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Depository Trust and Clearing Corp

Enhance ADDUSER and DELUSER commands so that they go into supervisor state to update SYS1.BRODCAST on the command issuer's behalf.
over 9 years ago in z/OS / RACF 2 Not under consideration

DFSMS dss copy process not using Dynamic Volume Count in dataclass

Product: DFSMS dss(ADRDSSU)Description: When customer using copy rename job without specify VOLCOUNT parameter, ADRDSSU use the source dataset volume count to determine target dataset volume count during the allocation CCB wants adrdssu to use the...
over 9 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS DSS 3 Not under consideration

Better Audit Records for Configuration Assistant

We had an issue where a change was made within the Configuration Assistant for the AT-TLS policy however we could not track who made the change nor what was exactly changed. This makes our ability to pinpoint issues with the security policies much...
over 7 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

Correct the SET SMFLIM cmd so it doesn't do partial policy updates

I had to update our SMFLIM policy in production to add a program name to a rule with programs allowed to allocate 32GB of storage. I overlooked to do the syntax check first. I was unaware only eight program names are allowed on one rule, so SET SM...
over 2 years ago in z/OS / BCP_SMF 1 Not under consideration

ftp rdw only works one way

IBM's z/OS "ftp" program has an "RDW" option. When ftping a VB file in binary mode from mainframe to PC, it will include RDWs in the datastream on the PC (see "use case" for example program). This is an excellent feature. Unfortunately, there does...
almost 10 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 6 Not under consideration

THE AL COMMAND IN THE DATA SET LIST UTILITY DOES NOT USE THE SELECTED DATA SET ATTRIBUTES TO ALLOCATE THE NEW DATA SET.

When viewing the Data Set Utility panel ISRUDSL0 (ISPF 3.4) and entering the AL (Allocate) Line Command next to a dataset, Panel ISRMCALL (Allocate Target Data Set) is displayed. If option 2. Specify allocation attributes is selected then panel IS...
almost 10 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 3 Not under consideration

Better Messages and Help for LOGLIM in OPERLOG

If you enter 'F xx PREV' in OPERLOG and get the Message 'TOP OF DATA REACHED' this could mean that you reach top of data or the LOGLIM – there is no way to differentiate what is true. It would be much easier for the user if ‘LOGLIM REACHED' is dis...
almost 5 years ago in z/OS / SDSF 1 Not under consideration

SE Log to help troubleshoot API timeouts

System: zSeries Support ElementActor: Computer Operation group needing new feature The SE provides various logs that help with managing activities. We are a software development shop that uses both BCPii and Web Services APIs. We have a number of ...
over 7 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE) 1 Not under consideration

Move the LSRPOOL Buffers to Above-the-Bar Storage

Move the LSRPOOL buffers from extended above the line storage to above-the-bar storage.
over 7 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS VSAM 4 Not under consideration

Allow FTP proxy port to be configurable

Customers have interest in being able to configure the port used for FTP proxy.
over 7 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 0 Not under consideration