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Port the tree command to Unix System Services

Either port the tree command or create an equivalent command for Unix System Services
about 8 years ago in z/OS / Shell & Utilities 2 Future consideration

z/OSMF utilPathSelector should return volume and other information for data sets

When using the z/OSMF utilPathSelector to select data sets, the return type of results is a string array containing a list of selected data set names only. This differs from the behaviour when using it to select files in zFS, which returns an arra...
about 1 year ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

Need to remove 16Mb limitation for REXX variable.

We need to manage data by rds tables in System Automation for z/OS. In particular We need to read and processes by batch jobs, the data stored in the rds tables that are into system automation.But there is a limit around 16Mb. This number, 16Mb, i...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / TSO 1 Future consideration

ZOSMF submitting jobs should also be controlled by surrogat class

The started task of z/OSMF can submit jobs without being checked on having a permit on a profile in the surrogat class.
over 4 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 1 Future consideration

DFSMSdss RESTORE should not be checking for any source devices when IMPORT is specified

The DFSMSdss RESTORE command should not perform any checks for the source volumes when the IMPORT parameter is specified.
about 8 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS DSS 1 Future consideration

SNMPTRAP module should allow more than 256 character input

Constructing SNMP TRAPs with multiple OIDs can easily result in the call to SNMPTRAP module longer than 256 characters. When it is over 256 characters, an error message is produced: DTCINB005E The command line is limited to 256 characters If possi...
about 1 year ago in z/VM 0 Future consideration

Add PIPELINING support in CSSMTP

The SMTP PIPELINING FUNCTION can increase the performance of transmitting SMTP mails to the remote SMTP Server (MTA). Especially in cases where a large number of mails have to be transmitted. CSSMTP does not support the SMTP PIPELINING function.
over 2 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 0 Future consideration

Provide PROCLIB display with ISRDDN

ISRDDN should provide a PROCLIB display, similar to LPA, APF, or LINKLIST, to display JES2 proclib information.
over 9 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 4 Future consideration

Ability to set the max LRECL for our site of have it contingent on the type of step

We've been tripped up by this setting quite a bit when creating our own workflows. Usually (almost always) when we perform a step that is JCL, we need the max LRECL to be 80 (the default is 1024). Unless you know that will be a problem when run yo...
about 1 year ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

Ability to disable the default jobcard in z/OSMF or have it as conditionally added if one isn't found in the JCL.

When using z/OSMF workflows, we seem to be forced to use the default jobcard regardless of whether or not the JCL we are using has one already. It's not a huge deal but it gives people the impression that they are getting a JCL error if they aren'...
about 1 year ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration