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Health check enhancement for XCF_CDS in a zOS Hyperswap environment managed by CSM

The existing checks XCF_CDS_SPOF and XCF_CDS_SEPARATION don't check in a HyperSwap environment that primary CDSes and alternate CDSes are on separate DASD boxes of different sites. An extention should check the site information of the HyperSwap se...
over 4 years ago in z/OS / BCP_IOS 1 Future consideration

Extend JES2 SSI to return INTRDR settings like AUTH and CLASS

Please add an API extension (presumably in SSI 82) to be able to obtain the current JES2 INTRDR (template) settings as modified by $T INTRDR. Specifically AUTH is urgently needed, but more settings like CLASS are welcome.
over 4 years ago in z/OS / JES2 0 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...
about 5 years ago in z/OS / BCP_SMF 0 Future consideration

Any OSPROTECT processing should be offloaded on zIIP processor

When enabling the OSPROTECT=1 attirbute, any additional workload should not be executed on CP but on a zIIP processor
over 1 year ago in z/OS / General 1 Not under 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...
about 5 years ago in z/OS / USS 3 Future consideration

Add OpenSSH parameter to control whether RACF checks are made by the TERMINAL or SERVAUTH class

Please add a parameter to control whether RACF checks are made by the TERMINAL or SERVAUTH classes, such as the PORTOFENTRY4 parameter for FTP. Per PMR23901,7TD,000 discussion if a remote IP address is covered at all in ANY NETACCESS statement the...
over 9 years ago in z/OS / Ported Tools 1 Future consideration

Allow suppression of TSO message OPERATOR ACTION HAS BEEN REQUESTED FOR YOUR DATA SET when accessing GDG tape

The current experience for when a TSO user opens GDG tape datasets via dynamic allocation is the user will receive message on screen "OPERATOR ACTION HAS BEEN REQUESTED FOR YOUR DATA SET" for each dataset referenced. This happens because a TPUT is...
7 months ago in z/OS / TSO 1 Future consideration

Multiple OMVS file for STDENV

I would like use multiple OMVS file for STDENV. Usage of concatenate file in MVS environment for STDENV is authorise but not for the OMVS file.
almost 3 years ago in z/OS / USS 1 Future consideration

Release BCPii commands to manage ADD/REMOVE Partitions, inside CAPACITY GROUP resources for zXX IBM Processors

It could be useful for Customer called to dynamically change (expecially if required in recursively way) Lpars associated to Capacity Groups. I think it could be made available via new simple HWISET BCPii commands inside z/OS platform. Actually th...
7 months ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE) 1 Functionality already exists

TSO RECEIVE support for DSNTYPE keyword

Allow XMIT files of a PDS to be restored to DSNTYPE(LIBRARY). That is, after command "RECEIVE INDS(xmit.dataset)" is issued, allow response to be "DA('new.pdse.name') DSNTYPE(LIBRARY)" and RECEIVE will allocate the new PDSE with DSNTYPE=LIBRARY be...
over 2 years ago in z/OS / TSO 1 Future consideration

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