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CDA add new SMF records

Hi, To secure & traceability the solution we need to have new SMF records. Cloud endpoint (url) Object name (file name transfert) MVS RACF user that did the work Bytes received/written Clock time Jobname/Stepname Best regards,
about 1 year ago in z/OS / DFSMS Cloud Data Access 0 Future consideration

WTO enhancement to confirm the unplanned hyperswap test through the command “SETIOS HYPERSWAP”

The command “SETIOS HYPERSWAP” doesn’t have a WTO confirmation prior to run the unplanned hyperswap test. So, this RFE is to request an enhancement/implementation of a WTO message confirmation to prompt the user to confirm or not the unplanned hyp...
over 2 years ago in z/OS / BCP_IOS 1 Not under consideration

PDSE Monitor DUMPNEXT enhancement for multi-system dumps

Enhance existing PDSE monitor DUMPNEXT functionality to dump the PDSE address space(s) on remote systems. Remote PDSE address spaces should be dumped in cases where a remote system has not responded to locking requests as reported by the PDSE moni...
over 7 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS PDS/PDSE 0 Future consideration

VSAM RLS Lock Information

Today VSAM RLS relies on the LISTSUBSYS(ALL) and LISTSTAT IDCAMS share control dataset commands as a way to list the CICS regions which hold locks in RLS files and to provide statistics of usage of a certain sphere. There is no information about w...
over 7 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS VSAM/RLS 0 Future consideration

Preview mode for Policy Agent

“Northern Trust wants a “preview mode” for Policy Agent. They would like Policy’s to have the ability to preview what would happen if this policy was active. In preview mode, if this policy was active, this would have happened “x” number of times....
over 2 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

Ability to customise z/OSMF Software Management Deployments to add additional jobs

Currently the jobs generated to perform a deployment are fixed. We need to be able to customise 'Deployment' so we can add our own JCL at any stage of the deployment checklist. This is required so we can make z/OSMF deployment perform all the step...
over 2 years ago in z/OS / SMP/E 0 Future consideration

RACF panel Display Sys Options results in Open for Output rather than input

Due to Audit requirements, we monitor datasets that are deemed critical to determine who has accessed those critical datasets and whether it is an acceptable/authorized access. We have noticed that our reports have been reporting access to the 'SY...
over 8 years ago in z/OS / RACF 2 Not under consideration

DFSMSHSM LIST DATASET with Cloud Object Name

We are able to get a list of the Cloud Containers / Buckets, migrated data sets, and listing of the Contain objects using the following: LIST CLOUD(cloudname) LIST LEVEL(x) LIST CLOUD(cloudname) CONTAINER(containername) Using these lists, it is st...
over 2 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 1 Future consideration

DS8886 (with 10.000 devices) failed, IOS0002I SQA COMPON=VSM,COMPID=SC1CH,ISSUER=IGVVSERR,OUT_OF_SQA and LPAR crashed

System:IOS Actor:need improved error recovery Description: DS8886 failed (because of Microcode Error).LPARs loose thousands of volumes (with multiple path).IOS recovery procedures need TO many common storage (below).Common Virtual storage constrai...
over 7 years ago in z/OS / BCP_IOS 1 Future consideration

zVM support dynamic activation of non subchannel set 0 devices

A VM LPAR supports one CSS but it can be 0,1,2,3 but only supports one SS via HCD - 0. Add support for additional SS
over 7 years ago in z/VM 1 Planned for future release