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BUFNO calculation for Extended format sequential datasets

BUFNO are calculated according to the following formula: n—Extended format but not compressed format and not LBI (n = 2 × blocks per track × number of stripes)1—Compressed format data set, PDSE, SYSIN, SYSOUT, SUBSYS, UNIX files2—Block size > =...
over 3 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS Access Methods Non-Vsam 3 Future consideration

DFSMS, SREAD OVER VOLUMES depending upon volume-status and free-space

'Spread over volumes' allocated always on the volumes at the beginning of a storagegroup, regardless of volume-status : QUINEW,ENABLE and free-space. If it supported the behavior of primary allocation over multiple volumes no longer differs from o...
about 1 year ago in z/OS / DFSMS SMS 0 Future consideration

[zOSMF] Setting the threshold in Resource Monitor

I want to threshold monitoring using the resource monitor.In the current function, difficult to understand confirming whether or not the value is appropriate. When I did the demonstration of resource monitor for customers, we got opinions, such as...
over 8 years ago in z/OS / RMF 3 Future consideration

Man page for zfsadm - enhance

The zfsadm man page is a good start but needs to be enhanced thus: 1. Enable 'man -k .' to find information within it2. Expand to support the various zfsadm sub-commands (e.g. config) - suggest following the example of the ssh man pages which have...
over 6 years ago in z/OS / Documentation 5 Future consideration

ISPF does not record the alias name in SMF14ALIAS when accessing datasets via their alias

When browsing or editing datasets under ISPF, if the dataset is accessed through an alias, ISPF uses the real name to access it, rather than the alias. Other allocation services, such as JCL, use the alias. In z/OS 2.1, a new field in the SMF type...
over 8 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 1 Future consideration

PDSE Member Generation access using JCL

Enhance JCL to enable access to PDSE V2 member generations.
over 6 years ago in z/OS / BCP_Allocation 1 Future consideration

Enhance message IFA016I with the root cause

There are numerous reasons a SMF dump program IFASMFDP USER exit might not be available, but the IFA016I message is a catch-all / generic message that does not provide any useful information (outside of an abend issue) which the user can use to di...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / BCP_SMF 0 Future consideration

USS Kernel to lift MVS Wait restriction when threads need to be accessed by LE

LE CEEDUMPs fail to collect data from paused threads in a multi-threaded environment due to the use of PAUSE/RELEASE and are in an MVS Wait. We're requesting the USS Kernel remove this restriction (similar to APAR OA44116 for KernWait) so threads ...
11 months ago in z/OS / USS 0 Future consideration

z/OS FTP PROXY OPEN support over TLS

We've recently started to enforce TLS encryption for z/OS FTP connections. Some of our jobs use the FTP "proxy" command to request that a dataset be transferred from one z/OS FTP server to another z/OS FTP server. However, when this is done after ...
3 months ago in z/OS / Communications Server 0 Future consideration

Slayte AHA Test Aug 26

Submitted By: SHARE-z/OS Systems Programming Submitted Date: 08/26/2024 Submitter Name: Slayte Admin USER Submitter Email: admin@slayte.com Description: Test
3 months ago in z/OS / DFSMS Catalog/IDCAMS/AMS 1 Future consideration