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IEBPTPCH includes a module IEBPPCH1 which includes SIIS coding and it causes increase CPU TIME under z15 or z16.

This client migrated hardware from zEC12 to z15 and z16 with z/OS V2R1 to V2R5. IEBPTPCH CPU time increased four times after migration of hardware and z/OS. We opened a case as TS019579686 and SME recommended us to open IBM ideas as follows. From ...
5 months ago in z/OS / DFSMS Utilities 0 Under review

ISPF Edit Highlighting for awk

awk is a powerful scripting language for text manipulation in the USS arena. ISPF should support this language. All ISPF users would benefit from this enhancement.
8 days ago in z/OS / ISPF 1 Submitted

Provide ACEE change correction capability

Currently ACEECHK capabilities in RACF detect unexpected changes to the ACEE control block and its associated control blocks (TOKEN, ACEX, etc.) and issue IRR421I messages showing what has been changed. Please provide an option to change the contr...
8 days ago in z/OS / RACF 0 Submitted

Port the dnf package manager with RPM-based distributions for open-source software to z/OS

dnf is a package manager that simplifies software management on RPM-based distributions. Its commands for installing, updating, searching, and removing packages, along with the ability to manage repositories, make it a valuable tool for system adm...
about 2 months ago in z/OS / Shell & Utilities 0 Submitted

STGADMIN (ADMIN) AUTHORIZATION FOR REPLACE KEYWORD

We would like to have a separate FACILITY profile STGADMIN.ADR.STGADMIN.RESTORE.REPLACE to be able to protect the replace functions for DFSMSdss STORAGE ADMINS. Storage admin should be able to restore any data set but not necessary be able to repl...
16 days ago in z/OS / DFSMS DSS 0 Under review

More Granular RACF Dataset member level access SAF checking

We have a PDS dataset where several application encrypted password files are housed. Splitting the contents of this PDS is not easily achievable. Can RACF architecture allow for an enhancement feature that performs dataset access SAF checks at the...
4 months ago in z/OS / RACF 0 Not under consideration

Avoid Remote VL CP Penalties By Utilizing Local Resources When Drawer Fit Fails

On IBM z16 servers, we have observed a significant increase in the cost of accessing data/memory located in a remote drawer. In certain scenarios, this can result in a notable increase in CPI, leading to an LPAR’s CPU utilization doubling -or even...
6 months ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / General/Miscellaneous 1 Future consideration

Optimize DMR to Minimize Performance Impact During Drawer Swaps

On IBM z16 servers, we have observed a significant increase in the cost of accessing data/memory located in a remote drawer. In certain scenarios, this can result in a notable increase in CPI, leading to an LPAR’s CPU utilization doubling -or even...
6 months ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / General/Miscellaneous 1 Not under consideration

Enable System Recovery Boost for DMR Events Triggered By Drawer Swaps

On IBM z16 servers, we have observed a significant increase in the cost of accessing data/memory located in a remote drawer. In certain scenarios, this can result in a notable increase in CPI, leading to an LPAR’s CPU utilization doubling -or even...
6 months ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / General/Miscellaneous 1 Future consideration

Support for 32 TB of real memory per LPAR via feature statement

Would like to be able to have fewer, larger LPARs. If the reconfigurable memory is the limiting factor, then for cases where reconfigurable/dynamic memory is not needed, it should be possible to include a config file statement that disables/bypass...
9 days ago in z/VM 0 Submitted