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Prevent recalling HSM migrated datasets when calling REST to get list of data sets on a system

REST API: List the z/OS data sets on a system recalling HSM migrated datasets and it does not support X-IBM-Migrated-Recall header to prevent this. This causes from time to time big delay and request often is timed out. In any case this behaviour ...
about 5 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 1 Future consideration

Option To Set A Logoff Timer For Users Showing As Disconnected

We have noticed that when some users are in Adapter panels and LPAR Controls (Possibly others) evem if they only have view access that they seem to lock the task out so others cannot access it. This seems to then remain locked even when the userid...
almost 2 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE) 2 Future consideration

Support for FTP client mutual SSL authentication

Please allow the z/VM FTP client to support mutual SSL authentication
over 6 years ago in z/VM 0 Future consideration

ISPCFIGU - allow user line command table which adds line commands to site line command table

RFE 42654 requested a System wide line command table to be implemented in ISPCFIGU which was implemented in z/OS 2.2. This enables a system programmer to provide system wide edit line commands. But when a user wants to enhance the system line comm...
almost 8 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 0 Future consideration

Capacity Provisioning Manager Record Report Does Not show MSU Cost for Upgrades

When using the CPOSERV OOCUOD Record Report, CPM does not provide any indication whether an engine is banked. This report needs to display the MSU cost for each incremental upgrade where in the case of using OOCUOD to activate a banked engine, the...
over 3 years ago in z/OS / BCP_Capacity Provisioning 0 Future consideration

UCD agent on z/VM

Would it be possible to have a UCD agent running on z/VM.We do have Workflow from our UCD server to deploy/run jobs on UCD agents on z/OS.We have a requirement to run cp commands or rexx on z/VM.
over 4 years ago in z/VM 1 Future consideration

Holder can't be FORCED when their is SYSIEFSD ENQ contention

When the QEDIT assembler service is invoked to free a CIB, an exclusive ENQ on SYSIEFSD Q10 is obtained to serialize the CSCB chain. While holding the ENQ, a SPOST is issued to ensure that all in progress POSTS to the address space have completed ...
almost 4 years ago in z/OS / BCP_Consoles 1 Future consideration

DSFS CreateParm should NOT require a previous allocation under secondary qualifiers

When using the dsadm createparm the -path requires that at least one dataset already be allocated under the provided hlq. Other than the 1st qualifier, that should not be required.
about 1 year ago in z/OS / Data Set File System (DSFS) 1 Future consideration

DSFS Fileinfo should report ALL models under HLQ

When using the dsadm fileinfo to query the file information, it should report on ALL pds/psmodels under the hlq.
about 1 year ago in z/OS / Data Set File System (DSFS) 2 Future consideration

z/OSMF StorageAPI - GetVolumeList MissingField: PhysicalStatus

We are using z/OSMF Storage API for checking, if all Devices are online. So if anyone varies a disk offline, the check (in CheckMK) gives us a hint. Currently we had the problem: A StoragePool was extended with two more disks, the Pool-Freespace w...
about 1 year ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

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