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Enabling wildcard support for jobname in PORTS reservation

Enable wildcard character support for jobname in PORTS reservations (as already available in VTAM Major Node definitions).
over 12 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Delivered

OAM and CTRANS processing- We ask for new feature

We have a pretty large Object environment. We have a daily proces of maybe 200 storagegroups that are processed with Class Transition(CTRANS).We delete objects manually via homegrown applications. But sometimes we miss to get that completed in due...
almost 5 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS OAM 6 Delivered

hbackup of empty USS-Directory

If i make hbackup of an empty USS-directory with "-fXv" options i get RC=0 and if i make hbackup of the same empty USS-directory with "-cXv" i get RC=512 with the messages:ARC1001I /home/a108356/ BACKDS FAILED, RC=0034, REAS=0094ARC1334I BACKUP VE...
about 3 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 2 Delivered

ICH408I on SDSF class ISFCMD.FILTER.OWNER for FTP FILETYPE=JES

Starting with z/OS 2.5, only SAF (Security Authorization Facility. for example RACF) is supported for SDSF security decision (i.e., ISFPARMS support has been dropped). After adding SDSF class ISFCMD.FILTER.OWNER with UACC(NONE) to prevent public a...
about 3 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Delivered

Need a DISPLAY command for PROTECTED output and CANCEL of only PROTECTED output

I'd like to know how much PROTECTED output is on my SPOOL but there is no command to display it by that status. If I check BPXAS or ASCHINT status I see some PROT and some that are not. How much PROT do I have altogether? Can I cancel "only" PROT ...
about 8 years ago in z/OS / JES2 1 Delivered

allow the query of all crypto related information via BCPii

Currently it is not possible to retrieve all crypto related information regarding from the image profile of a single LPAR via BCPii.
about 8 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE) 7 Delivered

MONWRITE should permit a filemode with the CLOSE option on the DISK operand

The MONWRITE utility permits you to specify the filename, filetype, and filemode on the DISK operand OR you can specify CLOSE on the DISK operand. However, if you want to use CLOSE you can not specify the filemode and the output always goes to the...
over 1 year ago in z/VM 1 Delivered

JES2 performance problem for duplicated name JOBS

Santander Bank depends heavily for their daily processing on submitting duplicated name JOBS in hundreds and sometimes thousands while communicating with their external customers or what they call CORPORATE CONNECTIONS. JES2 performance needs to b...
over 6 years ago in z/OS / JES2 1 Delivered

Remove secret key in ISPF panel

Hi, Today we store the secret key in a vault, to reduce handling of the secret key. To secure the buckets we do not want to enter the Secret key in the ISPF panel. We want a mechanism allowing us to indicate the path of a file in the mainframe whi...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / DFSMS Cloud Data Access 1 Delivered

z/VM DEFINE CPUPOOL command with 2 decimals

As cpu:s become more effective, we need more granularity on CPU POOL definitions. Easiest way would be to add one decimal for the CPU POOL definition, so that currently possible 2.1 could be defined as 2.15 for example.
over 8 years ago in z/VM 2 Delivered