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New feature of migratie DPM system by HMC/SE UI

DPM machine do not have a formal HMC/SE UI option to migrate system configuration between different machine generation. Current solution for this DPM migration is using API. For example, if customer want to migrate a DPM machine from z14 to z15, t...
over 4 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / DPM 2 Future consideration

Crypto Hardware Adjunct Processor Assignment

Crypto Adjunct Processors (APs) are assigned to Crypto PCHIDs at Power-on Reset time. In our experience they differ across multiple z15s despite being identical in hardware configuration. Can we manually assign APs to PCHIDs even if it requires a ...
over 4 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / Crypto HW 1 Future consideration

Provide iNotify subsystem as on Linux and LoZ

This is a request to have an 'inotify' subsystem on z/OS, as currently exists on Linux and LoZ. There's no API on z/OS to monitor activity on directories, and poll() can only monitor files, sockets, etc. - but not directories.
over 4 years ago in z/OS / USS 2 Future consideration

TSO - Simplify Reconnect by providing option to reconnect or cancel instead of re-logging on

TSO reconnect is a manual process, and should be more automated by providing an option to reconnect when a reconnect situation is detected.
about 9 years ago in z/OS / TSO 1 Future consideration

Allow ML1 DASD volume DEFRAG when HSM is active

Based on a Case that I had opened regarding the use of DFDSS DEFRAG and ML1 DASD volumes, IBM Support mentioned that "...if you want to do defrag the ML1 volumes, you should backup the ML1 volumes first and then shutdown HSM. You should not runnin...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 0 Future consideration

Add a message to indicate an error when z/OSMF cannot verify the certificate you provided

An error message indicating z/OSMF couldn't use the certificate provided (visible to the end-user) would decrease the amount of ICH408I messages in our system log. Something like "Certificate not recognized by z/OSMF. Use standard login method ins...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

BPXWMIGF Swap Enhancement

I'd like the ability for the bpxwmigf migration tool to quiese the source file system at the end of the copy to target file system process so that the swap can safely be performed even if the source file system is actively being written to or read...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / USS 0 Future consideration

Additional information about the status of Cache Fast Write

Currently there is no easy way to be sure, that Cache Fast Write(CFW) is not used on your system. But in the event of an hyperswap CFW can be a problem. Therefore every customer should know their configuration. The problem is that the "DEVSERV P" ...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / DFSMS Disk Storage SW Support 1 Future consideration

Have the functionality (PS to PSE) added to the DSS product.

We are moving data using ADRDSSU from legacy systems without any advanced dataset functionality to systems that support EAVS and hardware compression. The inability to replace PSE datasets with PS datasets is causing the restore jobs to finish CC ...
over 4 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS DSS 1 Future consideration

Allow DHSMSHSM to set a lifecycle policy during bucket creation

We are using IBM Transparent Cloud Tiering and HSM to migrate data to the cloud. We have had instances where the migration fails, which can result in orphaned "multipart uploads in progress" on the cloud object storage. We have been manually remov...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 0 Future consideration

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