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hbackup of empty USS-Directory

If i make hbackup of an empty USS-directory with "-fXv" options i get RC=0 and if i make hbackup of the same empty USS-directory with "-cXv" i get RC=512 with the messages:ARC1001I /home/a108356/ BACKDS FAILED, RC=0034, REAS=0094ARC1334I BACKUP VE...
almost 3 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 2 Delivered

ICH408I on SDSF class ISFCMD.FILTER.OWNER for FTP FILETYPE=JES

Starting with z/OS 2.5, only SAF (Security Authorization Facility. for example RACF) is supported for SDSF security decision (i.e., ISFPARMS support has been dropped). After adding SDSF class ISFCMD.FILTER.OWNER with UACC(NONE) to prevent public a...
almost 3 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Delivered

Message "EZD1314I TCP/IP AND EXTENDED SERVICES ARE NOW INITIALIZED FOR STACK" not living up to its expectations

EZD1314I is supposed to tell us that TCPIP is ready and waiting for work and that it's ok to start applications that depend on TCPIP to be fully active. We wait for EZD1314I to appear at IPL time and yet our TN3270 servers kick out error message "...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Delivered

A DISPLAY BCPii Command is needed

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR1011126254User Marketing Field Requirement Number: SSMVSE12029Title: A DISPLAY BCPii Command is neededSubmitted By: IBM User Group Relations/Dallas/IBMOriginators Area: UGDIV : S UGGROUP : MVS UGPROJ : MVSEFPOC: Step...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / BCP_BCPii 2 Delivered

Add Metadata on object storage

Hi, We need to add some metadata when we download file to Object storage. Like sysplex_name, Lpar_name, record_format, dataset_organisation User_name etc.. The goal is to have more information on the files, and to secure object. It should be possi...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / DFSMS Cloud Data Access 1 Delivered

OAM and CTRANS processing- We ask for new feature

We have a pretty large Object environment. We have a daily proces of maybe 200 storagegroups that are processed with Class Transition(CTRANS).We delete objects manually via homegrown applications. But sometimes we miss to get that completed in due...
over 4 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS OAM 6 Delivered

Add Sysplex Monitoring to SWSA tunnels

We need a way for sysplex autonomics to recognize that an IKED on a particular system is sick and will take itself out of the sysplex when it can not form SWSA tunnels after a certain percentage of failures.
over 7 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Delivered

Enabling wildcard support for jobname in PORTS reservation

Enable wildcard character support for jobname in PORTS reservations (as already available in VTAM Major Node definitions).
over 12 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Delivered

Need a DISPLAY command for PROTECTED output and CANCEL of only PROTECTED output

I'd like to know how much PROTECTED output is on my SPOOL but there is no command to display it by that status. If I check BPXAS or ASCHINT status I see some PROT and some that are not. How much PROT do I have altogether? Can I cancel "only" PROT ...
almost 8 years ago in z/OS / JES2 1 Delivered

allow the query of all crypto related information via BCPii

Currently it is not possible to retrieve all crypto related information regarding from the image profile of a single LPAR via BCPii.
almost 8 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE) 7 Delivered

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