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Change Default For VSAM Files Definition Extent Constraint Removal To Yes

We experienced a major outage in a number of our critical production systems late last year due to a Db2 partition hitting max extents before it could hit the maximum defined data set size. Db2's space management algorithm was to scan the full dat...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / DFSMS VSAM 5 Future consideration

Provide more job details in the step status panel of workflows in z/OSMF.

System: z/OSMF WorkflowActor: Provide more job details in the step status panel of workflows in z/OSMF. We are planning to use Z/OSMF for Workflow automation/orchestration to replace our Consistently repeatable processes which have multiple steps ...
over 4 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

DFSMSdfp - Multi volume PDSE

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR062910266User Marketing Field Requirement Number: SSMVSS09008Title: DFSMSdfp - Multi volume PDSESubmitted By: IBM User Group Relations/Dallas/IBMOriginators Area: UGDIV : S UGGROUP : MVS UGPROJ : MVSSFPOC: Elmer E La...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS PDS/PDSE 1 Future consideration

z/VM RACF DB minidisk support

Dear Development.I'd like to have provided option for RACF (RACFVM) having database on standard CMS minidisk (not OS formatted) for standalone zVM (with not shared RACF).Most of zVM I worked with have not shared security DB.If most of the z/VM gue...
over 1 year ago in z/VM 0 Future consideration

Dynamic STEPLIB for DSNREXX

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR0518043127User Marketing Field Requirement Number: SSSOSXD04011Title: Dynamic STEPLIB for DSNREXXSubmitted By: IBM User Group Relations/Dallas/IBMOriginators Area: UGDIV : S UGGROUP : GSE UGPROJ : GSEFPOC: William Yu...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / TSO 1 Future consideration

REXX: Provide SORTSTEM Functionality in

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR0930086343User Marketing Field Requirement Number: SSREXX08003Title: REXX: Provide SORTSTEM Functionality in z/OS REXX EnvironmentsSubmitted By: IBM User Group Relations/Dallas/IBMOriginators Area: UGDIV : S UGGROUP ...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / TSO 1 Future consideration

ID Token support in pthread_security_np et al

Please add RACF/SAF ID token support to pthread_security_np and pthread_security_applid_np C library functions (and underlying BPXnTLS etc) so that an ID token can be passed as the "identity" parameter to these functions. Oh and please do Java too...
over 4 years ago in z/OS / USS 1 Future consideration

ICSF Keylabel Alias Support

In order to remove the need to change hard-coded ICSF key label names within applications and the RACF database, we would like to have the ability to assign one-or-more aliases to a keylabel in the CKDS/PKDS. For example, we might have the followi...
over 4 years ago in z/OS / ICSF 2 Future consideration

ISPF Table TBHIDE and TBFLIP functions

When developing an ISPF application using tables the ability to filter the table display can significantly improve the user experience. To filter today requires that rows be deleted to remove them from the display and then added back when the filt...
over 7 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 1 Future consideration

RACF Profile BPX.SAFFASTPATH

Make BPX.SAFFASTPATH more granular (e.g., add userids and access) or add another profile with a userid and access authority to USS resources. Access to UNIX services and resources (e.g. IPC queues) requires many, many SAF Router (IRRSXT00) calls f...
over 7 years ago in z/OS / USS 1 Future consideration