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Migration data sets distinguished by different importance of the data sets.

We would like to be able to customize characteristics of migration data sets distinguished by different importance of the data sets. Currently, there is no way to configure specific migration tape data set name for different sets of files.All tape...
about 5 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 2 Future consideration

raise severity of message IQP041I

message IQP041I should be issued with severity of WARNING or ERROR. It indicates that PCIE support is NOT available. The system will come up regardllessly and message IQP041I is the only indication of the degradation.
about 9 years ago in z/OS / BCP_IOS 2 Future consideration

zOSMF zERT plugin configuration enhancement

Currently zERT do not support DB2 configuration with TCPALVER=SERVER_ENCRYPT or the RACF passticket. Please enhance zOSMF zERT component to provide user the ability to configure the client-side securityMechanism or encryptionAlgorithm Please refer...
over 5 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Future consideration

ISPF Edit Clipboard setup

Users can create an ISPF Edit Clipboard using the CUT command and can then manage them using the CUT DISPLAY Clipboard Manager. The Clipboard Manager supports a description for the clipboard but the only way to add the description is via the Clipb...
almost 8 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 0 Future consideration

z/OSMF Dynamic Vipa usage

We operate with two Tcpip stacks, one for internal customers and the other for external clients. When trying to use Dvipa for z/OSMF URL we had problems. We eventually had to add a local_override.cfg file to our configuration to have z/OSMF have a...
almost 8 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

Z/OS Unix OCOPY

Update OCOPY to correct abend S213-15 (IEC143I) if DSNTYPE=LARGE and SMS BLOCKTOKENSIZE is REQUIREd.
over 5 years ago in z/OS / USS 4 Future consideration

Ability to remove lines from drop down lists in ZOSMF.

Drop down lists, for instance when starting the <<workflow editor>> or <<Create Workflow>> functions, saves the last used definition filenames and workflow variable input filenames. That is very convenient, but there is no ...
over 5 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 1 Future consideration

z/OS console services - solKeyReg -> sol-key-detected:false -> fail the workflow step

In z/OSMF workflow REST API step, it's very inconvenient to check the response to API request and possibly fail the workflow step. Eg.: <requestBody substitution="true">{"cmd":"S BLABLA","system":"${_workflow-systemName}","sol-key": "^(?![\\...
about 4 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

Updating SYS1.SAMPLIB(EDGJRECV) to not require lost tape rack number or create new sample member to recover virtual volume

Currently, the EDGJRECV sample for recovering lost tape volume records in RMM CDS requires rack number in the IN1 DD CARD, which is not possible for virtual/logical volumes, so the sample cannot be used to recover lost virtual tape volume records.
about 4 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS RMM 0 Future consideration

JES2 $P command confirmation

$P (without parameters) is a very simple and powerful command in JES2 platform. It simply stops all the JES2 tasks, and nothing depending on them can go ahead. It is necessary to execute a $S command to resume processing. Although it is be very po...
about 8 years ago in z/OS / JES2 1 Future consideration

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