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RMM shall keep Vol/Dataset information for all volumes, till TS77* Expire-Hold is reached

TS77* LWorm data set and volume information are cleared when scratch. This information is very important when volumes are deleted by accident.
over 3 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS RMM 2 Delivered

Support for GA2 to GA1 driver downgrade option

While planing to upgrade z14 GA1 to GA2 driver, the customer asks IBM to prepare guaranteed contingency revert plan in the case of GA2 driver causes the customer's production system failure. Unlike MCL apply, GA2 driver upgrade includs lots of new...
over 5 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / General/Miscellaneous 1 Delivered

There are no ++ASSIGNs for PTFs in the global zone when there are no PTFs to be shipped in the order.

Customer requests one or more PTFs, but the result is PTF not found. SMP/E sees the PTF-not-found response and immediately submits another order, requesting only HOLDDATA. The customer's perceived trouble is ++ASSIGN statements are not provided in...
almost 8 years ago in z/OS / SMP/E 6 Delivered

OMVS GREP should support z/OS datasets

Many OMVS commands support accessing z/OS datasets using the "//'dataset.name'" but grep is not one of them. With OMVS scripting becoming more pervasive and with the need to access z/OS datasets still a requirement, this is important.
almost 3 years ago in z/OS / USS 2 Delivered

JES2 POLICY - read and use value of SYSTEM SYMBOL

Within the new JES2 POLICY we need the possibility to read and use some SYSTEM SYMBOLS.
almost 3 years ago in z/OS / JES2 1 Delivered

Expose IBM Z IFL Resource Assignment metrics

PR/SM can assign IFLs across CPC Drawers which has a reported 10 to 20% performance impact. This is dynamic and may occur when PR/SM Global Optimisation executes. In order to be able to identify such an unbalanced configuration for our Production ...
over 3 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE) 2 Delivered

Enhance CFRM Policy Editor to allow export of CFRM policy to CSV-format file

The z/OSMF CFRM Policy Editor is a major step forward in making it easier to view and change the contents of CFRM policies. However, there are situations where it would be valuable to be able to have the policy information in a spreadsheet-friendl...
over 2 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 1 Delivered

PCIT0506-970 Provide native MVS dataset support with SSH for secure FTP

SUBMITTER SECTIONSubmitted by: Julieta.RossSubmitters Company: Citigroup PUBLICRequirement Number and Title: PCIT0506-970 Provide native MVS dataset support with SSH for secure FTPHomework Assigned: NoRequirement Category: Core TechnologyCurrent S...
almost 9 years ago in z/OS / OpenSSH 3 Delivered

Mainframe utility to access S3 for store and retrieval

With increased use of the cloud we are facing a need to have S3 interface available on z/OS for transferring data between z/OS and the cloud.
almost 3 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS Cloud Data Access 2 Delivered

Extend isfjcall to call SDSF functions with parameters

Several SDSF functions allow the user to specify parameters on invocation, for example "CK E", "RM ALL", "DEV ACT". To the contrary, isfjcall runners always return all rows, often don't honor the function's default parameter (like for RM it is "RM...
almost 3 years ago in z/OS / SDSF 1 Delivered