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zOSMF Network Analyzer Performance Improvement

When importing 'large' SMF datasets with ~200m records, the zOSMF NCA Java reads all records to filter filter Type 119 records relevant. In sample this are around 2m records. This process runs for more than 4h (wasting CPU resources), which is ver...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under consideration

Provide some figures on OSA interface usage / utilization

Provide some OSA interface / port statistics about bandwidth usage and utilization which can be queried by NETSTAT command e.g. D TCPIP,,OSAINFO,INTFNAME=LNKGE00 The figures should display values for - highest peak (bandwidth usage since last acti...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

SORT/ICETOOL statements for variable length records

Allow the coding of SORT / ICETOOL statements without having to add +4 to every position to account for the variable length RDW. This would require a new SORT option (perhaps VLRDW) to allow for both old and new method. Benefit: Easier to both cod...
11 months ago in z/OS / DFSMS DFSORT 2 Not under consideration

Opportunity to set the data tier in the DASD subsystems using DFS

At the moment, we have the chance to define all kind of attributes for data sets, by using DFSMS Data Class, Storage Class and Management Class. We need an enhancement for the DFSMS classes, to also control the tiering in the DASD subsystem Now, t...
over 9 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS SMS 4 Not under consideration

Non-intrusive catalog reorg/transformation to RLS-managed

A completely non-intrusive reorg function is needed to migrate non-RLS catalog to RLS catalog. The strategic direction for z/OS catalogs is RLS management so it behoves IBM / Mainstar to develop a completely non-intrusive function to transform non...
almost 8 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS Catalog/IDCAMS/AMS 5 Not under consideration

Smarter HMC

Using the z Series Hardware Management Console is a manual process to define, configure, disable, enable and IPL logical partitions. As the coupling facility control code is not shut down like an LPAR containing e.g. z/OS it could happen that the ...
over 3 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE) 1 Not under consideration

r_admin source unknown in SMF records

Add requester job name to RACF records for r_admin requests
over 4 years ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Not under consideration

SMTP exit capability to modify MAIL values for anything passing through SMTP

Currently the smtpexit can only be used to accept or reject email. My request would allow the exit to alter, not the content of the mail, but the values used to determine who the mail is originating from such as "MAIL FROM:<" values.
almost 11 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 3 Not under consideration

Provide zEDC Compression support for FTP

Allow zOS FTP to deflate and inflate files using the zEDC card. Suggested SolutionModify FTP server and client so that global and local parameters (possibly using SITE and LOCSITE parameters) could1. Specify that a file be zEDC compressed before t...
over 7 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

Add Sack Flag in IPCS with SESS Option

We would like IPCS to flag 'sack' packets when using the 'SESS' option when formatting a packet trace using IPCS.
about 8 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 5 Not under consideration

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