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    Add PIPSYSF functionality, except for "pattern", to base Pipelines

    Add the egrep/fgrep/ggrep, xeditdel, xeditinp, and xeditrep stages from the PIPSYSF function package the the base CMS Pipelines package. The pattern stage in PIPSYSF is not needed at this time.
    about 4 years ago in z/VM 0 Future consideration

    Create new class B command to refresh stored DASD info without VARY OFF/ON the device

    At present, for CP to see updated DASD info (like VOLSER, VTOC, etc), a device must be varied off/on to refresh the data. If the disk has been relabeled by a guest using full-pack minidisk, then the guest sees different information than a user wit...
    almost 2 years ago in z/VM 0 Future consideration

    z/OS Kerberos support for SPNEGO mechanism (1 3 6 1 5 5 2)

    Our software product Virtel runs as a Web server on z/OS to access Legacy applications. Many of our customers have asked us to provide Kerberos support. We have tried to do this through the IBM z/OS Kerberos server, and this works fine for standar...
    almost 6 years ago in z/OS / Network Authentication Service 1 Future consideration

    Automated way to identify needed maintenance

    Get an alert that would tell what recent releases are available to be able to stay up to date on maintenance.
    over 2 years ago in z/VM 0 Future consideration

    Improve ability to migrate automation following system upgrade

    Many folks need to do things that require running commands through MAINTxxx. System upgrades end up losing modifications made to allow those. This would simplify maintaining those needs during and upgrade.
    over 2 years ago in z/VM 0 Future consideration

    Structure CP ESM interface as CP exits instead of building into CP

    Implementing a ESM has historically always required rebuilding CP, a daunting task for newbies. Restructuring the CP ESM interface as CP exits would allow adding or disabling an ESM to not require a rebuild or CP IPL.
    almost 3 years ago in z/VM 0 Future consideration

    Rise limits of Guest Coupling simulation support

    We try to run zOS systems within a sysplex with large DB2 group buffer pool structures. These structures cannot be allocated if zOS is running in zVM because they are bigger than the given (undocumented) limit. The intention is virtualize systems ...
    over 1 year ago in z/VM 0 Future consideration

    z/VM Lowercase login passwords

    Due to internal rules, customer needs to use lower case and upper case combinations in the z/VM users logon password. They are aware that it can be done by installing RACF, but they think it is very complex and expensive to install RACF only to ha...
    over 7 years ago in z/VM 3 Not under consideration

    Include the Rexx Execs documented in Appendix E of the CMS User's Guide and Reference.

    Appendix E of the CMS User's Guide and Reference (SC24-6252-01) describes in great detail how to build Pipelines function packages in Rexx. However, the needed exec to actually do this (the FPLKWDTB, FPLEPTBL, and FPLMSGTB exercs) are not shipped ...
    over 2 years ago in z/VM 0 Future consideration

    Add flash memory to z/VM paging

    The idea is to enable z / VM to use the flash memory as paging area system instead of dasd disks to increase agility.
    over 9 years ago in z/VM 1 Future consideration

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