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IBM Z Hardware and Operating Systems Ideas Portal


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IEBCOPY Messages should indicate severit

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR0110123345User Marketing Field Requirement Number: SSMVSE11069Title: IEBCOPY Messages should indicate severity with type I W ESubmitted By: IBM User Group Relations/Dallas/IBMOriginators Area: UGDIV : S UGGROUP : MVS...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS Utilities 1 Future consideration

Messages From TSO/E RENAME Should Displa

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR0903133741User Marketing Field Requirement Number: SSMVSE13011Title: Messages From TSO/E RENAME Should Display Fully Qualified DSNSubmitted By: IBM User Group Relations/Dallas/IBMOriginators Area: UGDIV : S UGGROUP :...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS Utilities 1 Future consideration

MPFLIST Ability to Change Route/Descript

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR0301114729User Marketing Field Requirement Number: SSSHARE011667Title: MPFLIST Ability to Change Route/Descriptor CodesSubmitted By: IBM User Group Relations/Dallas/IBMOriginators Area: UGDIV : S UGGROUP : MVS UGPROJ...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / BCP_Consoles 1 Future consideration

MPF Enhancement-Remove suppression of de

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR0524115616User Marketing Field Requirement Number: SSSHARE011994Title: MPF Enhancement-Remove suppression of descriptor codeSubmitted By: IBM User Group Relations/Dallas/IBMOriginators Area: UGDIV : S UGGROUP : MVS U...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / BCP_Consoles 1 Future consideration

MPF add ability to set route and descrip

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR0903133743User Marketing Field Requirement Number: SSMVSE13018Title: MPF add ability to set route and descriptor codesSubmitted By: IBM User Group Relations/Dallas/IBMOriginators Area: UGDIV : S UGGROUP : MVS UGPROJ ...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / BCP_Consoles 1 Future consideration

MPF add ability to specify color

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR0903133744User Marketing Field Requirement Number: SSMVSE13024Title: MPF add ability to specify colorSubmitted By: IBM User Group Relations/Dallas/IBMOriginators Area: UGDIV : S UGGROUP : MVS UGPROJ : MVSEFPOC: Jeffr...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / BCP_Consoles 2 Future consideration

Dynamic LPAR needs to be enhanced to reduce number of activates required to change an LPAR name

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR1210083358User Marketing Field Requirement Number: MR1210083358Title: Dynamic LPAR needs to be enhanced to reduced number of activate required.Submitted By: Carla L Grogan/St Louis/IBMOriginators Area: 04FPOC: Debora...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / BCP_IOS 3 Future consideration

Add accounting information to SMF type 6

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR1117112415User Marketing Field Requirement Number: SSMVSE11028Title: Add accounting information to SMF type 6 (printer output)Submitted By: IBM User Group Relations/Dallas/IBMOriginators Area: UGDIV : S UGGROUP : MVS...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / JES2 1 Future consideration

Direct dataset access using SAPI and SSI 80 using dataset number

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR0707091928User Marketing Field Requirement Number: SSJES209001Title: Direct dataset access using SAPI and SSI 80 using dataset numberSubmitted By: IBM User Group Relations/Dallas/IBMOriginators Area: UGDIV : S UGGROU...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / JES2 2 Future consideration

JES2: Provide OUTLIM option on JOBCLASS

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR0429031143User Marketing Field Requirement Number: SSJES2038886Title: JES2: Provide OUTLIM option on JOBCLASS statementSubmitted By: IBM User Group Relations/Dallas/IBMOriginators Area: UGDIV : S UGGROUP : mvs UGPROJ...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / JES2 2 Future consideration