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zfsadm shrink should provide the ability to mount an unmounted zFS filesystem

zfsadm shrink requires too much manual intervention to be useful. It should provide the ability to mount an unmounted filesystem at a given mountpoint. This would benefit all stoage admins who may also want to release space on unmounted filesystem...
about 2 years ago in z/OS / z/OS File System (zFS) 1 Future consideration

zfsadm shrink should support a wildcard for -aggregate

zfsadm shrink requires too much manual intervention to be useful. Processing only one filesystem is extremely tedious for sites with hundreds or thousands of zFS filesystems. Adding the capability to process multiple zFS's in one command will help...
about 2 years ago in z/OS / z/OS File System (zFS) 1 Future consideration

DSNTYPE=LARGE support as INPUT for IFASMFDP

This is a new public REQUEST for an older requets to permit user's votes on it.Initial request = MR0311105836 from 2011Migrated to RFE request as: RFE 50060 in 2014Due to increasing of SMF data, we need now to be able to use DSNTYPE=LARGE with IFA...
almost 5 years ago in z/OS / BCP_SMF 0 Future consideration

Use USS_PARMLIB Health Checker on Libraries other than SYS1.PARMLIB

We use USS_PARMLIB Health checks on our BPXPRMxx members in SYS1.PARMLIB. However, most errors occur during IPL time with an updated version of these members. It would be convenient if we can use the USS_PARMLIB Health check on other (distribution...
almost 5 years ago in z/OS / USS 3 Future consideration

PHP API and Perl API on EzNoSQL

Add PHP API and Perl API to EzNoSQL to allow more flexibility and integration with mobile and Web applications of EzNoSQL. Not many Web servers or mobile platforms use C. Java is more common. These are the other APIs: C and Java.
about 1 year ago in z/OS / DFSMS EzNoSQL 0 Future consideration

Add a set of return codes in RACF r_secmgtoper documentation for empty non-boolean character fields

r_secmgtoper does not validate a field that has no field data in it, and creates an ALTUSER racf command with an empty field. The field is not suffixed with parenthesis to indicate the absence of field data. If the call is made without an EXECUTE ...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / RACF 0 Future consideration

Add nosetuid option to a Mount request in the z/OS Data set and file REST API

Without the nosetuid option a mount request requires a user have authority to the SUPERUSER.FILESYS.MOUNT resource which is usually reserved for administrators or sys progs, and most average users do not have this authority. With nosetuid a mount ...
over 3 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

Allow BCPii to see capacity records that have been downloaded but not accepted/installed. Even better would be for it to install those records and activate them if desired. Activation is most likely only useful for loaner record.

If there is a new capacity record downloaded, we can't even see it in BCPii. If we could we could alert someone that an action needs to be taken to "get" that record. Of course, letting BCPii get the record would be even better than just letting B...
over 1 year ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE) 0 Future consideration

Store/create/use SSH public-private key pairs in RACF and/or ICSF without using SSL certs

provide a means (similar to RACDCERT) to create, store, import, export, display, etc., SSH Public-Private key pairs within RACF, associated with a User ID, for use with SSH Ported Tools functionality (and ideally won't conflict with Dovetailed ven...
almost 4 years ago in z/OS / OpenSSH 1 Future consideration

JES_NJE_SECURITY Health Check Modification

Our environments unique design does not require only one component of the JES_NJE_Security check. We've determined that we are unable to deactivate just this component and are therefore requesting that the component be separated from the original ...
over 3 years ago in z/OS / JES2 1 Future consideration