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IEBCOPY Site Default for GENS=ALL

IEBCOPY should have a site wide default (parmlib) for GENS=ALL
about 3 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS PDS/PDSE 0 Future consideration

SMF Record for dataset allocation

If a dataset is allocated by a DD statement in a batch job and never opened, the dataset is allocated for the duration of the job step however no SMF record is cut.
almost 8 years ago in z/OS / BCP_SMF 1 Future consideration

zfsadm shrink should provide a means to automatically specify -size without running aggrinfo or calculating from fsinfo

zfsadm shrink requires too much manual intervention to be useful. -size must be taken either from aggrinfo, or calculated from fsinfo, then manually added to the zfsadm shrink command. zfsadm shrink should provide a means to do this automatically ...
over 2 years ago in z/OS / z/OS File System (zFS) 2 Future consideration

zfsadm shrink should provide means to mount R/O filesystem R/W, then switch back to R/O after zfsadm shrink completes

zfsadm shrink requires too much manual intervention to be useful. Forcing a user to manually remount the filesystem R/W, then remount it again as R/O is time-consuming and error prone. zfsadm shrink should provide a means to do this automatically....
over 2 years ago in z/OS / z/OS File System (zFS) 1 Future consideration

Add options for connecting to a decommissioned CPC

When a CPC has been removed (i.e. moving from z15 to z16), it stays in the network for a little while. When doing the HWILIST such as by Broadcom's BCPii feature, it gets this decommissoned CPC and tries to connect. Once it tries the RESTful inter...
4 months ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE) 0 Future consideration

Need method to repair "admin" ID

The issue is that when logged in as the admin user that was built from the provision workflow, and /home/admin file/directory permissions get changed, including .ssh to something that SSH doesnt like, causes subsequent SSH logins to fail. Since th...
4 months ago in z/OS / Container Extensions (zCX) 0 Future consideration

Please add support for generating a Certificate Signing Request with email address (/E=email@xyz.com)

Today you can't make a RACDCERT GENCERT with an email address in the SUBJECTSDN, as you can using other certificate tools. RACF supports the email address, if it comes in a Certificate from an external source like EKMF, Windows etc.. We experience...
9 months ago in z/OS / RACF 0 Future consideration

Determine why User ID is REVOKED. Excessive Password Violations or Administrative Revoke

Note: It was suggested I open this RFE with RACF and zSecure. There will be 2 identical RFEs one for each product. There is no way to determine why a User ID is REVOKED. When an administrator looks at a User ID that is revoked, there is not anyway...
almost 4 years ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Future consideration

Thin Provision Release from HSM for Mainframe

Provide for thin provisioning space release when HSM does space management on zOS.
about 5 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 0 Future consideration

DFSMS Storage group Analysis

DFSMS Storage Group Analysis : Currently, there is no way to check the allocations of a DFSMS Storage Group during a specific period. This makes it difficult to understand the amount of allocation, free space, largest free cylinders ( in each volu...
over 4 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS SMS 3 Future consideration

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