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Increase / disable the size limit of 100 MB for uploading files from our workstation.

Some vendors don´t have the option to sFTP files direct from their servers to mainframe environment. SMEs needs to download required data (from vendor web site) in their workstation and upload it using WINscp or any other vendor tool (license cost...
9 months ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

Job Holded/Released statuses in z/OSMF REST services

Job response document contains only 3 statuses "INPUT", "ACTIVE", "OUTPUT" now. https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/2.4.0?topic=zjri-json-document-specifications-zos-jobs-rest-interface-requests But we can also hold a job and job will be waiting for r...
over 2 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

z/OSMF Files API - Fully Support Migrated / Archived z/OS Data Sets

z/OSMF appears to detect migrated / archived z/OS data sets by the pseudo VOLSER name of `MIGRAT`. However, ISV products, like CADISK, may be configured to archive data sets on a VOLSER of 'ARCIVE`. z/OSMF should detect ARCIVE data sets as being m...
over 4 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 4 Future consideration

z/OSMF Software Update tasks needs to wait for migrated datasets to be recalled instead of abend

z/OSMF Software Update tasks needs to wait for migrated datasets to be recalled instead of abend right away when it finds a dataset it needs, to be migrated.
over 2 years ago in z/OS / SMP/E 6 Future consideration

Enhance Health Check for ATTLS

Currently the Health check for ATTLS is the same as the IPSEC health check. However it is not very useful because it does not expose many of the filters and settings used in ATTLS that are not in IPSEC
over 1 year ago in z/OS / Communications Server 0 Future consideration

Increase the 1024 entry hard limit for CDT entries

Currently, there is a documented hard limit of 1024 CDT entries (ICHRRCDX entries+ICHRRCDE entries+CDT definitions) Right now, if you reach that limit, your only option is to delete some class definitions to make room for new ones. I've reached th...
2 months ago in z/OS / RACF 0 Future consideration

Health check MSGBASED

On a GDPS Metro installation there is a GDPS health checker called GDPS_CHECK_XCF that cheks for the XCF CFRM MSGBASED protocol. It raises a high priority alert whenever the LPAR that does the MSGBASED role is a KP system. However when the situati...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / BCP_XCF/XES 2 Future consideration

Graphic interface for backup/restore USS files with DFSMShsm or "-pick" option similar to TSM-client

Additionally to the commando interface for backup/restore of USS-files with DFSMShsm it would be very useful for endusers, who use only ssh-connect to USS on z/OS, to have any kind of graphish interface to backup/restore of USS-files similar to TS...
over 3 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 0 Future consideration

z/VM enhancement requested for z/OS GUESTS exploiting HYPERPAV

Extending the z/VM MSS (Multiple Subchannel Set) management to allow z/VM and its guests exploiting HyperPAV (e.g z/OS).REQUIRED for customers who are close to the 64K limit of UCB in SS0 of LCSS. More details in the attachement.
over 2 years ago in z/VM 1 Future consideration

Provide multi-step indications in zOSMF Workflows regarding which system a workflow will actually be executed on

In order to prevent errors and provide better indication to users about the actual system on which a workflow will execute (as it may be different from source system), please consider the following: - Display the SYSAFF value already in the JOBCAR...
over 2 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

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