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MVSPUT Default trasfer type

When transferring data between two MVS systems which are EBCDIC environments the default transfer type should be set to EBCDIC instead of the default client ASCII 7-bit as it is currently when using MVSPUT or MVSGET commands. There is a guarantee ...
over 4 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

DFHSM CDS Reorganization's interval

We conduct periodic REORGANIZATION of the CDS DATA SET in DFHSM and stop DFHSM on each occasion. We don't want to implement the reorganization as our customer system is 24/7. CA reclaim function might reduce the intervals of reorganizations, but w...
over 4 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 3 Not under consideration

Issue a IEFA110I message for Dynamic Allocation return code X'020C'

When Dynamic Allocation returns a return code X'0210', message IEFA110I is issued showing the job that is currently using the data set as this example shows. DELETE APP1.TECH.TABLE IKJ56225I DATA SET APP1.TECH.TABLE ALREADY IN USE, TRY LATERIKJ562...
almost 6 years ago in z/OS / BCP_Allocation 1 Not under consideration

Enhance ISPF Edit Panel REXX to See *ALL* of the Data

Enhance ISPF Panel REXX to allow access beyond the zscreeni (current screen) to see the entire edit/view data. This will allow changing hilighting when text spans screens, and will also allow other actions based on the entire edit data rather than...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / ISPF 2 Not under consideration

RACF batch utility to cleanup expired certificates

To Develop a RACF utility to cleanup/delete expired certificates in the RACF database with parameters specifying the expiration date & older.The date parameter specification/s can be a (-) minus 365 days from the current date. Just to elaborat...
about 1 year ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Not under consideration

Add timestamp to message IZUG024I in zosmf server joblog stdout

Adding timestamp to message IZUG024I in zosmf server joblog stdout can help user easyly idetified the server startup ended time.
over 5 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 1 Not under consideration

Add parm to increase SORTIN and SORTOUT buffers to improve reading and writing throughput

DFSORT's ability to read and write SORTIN and SORTOUT files appears restricted enough to impact the throughput of both Standard files and Striped files. For SORTIN large Striped files can be read 4 times faster by OPTIONs COPY or EASYTRIEVE. CPU u...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS DFSORT 3 Not under consideration

Simplify syntax for IDCAMS

Allow for an simplified syntax of IDCAMS commands No need for end of line continuation characters '-' or '+'. A statement (such as DEFINE, ALTER) would end when a new one begins. New END-statement syntax (END-DEFINE, END-ALTER) to signify the end ...
7 months ago in z/OS / DFSMS Catalog/IDCAMS/AMS 1 Not under consideration

LE: Allow TERMTHDACT option that combines UAONLY with MSG behavior, *without* the CEEDUMP clutter

Please provide an option for TERMTHDACT which provides the CICS transaction dump that UAONLY provides, along with the CESE output that MSG provides, without the copious CEEDUMP output that DUMP provides. In other words, we ONLY want the CICS trans...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / LE 2 Not under consideration

Operlog should write more than a single MDB to a logblock to allow connecting of multiple MDBS for long multi-line messages

OPERLOG currently only writes a single Message Data Block (MDB) to a logblock for the OPERLOG logstream. When attempting to display OPERLOG in hardcopy format, know applications like IEAMDBLG, SDSFLOG and ISFLOG read single logblocks containing si...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / BCP_Consoles 1 Not under consideration

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