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Concatenating AUTOIPL members

We would like to be able to have DIAGnn members, that only contain MVS (in the AutoIPL policy). We'd like to have the ability to change the MVS address, but leave the existing SADMP information intact. For example DIAGAA contains: AUTOIPL SADMP(7D...
over 5 years ago in z/OS / BCP_IOS 0 Future consideration

IZUPRMxx AUTOSTART function description is incomplete

The V2R3 z/OSMF Documentation describing the IZUPRMxx member in SYS1.PARMLIB ought to follow the same layout conventions found in the MVS Initialization Reference publication. It is also unclear from the documentation what the default behavior is ...
almost 7 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 3 Future consideration

Provide a warning threshold or limit for the number of record locks

A looping application in a development environment can request an excessive number of record locks. This can result in excessive cells in use for the IGWLNHRB Storage Pools and a storage shortage which can terminat and restart the SMSVSAM address ...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / DFSMS VSAM/RLS 1 Functionality already exists

ISPF EDIT PASTE primary command needs AK and BK function

ISPF EDIT PASTE needs the ability to honor the After Keep and Before Keep line commands just like Copy line command does today.
about 11 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 2 Future consideration

CELQPRLG to support creating MAIN routines

Currently only subroutines are supported, so one must use a high level language that supports creating LP(64) main routines, which in turn requires the language runtime for that language to be initialized, which may be undesirable for certain kind...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / LE 0 Future consideration

ARMWRAP needs to be added as a supported function

ARMWRAP, the ARM JCL wrapper, was made available as a download associated with the Redpaper for ARMWRAP . The information in the Redpaper is inconsistent with the way the source is designed and clients are struggling with errors. For example, the ...
about 4 years ago in z/OS / BCP_XCF/XES 0 Future consideration

No warning on "conflicting" use of "SEQ" keyword in SuperC

When doing SuperC compares, the "SEQ" processing option is only valid for FB(80)/VB(255) datasets.
about 4 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 0 Future consideration

Catalog TAKEDUMP command should include VLF asid

Used the "F CATALOG,TAKEDUMP" and "F CATALOG,RESTART" commands to generate the svcdump to diagnose the problem in the pmr. Later told that we should have also dumped the VLF asid so there is insufficient doc to diagnose the problem.
over 8 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS Catalog/IDCAMS/AMS 2 Not under consideration

Add INBOUND or OUTBOUND indicator in SERVAUTH Class NETACCESS Profile SMF Records

For SERVAUTH class NETACCESS profiles, please include information on whether the check was INBOUND or OUTBOUND in the LOGSTRING if possible.
over 9 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under consideration

Forward zVM Data to zAware

Forward zVM logs to zAware
almost 7 years ago in z/VM 1 Not under consideration

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