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CFRM Policy Editor Should Make It Easier to Manage PREFLISTs With More Than 2 CFs

The CFRM Policy Editor currently allows you to add a CF to a PREFLIST at the start, or the end, or in a random position. However, configurations with more than 2 CFs require an easier way to add CFs in any relative position in the PREFLIST.
almost 3 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

More granularity to secure JES2 commands

Nowadays you can only protect who can CANCEL any BATCH, any STC or any TSO in global but not by any other filter; for example: FORCE parameter, jobname,… If you have permission to the JES2.CANCEL.BAT resource, you can cancel any JOB. It would be i...
almost 10 years ago in z/OS / JES2 45 Future consideration

Ability to pull ACP tracking report using ICSF callable service. Adding report generation to ICSF ACP panel.

2 related requests as part of this RFE: 1. ACP tracking report(Across LPARs) generation/extraction using ICSF callable service, which can then be utilized by a batch job or any online (CICS/IMS) job/screen. 2. Adding report generation capability i...
about 6 years ago in z/OS / ICSF 0 Future consideration

Software management: Serverpac, et al. Configure Deployment should allow for BOTH a target volume, and Target Storage class, and add provision to code Dataclass

At my installation, we have SMS ACS routines for directing new OMVS datasets to certain StorClass/StorGroup, mainly for the automated allocation of user home ZFS containers.. This doesnt work for SYSRES contained OMVS datasets, so I must code STOR...
about 1 year ago in z/OS / SMP/E 0 Future consideration

Implement the existing, but not yet supported, TLStimeout parameter for IUCV IOCTL socket calls

When using IUCV IOCTL calls, in particular SIOCSECCLIENT and SIOCSECSERVER to secure an established socket connection, I have seen cases where the call sits indefinitely with no response or failure. Because the documented TLStimeout has not been i...
over 2 years ago in z/VM 3 Future consideration

DFSMSdss DUMP through dataset Alias

During a DFSMSdss DUMP operation the catalog search may find a match for a dataset alias, but it will not resolve to the related physical dataset and include that in the DUMP, it just reports ADR383W (001)-DTDSC(01), DATA SET A.B.C.ALIAS NOT SELEC...
over 3 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS DSS 0 Future consideration

Enhance ISPF Workplace to natively accept USS paths

ISPF Workplace allows you to perform all varieties of interaction with datasets from a single place. It does not natively support USS path names, assuming instead that any path entered is for the Workstation, via the Workstation Agent. Enhance the...
almost 9 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 1 Future consideration

Batch Update of WLM Service Policy

I would like IBM to provide some sort of capability to add mass changes to WLM without having to enter the changes one by one via ISPF or zOSMF panels. Yhis is useful when making more than just a few changes, especially if you are doing things tha...
about 5 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 1 Future consideration

Improve error reporting/LOGREC records associated with OBTAIN failure

We recently experienced an issue that involved VTOC corruption which required a ZAP to fix the VTOC. When the error occurred and was reported, there were messages and a LOGREC record that identified the volume involved, but there was no way to kno...
4 months ago in z/OS / DFSMS Disk Storage SW Support 0 Future consideration

CDA plugin on Zosmf

We're using CDA (DHSMS) more and more to feed S3 Buckets that are managed by colleagues on OPEN teams who are less at ease with the z/OS world.They'd like to be able to use z/osmf to list the Buckets defined for a user and possibly enter the acces...
4 months ago in z/OS / DFSMS Cloud Data Access 0 Future consideration

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