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z/OSMF NCA Automatically detect the z/OS release level of a system image

We need z/OSMF NCA to automatically detect the z/OS release level of a system image. At the moment this parameter has to be set manually on the main "Systems" tab (select properties on a System Image (LPAR).
almost 3 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under consideration

Store dataset creating id in automatically during allocation

Provide a mechanism where the creating ID of a dataset can be stored in a place that can be easily displayed and reported on using standard tooling like Dcollect.
almost 4 years ago in z/OS / BCP_Allocation 3 Not under consideration

Improve the ISPF performance when listing/accessing a USS directory with a lot of files

The list or access to a USS directory containing a lot of files consumes a huge amount of CPU. The same CPU sonsumption is observed in Java programs accessing the directory
6 months ago in z/OS / z/OS File System (zFS) 2 Not under consideration

Enhance TBDISPL to enable Panel REXX Access to the Table

Enhance the TBDISPL service so that the table data on the ISPF Panel is accessible, and modifiable, using Panel REXX. This would eliminate the need for dynamic panels/table in over 50% (perhaps 90%+) of the use cases.
almost 3 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 3 Not under consideration

Allow a custom threshold to start additional servants

Customer has an Application Server configured with a mininum of 10 and maximum of 20 servants. Each servant is configured with the workload profile as "CUSTOM" and the variable server_region_custom_thread_count=200, witch give us a minimum total o...
almost 2 years ago in z/OS / BCP_WLM 1 Not under consideration

Secure Key Parsing

There is a use case where a password or key may need to be passed to a Job, Rexx, Exec or other operation securely. It would be useful to have a feature where by a key could entered when executing the operation and passed to it, possibly using som...
about 1 year ago in z/OS / Core Infrastructure 1 Not under consideration

Enhance Compiler and Library for REXX on IBM Z to Generate 64-bit Code

Submitted By: SHARE-MVSE Submitted Date: 06/05/2023 Submitter Name: Lionel Dyck Submitter Email: lionel_dyck@triserv.com Description: Enhanced the REXX Compiler to generate 64-bit code - let's free up the space below the bar.
7 months ago in z/OS / TSO 1 Not under consideration

Enhance Compiler and Library for REXX on IBM Z to Generate 64-bit Code

Submitted By: SHARE-MVSE Submitted Date: 06/05/2023 Submitter Name: Lionel Dyck Submitter Email: lionel_dyck@triserv.com Description: Enhanced the REXX Compiler to generate 64-bit code - let's free up the space below the bar.
7 months ago in z/OS / TSO 1 Not under consideration

Free screen size in ISPF

As monitor size have increased and the format of monitor have change from 4:3 to 16:9 I see a lot of monitor setups with monitors in landscape and portrait mode. And with 27" and 32" monitors a lot more can be showed on screen. At the moment ISPF ...
5 months ago in z/OS / ISPF 0 Not under consideration

LE AMODE 31/64 interoperability environment: use of ILC in parallel threads in Java

We want to be able to use the Java batch framework for parallel processing on z/OS in the same way as on other operating systems.We need to execute the batch on z/OS when we have to call COBOL modules for business functionality. The opportunity to...
2 months ago in z/OS / LE 1 Not under consideration

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