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Upgrade to the BPXPRM## syntax checker

Please add a check to the syntax checker for BPXPRM* parmlib member. If a /* is entered and another /* is entered please note at least a message that an */ was not seen before the /*.
4 months ago in z/OS / USS 2 Not under consideration

Preventing ICH14081I Warning Message

ICH14081I message is issued when RACF encounters a duplicate class name in the dynamic class descriptor table and the installation-defined class descriptor table (module ICHRRCDE). The class attributes in the dynamic class table override any class...
4 months ago in z/OS / RACF 2 Not under consideration

List General Resource Classes that were not unloaded by IRRDBU00 in the SYSPRINT output from IRRDBU00

Output from IRRDBU00 is highly dependent upon the general resource classes that are defined on the system where the unload is performed. IRRDBU00 does not unload profiles in classes that are not defined on the system where it is executed and does ...
7 months ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Not under consideration

Report the RACF database template level of each INDDn database in the SYSPRINT output from IRRDBU00

Output from IRRDBU00 is highly dependent upon the level of the templates in the database being unloaded. Knowing the level of the templates can help set expectations as to the contents of the unload. This information can also provide a mechanism f...
7 months ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Not under consideration

IRR.PASSWORD.RESET profile should be provide more flexibility

CONTROL access to the profile permits to a user to: 1) Reset a password with NOEXPIRED operand or 2) Reset the password or password phrase within the minimum change interval for a user who does not have the SPECIAL, OPERATIONS, AUDITOR, or PROTECT...
11 months ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Not under consideration

Upstream all z/OS USS ported commands (i.e. cp, grep)

z/OS is distributed with many UNIX commands, such as cp and grep. These commands, in many cases, have not evolved from when they were originally ported while the open-source version has evolved with additional capabilities and features. The z/OS c...
10 months ago in z/OS / Shell & Utilities 2 Not under consideration

Support EZANS as part of z/OS Communications Server

The EZANS Netstat dialogue is a vital tool for suporting z/OS Communications Server TCPIP. It is not supoorted and is frozen as a level of z/OS 1.12.IBM should formally support EZANS as part of z/OS Communications Server:1. to accept PMRs for faul...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under consideration

Allow the use of zOS system symbols in catalog entries

When defining a catalog entry, you can specify VOLUME(&SYM1) for example but not (NAME(HLQ.&SYM1..LLQ)). For that you need a catalog entry then an alias with SYMBOLICRELATE. There are instances where we would find it useful to have a symbo...
4 months ago in z/OS / DFSMS Catalog/IDCAMS/AMS 1 Not under consideration

Have "LU userid NORACF OMVS" show all OMVS fields

Unlike all other fields, the MEMLIMIT and SHMEMMAX fields are not shown unless an explicit value is set. This inconsistent behavior is confusing, and makes that you only learn about their existence when you stumble upon their definition in the docs.
3 months ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Not under consideration

PDUU (AMAPDUPL) should support UNIX files

We plan to use AMAPDUPL replacing plain FTP for sending dumps, logs, files to IBM for problem determination. Unfortunately, AMAPUDUPL doesn't support Unix file. SYSUT1 is only for sequential dataset and PDS. In order to send Unix files to IBM with...
over 2 years ago in z/OS / BCP_Service Aids 6 Not under consideration

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