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z/OSMF FTPS - storing Transfer ID permanent

Since FTPS you have to use the transfer ID and password for sending data to IBM PMRs. There is no option to save the Transfer ID and password permanent. At the moment every z/OSMF user saves his own Transfer ID and password in an text file and use...
almost 6 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

Prevent sysplex outage in case of a loss of x-site DASD conn. affecting CFRM CDS's and x-site signaling conn. is maintained

When a system at site 2 first notices a loss of a CDS (primary, since that CDS is usually at site 1), it will broadcast a signal to other systems to initiate removal of the primary. The site 1 systems will dutifully do so but since all connectivit...
over 2 years ago in z/OS / BCP_XCF/XES 1 Future consideration

Use SAVE on LPAR View Attached Devices panel

After selecting an LPAR using the View Attached Devices (u) option it would great if the SAVE command could be used on the subsequent "View Partition / Devices" panel to allow the list to be saved to output dataset. The SAVE command is not availab...
4 months ago in z/OS / HCD 1 Future consideration

Ability to Order and Receive PTF's through z/OSMF

We would like to see z/OSMF offer start-to-end functionality for PTF's, providing the ability to order, receive, apply and accept PTF's. Currently it is only possible to APPLY and ACCEPT PTF's using z/OSMF. Without full start-to-end functionality ...
over 5 years ago in z/OS / SMP/E 1 Future consideration

HSM EXPIREBV to be part of Automated function

In most of the clients I have worked, one thing I observed is they were missing to run EXPIREBV regularly. Few shops schedule them as batch jobs or run adhoc and when people change or with time, they tend to forget to look into it. Because of this...
8 months ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 0 Future consideration

Extracting SMF in a single job step with a single pass of data

If I want to dump multiple different timeframes of data into an smf dataset I have to do it in multiple steps and mod'ing onto the output dataset For example if I want Type14 records from 2200 on 1st Jan to 06:00 on 3rd Jan I would have to do this...
over 2 years ago in z/OS / BCP_SMF 0 Future consideration

Provide a way to identify zCX address spaces

Customers would like to be able to identify address spaces as zCX running address spaces. Preferably they would like a field on an SDSF screen to say yes or no. Then they can sort of select based on that setting.
over 2 years ago in z/OS / Container Extensions (zCX) 0 Future consideration

z/OSMF Files API - Fully Support Migrated / Archived z/OS Data Sets

z/OSMF appears to detect migrated / archived z/OS data sets by the pseudo VOLSER name of `MIGRAT`. However, ISV products, like CADISK, may be configured to archive data sets on a VOLSER of 'ARCIVE`. z/OSMF should detect ARCIVE data sets as being m...
about 4 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 4 Future consideration

ISPF SELECT PGM should be enhanced to support calling a 64 bit program

ISPF currently has no code to support calling a program in 64 bit mode. When a SELECT PGM is done the program is invoked using the LINK macro and Reg 1 is set to the parm if any is specified. AMODE64 requires using LINKX and setting the AMODE64PK=...
almost 3 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 0 Future consideration

Fast Replication target volumes that have no UCB should be ignored

With FR the pool storage group(source) and the COPY POOL BACKUP storage group(target) must not contain predefined devices without UCB. Application data can grow very fast, so we use automated tasks that initialize new volumes. Unfortunatelly, when...
almost 2 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 0 Future consideration

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