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DFSORT diagnostic messages: suggested enhancements

I have been encouraging the use of DFSORT/ICETOOL in our shop. We have found 3 diagnostic messages which currently provide too little information for easy problem diagnosis. We would like to see these messages enhanced to contain additional diagno...
over 9 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS DFSORT 1 Future consideration

Prioritize On Demand Migrations / SHARE Req#SSMVSS14001

When a volume exceeds the high threshold the ENF72 message will trigger an ON Demand Migration for that volume. In our environment we have many PROD volumes that exceed the high threshold, but at the same time we also have many TEST volumes that e...
over 9 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 2 Not under consideration

Messages for OSNMPD and SNMP Unix command need documenting

Whilst trying to migrate SNMP from v1/v2 to v3 I was trying to read the messages produced by the OSNMPD started task and by the SNMP Unix command. These are an odd set of messaged and don't match the normal IBM standards. I have found nowhere wher...
over 9 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under consideration

64-bit version of CEE3ERP required

CICS TS 4.2 and above provide support for Java by running a JVM within a 64-bit PIPI enclave (CELQPIPI). Every thread within the enclave begins life as an LE pthread and so has the LE ESTAE active for error handling. CICS enabled threads will addi...
over 9 years ago in z/OS / LE 2 Future consideration

Need to add Enable/Disable field for where used check on reusable rules

Due to the number of stacks that we have in the environment we use a lot of reusable rules. We use the "Show Were Used" to verify where are rules are installed however this is missing a crucial piece of information, if the rule is enabled or disab...
about 3 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

SMF type80 subtype 02 need report underlying resource when access defaults to default resource

While trying to track down the resource name associated with a DFRMM facility profile violation, we only see a default resource name STGADMIN.EDG.MASTER when there is actually an underlying more-specfic resource being requested. We have all DFRMM ...
over 9 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS RMM 3 Not under consideration

Provide DFHSM Class Transitioning by # of GDG's on Primary

Currently, support exists only to migrate based on # of GDG's on Primary. Would alternatively like to class transition instead of migrate.
over 9 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 2 Not under consideration

Increae maxlinesize for diff and patch

diff and patch have a line size limit of 1024 characters. This is small for today's computing environment. It should be increased to a much larher value.
over 9 years ago in z/OS / Shell & Utilities 2 Not under consideration

Improvements for the PFA_PRIVATE_STORAGE_EXHAUSTION health check

The PFA_PRIVATE_STORAGE_EXHAUSTION validly detects when an address space is projected to run out of private storage within x hours which triggers an HZS0003E. However, when the usage floats around the threshold between the medium and high threshol...
over 6 years ago in z/OS / BCP_Predictive Failure Analysis 1 Planned for future release

SMP/E BPX.SUPERUSER alternative

The requirement for BPX.SUPERUSER access to install and maintain products with HFS parts is becoming a big problem and some sort of alternative that restricts the use to SMP/E purposes only or somethning like that is needed.
almost 10 years ago in z/OS / SMP/E 1 Future consideration