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Add syntax check to the Policy Agent image / parameter dataset

This function could catch syntax errors in the parameter dataset prior to implementation reducing potential outages.
12 months ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

Program control and system symbols

Hello Our colleagues make intensive use of system symbols when they install new softwareor do some maintenance. They can use it also for APF libraries and so on. Now we are struggling when we want make use of system symbols for program controlled ...
over 6 years ago in z/OS / RACF 4 Not under consideration

DSECT for SHCDS Listrecovery output or DSECTs for SHCDS-Commands outputs for processing/examining the output via program. If this is not possible, then please give a hint via SMPE (Usermod, Hold...) or somewhat else when the layout of this output changes.

We are using RLS in CICS and we use EXCI interface for quiescing and unquiescing Datasets in CICS, for further batch processing of RLS-datasets. To determine then recovery-status of the datasets which need to be quiesced via EXCI, we use IDCAMS-pr...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / DFSMS Catalog/IDCAMS/AMS 1 Not under consideration

DFSMS Storage group Analysis

DFSMS Storage Group Analysis : Currently, there is no way to check the allocations of a DFSMS Storage Group during a specific period. This makes it difficult to understand the amount of allocation, free space, largest free cylinders ( in each volu...
almost 4 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS SMS 3 Future consideration

zCX - Externalize failure information to the joblog

Hello, zCX generates FFDC files when a problem is experienced and in the above case zCX restarted. There is no indication of the nature of the problem in the joblog, just that FFDC dumps were captured and zCX was restarted. We have to open a case ...
over 4 years ago in z/OS / Container Extensions (zCX) 0 Future consideration

Set a Preference List for Monitoring System of a Coupling Facility

We think it is important to set which system will be responsable for monitoring full threshold of a specificCoupling Facility. In environments with GDPS, Ksys should have no product running unless GDPS own, on the recommendationthe GDPS, to not ha...
almost 8 years ago in z/OS / BCP_XCF/XES 0 Future consideration

Dynamically resolve variables in <fileTemplate> element

Currently, variables in the <fileTemplate> element of a workflow need to be statically defined in the workflow properties file.z/OSMF would become more flexible by dynamically resolving these/any type of variables at runtime.
over 3 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

Allow Sort Work (Temp datasets) to go multi volume

Could you please enhance DFSMS DFSORT to allow work files (Sort work/temporary files) created during SORT processing to go multi volume. Other temporary datasets can now go multi volume apart from SORT work datasets.
over 4 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS DFSORT 1 Not under consideration

Thin Provision Release from HSM for Mainframe

Provide for thin provisioning space release when HSM does space management on zOS.
over 4 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 0 Future consideration

SETXCF REALLOCATE with CF storage release delay

SETXCF REALLOCATE processing should be enhanced to handle temporary storage delay when CF performing structure space cleanup.
over 4 years ago in z/OS / BCP_XCF/XES 0 Future consideration

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