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    ADRDSSU enhanced Unix Support

    UNIX Support for ADRDSSU was introduces with the DFSMShsm Enhancements for Backup of Unix Files. The current DSS Design for USS files doesn't allow to use DSS with the same comfort for USS files as for classic datasets, as there is no support of s...
    10 months ago in z/OS / DFSMS DSS 0 Future consideration

    USS Enhanced ASCII automatic conversion support for IBM-1141 and other code pages.

    We would appreciate an enhancement in Unix System Services – Enhanced ASCII automatic conversion – so that it also works for code pages other than IBM-1047, such as IBM-1141. Currently, the following restriction exists: Only the EBCDIC IBM-1047 en...
    7 months ago in z/OS / USS 1 Functionality already exists

    Provide options to cancel active user sessions

    It would be beneficial to have options to cancel active user sessions in order to comply with an audit requirement. This would involve providing the following options: Enhancing the Usage Satatistics plugin by selecting a box beside a User ID, the...
    11 months ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 2 Future consideration

    Connect command shouldn't have a default owner

    Problem When you do connects in RACF and don't specify an owner it will default to the user id of whoever executed the command, this should be changed as it is not secure and can negatively affect uptime. This becomes an issue if a security admini...
    7 months ago in z/OS / RACF 3 Not under consideration

    Use EMCS console which are not Userid dependent in workflows

    The workflow "Configure AI Framework for IBM zOS" step 4 uses a EMCS console which name contains the userid ending with "CN". This means that one have to create a special user which is ending with "CN". Creating a new userid is not a as simple as ...
    8 months ago in z/OS / AI Framework 0 Future consideration

    Currently there's no check in the COPY command for ADRDSSU to see if the data sets are the RACF databases or not

    Hi - Sometime ago, there was a problem when the data sets which contains the RACF primary and backup databases were moved using ADRDSSU. The data sets were protected as recommended by the books as well as they were assigned the PSU attribute. Howe...
    almost 2 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS DSS 3 Functionality already exists

    sdsf parmlib option give member name

    We have the sdsf.parm command today. which lists the datasets in parmlib concatenation.It would be good to be able to issue sdsf.parm IGDSMS00 and it displays __ user.parmlib(IGDSMS00) __ sys1,parmlib(IGDSMS00) so I can then browse/edit it directl...
    about 1 month ago in z/OS / SDSF 2 Functionality already exists

    Enable SRB during IODF (soft) Activate

    Activating a new IODF can be a time-consuming process, especially when dealing with multiple sysplexes from different customers distributed across all CPCs that require activation. The process involves distributing the IODF to all sysplexes and pe...
    3 months ago in z/OS / BCP_IOS 2 Under review

    z/OSMF StorageAPI Get MegaBytes/GigaBytes instead of Tracks, get Used-Percent

    Hello, we are using /zosmf/storage/rest/v1/storagegroups for checking our z/OS Storage Groups for enough freespace / storage Monitoring. We found out, that we are only able to get trackNumbers, but not GigaBytes as measurement unit,in ISMF (ISPF) ...
    7 months ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 1 Future consideration

    Support DFSMSrmm Search Owner

    Today in DFSMSrmm there is the ability to search for all records except for owner records. In an environment using DFSMSrmm since years there are a lot of obsolete owner records, but a customer/user is not able to find out this records. For every ...
    about 1 year ago in z/OS / DFSMS RMM 1 Future consideration

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