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zOSMF Enforce Default save location for all workflows

There is no possibility to define or enforce a default save location for all users. Each User can save a workflow to any location where he/she was write access to. As this can produce a complete mess and no one have an overview about all workflows...
almost 8 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 3 Future consideration

Restore nonEAV dataset to EAV area when not enough nonEAV space

On IBM main a customer attempted a restore of a dataset and failed due to nor enough nonEAV space. Other forum member directed user to Patch area and restored to EAV area with changing to EAV compatible attributes. Suggest an option statement for ...
3 months ago in z/OS / DFSMS DSS 0 Future consideration

DSFS create command to allocate new z/OS dataset

The use of the dsfs createparm or extattr to define a prototype for new datasets is not intuitive. Suggest creating a dsfs makeds command to allocate a new ps or pds using appropriate attributes on the command. There would be no need for prototype...
about 1 year ago in z/OS / Data Set File System (DSFS) 3 Future consideration

IBM zSort accelerator to support removing dublicates

We have enabled the IBM zSort accelerator with succes. But notice that some of our jobs containing sorts, are not elegible.Specifically jobs that sort and remove duplicates. We believe that removing duplicates is a feature that should be possible ...
almost 3 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS DFSORT 0 Future consideration

Improve ISPF 3.17 by allowing CD on the command line

ISPF 3.17 (UDList) is a useful tool but navigating can be improved by allowing the user to enter a change directory command on the command line. This would mean that the command line would need to allow mixed case text to be entered.
over 6 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 5 Future consideration

z/OS 3.1 SDSF and "FS - File systems OMVS" MOUNTPARM Truncated to 57 chars.

The z/OS OMVS MOUNTPARM: parameter can be up to 1024 characters long. Suggestion: 1. If not possible for SDSF to return the complete MOUNTPARM value up to 1024 then please tell this in the: SDSF Help Text panel ( F1 Help Key) Help-Text MOUNTPARM !...
11 months ago in z/OS / SDSF 0 Future consideration

Enhance LISTDSI to support Relative GDGs

Enhance LISTDSI to support Generation Data Sets with relative GDG.
over 5 years ago in z/OS / TSO 1 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

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

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