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Change allocation unit from cylinder to megabyte or tracks for a better release

To avoid loosing space when customer allocate file in cylinder unit, it should be great to have a properties on dataclas to convert automatically cylinders unit allocation to tracks or megabytes. In this way the space release is done at tracks bou...
3 months ago in z/OS / DFSMS SMS 1 Future consideration

Adding the &DS suffix to the DYNDUMP

Using DYNDUMP, the dump is partial due to the dataspace 2GB limit. When there is a huge amount of storage to be dumped, it is not possible for a complete transaction dump to be generated to an automatically allocated dataset that does not include ...
10 months ago in z/OS / LE 0 Future consideration

Allow the use of EKMF to create/store GDK keys

We use EKMF exclusively to manage the content of our CKDS, as a policy choice. I have been getting push back from our Key management team to allow us to use the current CDA setup for generating and storing keys. It would be helpful if CDA allowed ...
about 2 months ago in z/OS / DFSMS Cloud Data Access 0 Future consideration

Add job classes REST call to z/OSMF API

It would be useful if the z/OSMF REST API allowed you to get a list of all job classes on a system, this could be used in IDE extensions, external management tools or automating documentation.
9 months ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

Changing "Dataset Type" from PDS to PDSE during a Deployment operation in z/OSMF Software Management

Using the CustomPac ISPF Dialogs, we previously had the ability to change the dataset type for PDS datasets shipped via ServerPac to be PDS/E. As zOS 2.5 is now shipped as a Portable Software Instance (PSI) and is installed via zOSMF Software Mana...
over 3 years ago in z/OS / SMP/E 4 Future consideration

FCTOPPRCP(PRESMIRREQ) failures with ADR935W, while deleting numerous data set just finished Flash Copy on a volume.

System : z/OS V2R3 / DS8886 R8.2 SP 5.1 - 88.25.8.0 (Same configuration MM Primary and MM Secondary) We run several jobs that consists of DFSMSdss Flash Copy with Preserved Mirror and delete the Flash Copied data set at the same time in daily.We s...
almost 6 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS DSS 0 Future consideration

Dark mode for z/OSMF apps

Dark mode should be implemented in the z/OSMF apps, such as software management
5 months ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

Add version number next to component levels in APAR pages

Scenario: you are a new MVS system programmer tasked to obtain the PTF for a specific APAR. You go to IBM Support, search for the APAR number/name and find the APAR page. For example if we take the page for APAR OA62703 it lists the following fixe...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / Service 1 Future consideration

Automated SMF Collection based on PARMLIB setting or z/OSMF Settings Plugin

SMF collection on z/OS does not establish a standard HLQ or dataset naming conventions for SMF collection and history. Basically every shop has their own process of collecting SMF which involves customization of z/OS exits to capture when the data...
5 months ago in z/OS / BCP_SMF 1 Not under consideration

Upgrade to the BPXPRM## syntax checker

Please add a check to the syntax checker for BPXPRM* parmlib member. If a /* is entered and another /* is entered please note at least a message that an */ was not seen before the /*.
3 months ago in z/OS / USS 2 Not under consideration

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