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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

PDMD1202-508 XCF Buffer management

SUBMITTER SECTIONSubmitted by: jes.jessenSubmitters Company: DMdata PUBLICRequirement Number and Title: PDMD1202-508 XCF Buffer managementHomework Assigned: NoRequirement Category: Core TechnologyCurrent Status: Closed Status: Session: Requirement...
over 9 years ago in z/OS / BCP_XCF/XES 2 Future consideration

PCIT0307-1028 Prevent Corruption to PDSEs

SUBMITTER SECTIONSubmitted by: william.pape@citigroup.comSubmitters Company: Citigroup PUBLICRequirement Number and Title: PCIT0307-1028 Prevent Corruption to PDSEsHomework Assigned: NoRequirement Category: Core TechnologyCurrent Status: Closed St...
over 9 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS PDS/PDSE 3 Future 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

PDS with 4K directory blocks, Load module headers

Current PDS directories are 256 bytes with 8 byte key, so 38 blocks per 3390 track or 9.5K of data. Allowing 4096 bytes with 8 byte key would allow 11 blocks per 3390 track or 44K of data. Current PDS directories only have full blocks until end of...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / DFSMS Access Methods Non-Vsam 1 Not under consideration

Preserve data set alias when moving non-SMS managed data set

When moving non-SMS managed data sets with aliases, the data set aliases are deleted. There is no message or return code indicating that..A message should be issued which informs about the deletion. In addition the message should contain the data ...
about 8 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS DSS 0 Future consideration

Query Tapes Details update

Huge HW configurations (or not) impose to be accurate on all the installed materials. IODF or HMC have in most cases a very restricted access. Quick access to configuration informations by a Query could make the control, verifications, and other t...
over 1 year ago in z/VM 0 Future consideration

z/OS Contents Supervision - Request for API's/Exit Points for RACF PROGRAM Class Verification Checks

As z/OS Contents Supervision does not issue standard RACF/SAF interfaces to check profiles in the RACF PROGRAM class when loading programs/modules into storage, the IBM zSecure Admin Access Monitor does not get sight of the authorisation check as ...
almost 7 years ago in z/OS / RACF 4 Not under consideration

Improvements in zAWARE

It is important for us, zAware being able to read from syslog, because our installation is based on SYSLOG. Also we are interesting in synergies between IMS, DB2 and MQ, and zAware. And it is really important the coexistence between zAware and GDP...
over 9 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / General/Miscellaneous 5 Not under consideration

Enhance logical dump of PSE data set to effectively use the larger blksizes provides by z/OS 1.12 BSAM support

In fact, searching further from our database I found following interesting info around how DSS proceeds the sequencial data set in extended format --- Because of the interface DSS uses to DUMP PSE data sets, we have never "chained" the tracks of a...
almost 7 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS DSS 0 Future consideration