResource Name (proposed): STGADMIN.IDC.VERIFY.DATASETPurpose: To avoid the need for ALTER access to the DS. Sample JCL th...
about 8 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS Utilities 0 Future consideration

Provide "MOVE" option to IEBCOPY /SHARE Requirement SSMVSS13010-Priority=3.7

Provide an option for IEBCOPY that deletes the members that are sucessfully copied to another PDS(E). "MOVE" is my suggestion keyword as that is the same function used to do this with ISPF.(opened per SHARE REQ-SSMVSS13010)
over 9 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS Utilities 1 Future consideration

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