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We would like job specific tape mount information to review elongated tape mounts

We have BVIR records where elongated tapes mounts have been identified but we need to identify which jobs were impacted. This information would be ideal to have stored in any of the job based SMF records (21s/30s/14s/15s). This information would b...
over 2 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS Tape Storage SW Support 2 Future consideration

Allow to specify a conversion technique when using CUNMTUNI batch tool

The Unicode Services batch client CUNMTUNI always uses the default technique-search-order for character conversion making it unusable with user-defined conversion tables (except maybe by using a user-defined codepage which would require a SMP/E us...
almost 4 years ago in z/OS / BCP_Unicode 2 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

RMF Postprocessor Cache Subsystem Activity report volser filter option

We would like to get a filter option for volsers for the section “Cache Device Activity / Cache Subsystem Device Overview” of the RMF Post Processor Cache Subsystem Activity report. It would be great if we could use generic specifications like "vo...
over 7 years ago in z/OS / RMF 0 Future consideration

IP CICS Sockets - IP address for listeners in EZAC

IP CICS socket listeners need to be configured to provide CICS remote debugging features in a product we use. It is recommended to use the IBM-supplied listener implementation (EZACIC02). However, you can set the port but not the IP address for th...
almost 4 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under consideration

We are requesting that 3 workflow properties be made into workflow internal workflows

We would like to have the following workflow properties be made obtainable through workflow internal variables. The properties are: 1) WorkflowVersion2) containsParallelSteps3) A property that can be used to obtain the source of the worklflow defi...
almost 4 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

Allow users to determine actual HSM function run times from CDSs

We are trying to process DFSMShsm MCDS and BCDS to retrieve actual run times of HSM functions (primary space management, secondary space management, automatic backups and automatic dumps). There are complete time and date fields for every function...
over 7 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 1 Future consideration

Expand RECYCLE command with a new parameter PART (NO/YES)

For DFHSM with HOSTTYPE=FILE only command backup is possible, therefore SETSYS PARTIALTAPE (BACKUP(MARKFULL)) has no effect. Most of virtuell backup volumes therefore remain at status PART. A RECYCLE command (for example: RECYCLE ALL EXECUTE PERCE...
over 2 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 1 Future consideration

Support NFS V4.1 in z/NFS client

At the moment we are looking for solutions to get rid of the DFS/SMB-server on our z/OS mainframe environment.We tried using the z/OS NFS Client software to connect to the Microsoft NFS Server on a Windows Server installation,however we ran into p...
almost 4 years ago in z/OS / Network File System (NFS) 3 Future consideration

Reduce volume of IFA786W messages when buffers fill up

We had an issue resulting in SMF log stream had no buffers available resulting in the following message being issued literally thousands of time and flooding our automation product and console: IFA786W SMF DATA LOST - NO BUFFER SPACE AVAILABLE TIM...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / BCP_SMF 1 Not under consideration

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