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GDKU0013I Add local name is DD:LOCAL

Hello, The objective is to have the name of the files transferred to the bucket (endpoint / Data_source / Data in object storage), without having to go to DEBUG with GDKU0013I With level(debug) DEBUG: DD:LOCAL is DataSet: true, name: FILE.NAME DEB...
6 months ago in z/OS / DFSMS Cloud Data Access 2 Delivered

Add Azure Support for CDA

We would like support in z/OS 2.4 to transfer data to and from MS Azure file and blob storage.
12 months ago in z/OS / DFSMS Cloud Data Access 3 Delivered

add the jobname to the jes2 notification email

The NOTIFY statement email received uses a subject line of "z/OS job event notification" which makes multiple emails all look the same for the most part. Why not add the jobname to the subject line?
over 4 years ago in z/OS / JES2 1 Delivered

Dynamically increase of XCF Notepad size

Provide a solution where we can increase the Notepad size without disruption of services. When we create a notepad, we are already planning its size considering future growth. However, due the high demand for notepad utilization during our project...
about 7 years ago in z/OS / BCP_XCF/XES 1 Delivered

Need a "select all data types" option when doing HMC backups

System: z Series HMC - Drivers 36, 41 and future.Actor: User needing new feature Description: "Save/Restore Customizable Console Data" is used to back up all customizable data types on each of our HMCs. We backup all data types and a manual select...
over 4 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE) 2 Delivered

NCA: Tailored include/obeyfile should not be limited to LRECL during provisioning

In the z/OSMF Network Configuration Assistance for Cloud configuration; you specify an include and obeyfile for every z/OS image. The 'general' default is a PDSE with FB LRECL 80. The same applied to the 'ezb_cloud_allocate_stack_pdse' workflow as...
over 2 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Delivered

Enhance HSM ARCCMDxx to use system symbols or permit a concatenation of ARCCMDxx members

This would allow for a customized startup of HSM based on system symbols. Production vs DR Test for example.
over 2 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 2 Delivered

Allow DIRMAINT to sense actual physical volume sizes when volumes are added to available disk pools

Any DIRMAINT user
about 2 years ago in z/VM 6 Delivered

Create health check for usercats not in VLF class IGGCAS

Usercatalogs should be defined to VLF class IGGCAS for best performance. A health check should be created to show any usercats that are not in the IGGCAS class for VLF.
over 4 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS Catalog/IDCAMS/AMS 5 Delivered

Message GFSA728E should show causing userid

Message GFSA728E shows invalid mapping for a user through Kerberos authentication but not which userid it is.
over 2 years ago in z/OS / Network File System (NFS) 1 Delivered

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