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BUFNO calculation for Extended format sequential datasets

BUFNO are calculated according to the following formula: n—Extended format but not compressed format and not LBI (n = 2 × blocks per track × number of stripes)1—Compressed format data set, PDSE, SYSIN, SYSOUT, SUBSYS, UNIX files2—Block size > =...
over 3 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS Access Methods Non-Vsam 3 Future consideration

PDSE Member Generation access using JCL

Enhance JCL to enable access to PDSE V2 member generations.
over 6 years ago in z/OS / BCP_Allocation 1 Future consideration

Enhance the SYSOUT display with actual date/time

Current when entering /dsfs/sysout/xxx the date and time for the displayed jobs is the date/time that /dsfs/sysout/xxx was entered and *NOT* the date/time of the actual sysout job submission or creation. This is very misleading and should be fixed...
6 months ago in z/OS / Data Set File System (DSFS) 4 Future consideration

Process encryption using an AES 256 key with parameter FF1 on CPACF

Hello, Encryption using FF1 parameter (API ICSF CSNBFFXE / CSNBFFXD) is today processed on crypto cards On crypto cards, as the CP cache is not shared with the crypto card, the elaps time increased a lot (too much) if we want to encrypt data When ...
6 months ago in z/OS / Encryption Facility 0 Future consideration

Enabling of IGMP on z16 ETS Adapters

We are trying to use an FSM Labs Timekeeper Grandmaster II (base package 1.12; timekeeper version 8.0.31) PTP server as an External Time Source to our z16 at Bundle S31b. There is a Cisco N9K-C9348GC-FXP at Firmware Version 7.0(3)I7(7) in between....
6 months ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE) 0 Future consideration

Tolerate %NOCOMMENT and %COMMENT in initial /* rexx */ comment of a USS Rexx script

Under TSO/E, one may specify %NOCOMMENT in the first line /* rexx */ identifier as a signal to the TSO/E Rexx processor and to VLF to compress the in-storage source by removing all comment text, leaving just /**/. This saves storage during executi...
11 months ago in z/OS / USS 0 Future consideration

Enhance CFRM Policy Editor to Model Impact of a CF Being Unavailable

The primary reason for using Parallel Sysplex is to improve application availability. A key element to achieving that objective is avoid Single Points of Failure. One aspect of that is controlling placement of CF structures in relation to the syst...
about 3 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

CSSMTP needs to redrive DNS lookup other than at startup

Current CSSMTP functionality only resolves DNS names to IP addresses on product startup. PMRs and questions have led to responses that indicate the implementation ignores the DNS time to live (TTL) parameters and, quoting from the PMR, "... elimin...
about 7 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 0 Future consideration

Add scan/search capabilities to search through all backup members of a specific element

In the situation where a change tracker managed member must be restored, it’s not always clear which backup version of the member is the right one to restore. As of today, you can get a list of backups by clicking the menu button and the “Recover ...
12 months ago in z/OS / Change Tracker 0 Future consideration

"Manage PCI System Services" Panel - View Access

We are currently installing the MCLs on our z15s and there is a requirement to update the Resource Groups. In order to see from the processor which pchids are in which resource groups, so that we can compile an SoE to document what needs to be tak...
over 1 year ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE) 0 Future consideration

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