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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...
over 4 years ago in z/OS / USS 3 Future consideration

Healthcheck for CPU consuming remaining USS subprocess

There is no internal instrument of the operating system which detects and terminates processes as described in the use case. We received a user modified health check which solves the described lack. It would be good if it becomes part of the offic...
almost 5 years ago in z/OS / USS 2 Future consideration

syntaxcheck

We would like to request extend syntaxcheck by including 'PARM(...)' checking also when syntaxcheck for bpxprm is executed.
about 6 years ago in z/OS / USS 2 Future consideration

Issue WTO about the ROOT (sysplex root) mount after processing BPXPRMxx

As we had a failure to mount the sysplex root correctly (see PMR), it would be very useful to have an indication after processing the BPXPRMxx (IPL) how the root filesystem was mounted (RO or RDWR). If the mount was not made as wanted (see PMR) ma...
about 8 years ago in z/OS / USS 2 Future consideration

Create command to list a users number of USS processes (in use and highwater!!)

SYSTEM : z/OS Unix System ServicesActor : KBC needs a new feature We have a need to lower our MAXPROCUSER setting to protect system stability. We use USS for many critical business processes. Description : There is no command to list the max used ...
almost 3 years ago in z/OS / USS 1 Future consideration

e-poll/io_uring support

e-poll or the more modern io_uring support is essential in USS for modern programming environments like node-js and Go language
over 4 years ago in z/OS / USS 1 Future consideration

Update zlsof -d command

Update the zlsof -d command to identify the blocksize in its output so the size of the locked or delete file can be accurately determined. Today, the zlsof -d displays the following:CommandPID UserFile System MountpointSizeInode/file The user cann...
about 5 years ago in z/OS / USS 1 Future consideration

NOSETUID as a MOUNT default

We are a very large USS environment and in the interest of security would prefer to mount the vast majority of our filesystems using NOSETUID. We have thousands of mounts to maintain. The current mount default of SETUID requires specification of N...
over 5 years ago in z/OS / USS 1 Future consideration

Improve USS_PARMLIB Healthcheck to allow for async mounts

Healthcheck USS_PARMLIB flags an exception for filesystems that are mounted asynchronously. The error is 'Path not found. RC=00000070 RSN=05940350'. However, by the time the check runs again, the file system is mounted so the check is successful. ...
almost 6 years ago in z/OS / USS 1 Future consideration

CHECK(IBMUSS,USS_PARMLIB_MOUNTS) make MTAB updatable.

IBM Healthchecks are very good to follow, to avoid an outage. We use them a lot! But if a mount statement of a ZFS data set is wrongly defined in BPXPRMxx. The Healthcheck (IBMUSS,USS_PARMLIB_MOUNTS) complains with an exception. "ZFS NOT MOUNTED. ...
about 9 years ago in z/OS / USS 3 Future consideration