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Provide UNIX dirfd() functionality on z/OS for portability

dirfd - extract the file descriptor used by a DIR streamJustification: For purposes of porting code from other UNIX platforms to z/OS support for the OpenGroup defined dirfd() function should be provided so that a directory can be assigned a file ...
over 9 years ago in z/OS / USS 3 Future consideration

z/OS USS DYNACT reset SERV_LINKLIB/LPALIB values back to default

I accidentally set USS SERV_LPALIB to something. Want to reset it back to the default, in my case - NULLS or NONE. There is no way to do it (discussed with John Shebey + John Helmbold).
over 9 years ago in z/OS / USS 2 Future consideration

UNIX System Services does not recognize a sysplex-aware filesystem

When a zFS filesystem is dynamically changed from non-sysplex aware to sysplex aware, USS does not recognize the filesystem as being sysplex aware. This can cause confusion as to whether the filesystem is indeed sysplex aware or not. Healthchecker...
over 9 years ago in z/OS / USS 5 Future consideration

Total space obtained from a profile of files with Naviquest

En referencia al PMR 45057,100,838, queríamos abrir un RFE (si todavía no hay uno abierto) para que se amplíe la restricción del tamaño máximo del lenguaje CLIST (The values of numeric variables must be integers in the range from -2,147,483,647 (-...
over 6 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS ISMF/Naviquest 1 Future consideration

DFSORT diagnostic messages: suggested enhancements

I have been encouraging the use of DFSORT/ICETOOL in our shop. We have found 3 diagnostic messages which currently provide too little information for easy problem diagnosis. We would like to see these messages enhanced to contain additional diagno...
over 9 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS DFSORT 1 Future consideration

64-bit version of CEE3ERP required

CICS TS 4.2 and above provide support for Java by running a JVM within a 64-bit PIPI enclave (CELQPIPI). Every thread within the enclave begins life as an LE pthread and so has the LE ESTAE active for error handling. CICS enabled threads will addi...
over 9 years ago in z/OS / LE 2 Future consideration

SMP/E BPX.SUPERUSER alternative

The requirement for BPX.SUPERUSER access to install and maintain products with HFS parts is becoming a big problem and some sort of alternative that restricts the use to SMP/E purposes only or somethning like that is needed.
over 9 years ago in z/OS / SMP/E 1 Future consideration

Health Check for USS mounts would benefit from ability to specify "expected deviation"

In a multi-member sysplex it isn't unusual for a shared BPXPRMxx member to attempt to mount a symbolically described ZFS at a mountpoint already occupied by a data set from another IPL set. This is flagged as a mount failure on the system attempti...
over 9 years ago in z/OS / USS 2 Future consideration

Add enhancement on AT-TLS generating EWOULDBLOCK which leads to CDC error message CHC9500E

Please add more enhancements to resolve the cases related to CDC error message CHC9500E below we have reported to IBM regarding the maintenance that supports the situation on AT-TLS generating EWOULDBLOCK after signalling that data was available t...
over 3 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 0 Future consideration

Enable CFVM Thin Interrupts for shared ICFs

When sharing a physical ICF between real CF LPARs and a VM-mode LPAR (for use by CFVMs), the real CF LPARs can set the dynamic dispatch mode to "Thin Interrupt" to reduce ICF usage by any particular LPAR. z/VM use of an ICF in a CF Virtual Machine...
over 6 years ago in z/VM 0 Future consideration