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Allow to specify a conversion technique when using CUNMTUNI batch tool

The Unicode Services batch client CUNMTUNI always uses the default technique-search-order for character conversion making it unusable with user-defined conversion tables (except maybe by using a user-defined codepage which would require a SMP/E us...
over 3 years ago in z/OS / BCP_Unicode 2 Future consideration

We are requesting that 3 workflow properties be made into workflow internal workflows

We would like to have the following workflow properties be made obtainable through workflow internal variables. The properties are: 1) WorkflowVersion2) containsParallelSteps3) A property that can be used to obtain the source of the worklflow defi...
over 3 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

Add BWO when performing dataset level flashcopy of an open VSAM dataset.

Please see PMR 23957,442,000.This request is needed to address a problem introduced when migrating our DFDSS logical backups from Concurrent Copy to FlashCopy (Using DFDSS FASTREPLICATION). At times when a dataset flashcopy is taken and we later a...
over 9 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS DSS 2 Future consideration

Support NFS V4.1 in z/NFS client

At the moment we are looking for solutions to get rid of the DFS/SMB-server on our z/OS mainframe environment.We tried using the z/OS NFS Client software to connect to the Microsoft NFS Server on a Windows Server installation,however we ran into p...
over 3 years ago in z/OS / Network File System (NFS) 3 Future consideration

z/OSMF supplied ftp profiles need to be GDPR compliant

z/OSMF supplied ftp profiles can't be modified to require passwords (per GDPR compliance) and can't be removed. They are useless now and confusing, as they can't be removed and can't be modified.
almost 6 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 1 Future consideration

Add Service Class to more RMF Records

RMF has always had serviceclass / workload Information in the 72 records. Now more and more records are added with job-Level Detail such as 74.2 XCF member activity and 77 Enqueue activity. To "connect" the jobnames from These records with workloa...
over 9 years ago in z/OS / Advanced Data Gatherer 4 Future consideration

Ability to customise z/OSMF Software Management Deployments to add additional jobs

Currently the jobs generated to perform a deployment are fixed. We need to be able to customise 'Deployment' so we can add our own JCL at any stage of the deployment checklist. This is required so we can make z/OSMF deployment perform all the step...
over 2 years ago in z/OS / SMP/E 0 Future consideration

DFSMSHSM LIST DATASET with Cloud Object Name

We are able to get a list of the Cloud Containers / Buckets, migrated data sets, and listing of the Contain objects using the following: LIST CLOUD(cloudname) LIST LEVEL(x) LIST CLOUD(cloudname) CONTAINER(containername) Using these lists, it is st...
over 2 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 1 Future consideration

Abend0C4 in IFGDEBLK+13C at level UA97888 without FRR established

Client is worried that CLOSE abends without RECOVERY ROUTINE ESTABLISHEDas indicated by Software Logrec Record for ABEND0C4 at IFGDEBLK+13C (DEBCHECK during CLOSE) with: „THERE WAS NO RECOVERY ROUTINE ESTABLISHED."Details:A user program run in ABE...
almost 5 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS OCEOV 0 Future consideration

z/OSMF console plugin showing locked status in console tab

If lock is pressed for the console. The locked status is only displayed at the overview tab but we would need such an information in the console tab preventing a timeout situation.
over 3 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration