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Threshold warning for Catalog service task upper limit

The Catalog address space service task upper limit is set at IPL time. This limits the number of tasks available to handle catalog requests. There is no current message or monitoring check that would alert when you are approaching the upper limit....
over 8 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS Catalog/IDCAMS/AMS 2 Not under consideration

Enhance RACF to support WHEN(PROGRAM) for the WRITER class

Please enhance RACF to support commands like the following one for the WRITER class. permit JES2.NJE.CTDX001 class(WRITER) id(Your_Favorite_Scheduler_id_here) ACCESS(READ) when(PROGRAM(CKRCARLA))
over 8 years ago in z/OS / RACF 2 Not under consideration

move ISFP variable storage from "below the line" to include "above the line"

the PL/I application gets S878 Abend when running in a stressed scenario, the problem determination documented in PMR 86996,999,000shows that ISPF runs out the below the line storage. The recommended solution is to request ISPF to implement an enh...
almost 11 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 3 Not under consideration

Have z/OS C support -qascii options properly

Trying to use the -qascii compile option, facilities like printf print in ASCII on my TSO OMVS terminal - do not display the text properly - they display the stuff in ASCII. I have to do additional work to get this to work - Or issue the command p...
about 2 years ago in z/OS / LE 3 Not under consideration

CSSMTP NonDelNotifications without embedded message body

A user tried to send a message containing 84MB of data (several times, because he did not get any feed back). According to CSSMTP's design the original message of 84MB was included into the notification, which was denied by the target server becau...
over 8 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 0 Not under consideration

SMF record is written when ACCESS is unsuccessfull for JESJOBS Class

RACF drives an authorization check in the JESJOBS class for the resourcename SUBMIT<.execution node><.jobname><.user ID>. This is a LOG=NOFAIL REQUEST=AUTH, which means that if the submitting user is not authorized to this resour...
over 6 years ago in z/OS / RACF 4 Not under consideration

Enhance type 80s for failed ALTUSER commands

The type 80 event codes for failed ALTUSER commands should be enhanced so that I can tell for sure using SMF data why the ALTUSER command failed. Specifically:-Was ALTUSER failed because of SETROPTS?---Which specific SETROPTS rule failed the passw...
almost 9 years ago in z/OS / RACF 2 Not under consideration

SF line command should work for data set aliases

When you display a data set alias in the ISPF option 3.4 data set list and issue the SF line command, you get message: ISRU006 Not real data set name - The selected option cannot process an alias data set name. The messages and codes manual does n...
almost 9 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 2 Not under consideration

Provide option to check update access before View or Edit

ISPF should provide an option to check whether a user has UPDATEaccess to a data set before allowing View or Edit.
about 11 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 4 Not under consideration

Regular expression match length in ISPF EDIT/VIEW

Provide a means of extracting the string matched by an EDIT/VIEWregular expression.
almost 9 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 3 Not under consideration

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