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passwd() program should provide better messages for error conditions

Client has several users of the z/OS operation system server environment who utilize the the server's database, messaging and web services facilities without having a Telnet 3270 client on their workstation. The users connect to the server, from a...
about 6 years ago in z/OS / Shell & Utilities 2 Future consideration

For space (Sx37) abends, report nn VOLUMES nnn EXT nnnnnn TRK used.

When you have a space abend, it is hard to determine how much space you had allocated if the dataset is deleted. Giving a count of number of volumes, extents, and tracks would be a great help. Listing each volume with number of extents and tracks ...
about 10 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS OCEOV 3 Future consideration

SDSF DA should be able to display log entries in spawned tasks

If I'm in an SDSF Display Active screen and I issue S against a job that is running in the Unix environment (in the example I've attached it's an FTP job that's spawned when I establish an FTP connection to the LPAR) then the response from the S i...
about 6 years ago in z/OS / SDSF 0 Future consideration

EWCP: Enhance classification of task INIT CPU time.

Copied from old SHARE Requirements system SSEWCP04007: Voting Priority=2.5 +5=1 +4=5 +3=5 +2=7 +1=2 abstain=4 -4=1 Priority=2.5 Initiator CPU Time measurements (TCB and SRB separately) need to need added to two SMF records, the RMF TYPE72 and the ...
about 8 years ago in z/OS / Advanced Data Gatherer 4 Future consideration

RACF won't start in SSI if database disk is unavailable

Running on a z/VM 6.3.0 system in an SSI cluster, the customer's primary RACF database disk became unusable. Symptoms of the unusable database disk include: - When attempting to LOGON to a valid userid, the logon failed with message RPIMGR040T Use...
about 4 years ago in z/VM 0 Future consideration

Add PROC parameter/variable to ACBJBAOB in SYS1.SACBCNTL for ISPF data set name HLQ

When using Naviquest to generate a job, it will generate a JCL job stream that contains a JCLLIB statement that points to SYS1.SACBCNTL and an EXEC statement for a PROC located in that data set (ACBJBAOB). There are a few parameters/variables that...
about 2 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS ISMF/Naviquest 0 Future consideration

SDSF access to UNIX Filesystems e.g. via xdc

In SDSF it is possible to archive reports via xdc to a Dataset. It would be very handy if it would be possible to save it here directly to a UNIX File e.g. "/home/user/file".
over 8 years ago in z/OS / SDSF 1 Future consideration

DFSMSdss DUMP & RESTORE - Provide option to Validate PSE dataset structure during DUMP

DFSMSdss - Provide option to check Extended Format datasets structural integrity during DUMP to prevent backup of 'broken' datasets that cannot be RESTOREd. If a dataset has some sort of structural error during DUMP this only becomes evident durin...
over 8 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS DSS 1 Future consideration

Identify when a job was released from the JES hold queue

<p>Copied from old SHARE Requirements system <span>SSSHARE018626</span>: Voting Priority=2.6</p><br /><p>+5=1 +4=4 +3=8 +2=6 +1=3 abstain=2 -1=1 Priority=2.6</p><br /><p>A field should be added...
over 8 years ago in z/OS / JES2 2 Future consideration

Inclusion of DEVNO disk definitions on the dirmap report processing

The customer wants the DEVNO disk to be included in the DIRMAP / DISKMAP reports to have a better management with IBM-Wave. In a large installation controlled by IBM-Wave like this, it would improve the management by having all the disk used under...
over 6 years ago in z/VM 0 Future consideration

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