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HCD - option to switch IOCDS for next POR on SA CF Dynamic Activation screen

On other HCD Dynamic activation options (HCD 2.6.1 and 2.7 with option A) you have the ability to specify a switch of the IOCDS for the next POR. In the GA2 support providing the ability to dynamically activate a new IOGEN on a Stand Alone CF (opt...
over 4 years ago in z/OS / HCD 3 Not under consideration

ISPF HILITE PLI - keywords missing

The IBM supplied ISP.SISPSAMP(ISRPXASM) from z/OS 2.1 (RSU1504?) lacks four PL/I keywords
over 9 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 7 Planned for future release

(MUFG) Request to improve the problem of long processing time of rmm addvolume with TS7700

Since rmm addvolume processing with TS7700 takes 8 times as long as Oracle VSM environment, we hope to improve it so that it can be processed in a short time.
over 5 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS RMM 2 Planned for future release

Enable SSH under OMVS to accept RACF password

I go into OMVS I type ssh userid@host I get back 'FOTS3322 Passwords may not be entered from 3270 terminals' If I can logon to TSO with a userid and password, why can't I logon via SSH with a userid and password? Here are my suggestions: (1) In th...
about 8 years ago in z/OS / OpenSSH 0 Future consideration

z/os message after model conversion takes place using OOCoD or CBU

Needing z/os to report a message when a model conversion takes place with OOCoD or CBU. z/os should report this with out the use of another product.There is an IBM case number associated with this. The case number is TS002615373.
over 5 years ago in z/OS / BCP_IOS 2 Future consideration

Enhance 126char console command limit

A z/OS Console Command is limited to 126 char. For me this is a similar bad limitation as the 100 char jcl parm-limit before z/OS 2.1 (which is lifted now with PARMDD etc.) I´d like to have 1024char.
about 6 years ago in z/OS / BCP_Consoles 2 Future consideration

Simplify syntax for IDCAMS

Allow for an simplified syntax of IDCAMS commands No need for end of line continuation characters '-' or '+'. A statement (such as DEFINE, ALTER) would end when a new one begins. New END-statement syntax (END-DEFINE, END-ALTER) to signify the end ...
8 months ago in z/OS / DFSMS Catalog/IDCAMS/AMS 1 Not under consideration

Add an APPL parameter (application name) to internal RACROUTE REQUEST=VERIFY calls

Add an APPL parameter (application name) for such calls so that INITSTATS can be configured to varying frequency with an APPLDATA profile to RACROUTE REQUEST=VERIFY calls internal to RACF
8 months ago in z/OS / RACF 0 Future consideration

Supporting all date and time formats of DB2

We use the DB2 date and time formats in our programs. Therefor it is necessary that the language environment - that is the software LE - supports all date and time formats that DB2 supports.Supports means (examples):- day-zero is accepted (00-00-0...
about 10 years ago in z/OS / LE 1 Future consideration

CTRACE filter for IP Address for SSL traces

When taking an SSL trace for ATTLS connections you have to take traces for all ATTLS connections. This leads to a lot of noise in the trace.
almost 7 years ago in z/OS / SSL 0 Future consideration

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