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Issue a IEFA110I message for Dynamic Allocation return code X'020C'

When Dynamic Allocation returns a return code X'0210', message IEFA110I is issued showing the job that is currently using the data set as this example shows. DELETE APP1.TECH.TABLE IKJ56225I DATA SET APP1.TECH.TABLE ALREADY IN USE, TRY LATERIKJ562...
almost 6 years ago in z/OS / BCP_Allocation 1 Not under consideration

Avoid out of storage abends in LLA

LLA should not try to honor LLACOPY when there is not enough private memory available to do so. A better behavior would be to reject the LLACOPY and produce a proper CSV message to indicate this anomaly. Maybe it is possible to delay the LLACOPY t...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / DFSMS PDS/PDSE 0 Future consideration

Enhance ISPF Edit Panel REXX to See *ALL* of the Data

Enhance ISPF Panel REXX to allow access beyond the zscreeni (current screen) to see the entire edit/view data. This will allow changing hilighting when text spans screens, and will also allow other actions based on the entire edit data rather than...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / ISPF 2 Not under consideration

RACF batch utility to cleanup expired certificates

To Develop a RACF utility to cleanup/delete expired certificates in the RACF database with parameters specifying the expiration date & older.The date parameter specification/s can be a (-) minus 365 days from the current date. Just to elaborat...
about 1 year ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Not under consideration

DFSMSdss support backup/restore of OFFLINE Volumes (like CA:Disk)

We are doing (consistent) Volume FlashCopy (with NOCOPY).Because of Duplicate VOLSER the FlashCopy Target Volume is OFFLINE.We need IBM utility to COPY this Volume to (virtual)Tape
over 6 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS DSS 0 Future consideration

Add timestamp to message IZUG024I in zosmf server joblog stdout

Adding timestamp to message IZUG024I in zosmf server joblog stdout can help user easyly idetified the server startup ended time.
over 5 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 1 Not under consideration

Add parm to increase SORTIN and SORTOUT buffers to improve reading and writing throughput

DFSORT's ability to read and write SORTIN and SORTOUT files appears restricted enough to impact the throughput of both Standard files and Striped files. For SORTIN large Striped files can be read 4 times faster by OPTIONs COPY or EASYTRIEVE. CPU u...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS DFSORT 3 Not under consideration

ISPF gives error ISP190A whenever a VER NONBLANK test is used on a non-panel field

The ISPF panel verify statement (VER) displays a message when a variable doesn't meet the verification criteria. It also automatically places the cursor to the last panel field referred to in any panel statement. This is likely the same field as t...
almost 4 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 1 Future consideration

DfSMSdss generic RENAME to allow change in number of qualifiers

DfSMSdss provides the RENAME and RENAMEUNCONDITIONAL options to rename datasets when they are restored or copied, either by changing the first-level qualifier of the dataset name, or by matching the dataset name to an 'old-name' in a list of (old-...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS DSS 1 Future consideration

HSM post back status should respond quicker rather than waiting to notify DB2

HSM post back status respond quicker rather than waiting to notify DB2 of the issue to release resources
over 3 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 0 Future consideration

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