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Enhance DSFS sysout to access all data in an open sysout file

Currently with SDSF it is possible to view all of the data in an open sysout file. With /dsfs/sysout/.... that same open sysout file is empty. It obviously works when the job step, or job, completes as it is closed *but* when open and active that ...
4 months ago in z/OS / Data Set File System (DSFS) 4 Future consideration

Enhanced monitoring of VSAM RLS activity using z/OSMF interface

Whenever there is a need to check SMSVSAM health for contention, locks response times and record queues one has to rely upon console commands usually routed to all the LPARs that run RLS workload in order to have a big picture of what is going on....
11 months ago in z/OS / DFSMS VSAM/RLS 1 Future consideration

System SSL HTTP CRL request should understand all valid HTTP/1.0 or HTTP/1.1 protocol responses

At the moment System SSL describes the following requirement:"System SSL uses the HTTP/1.1 protocol to send the HTTP CRL request and requires an HTTP/1.0 or HTTP/1.1 protocol response.The HTTP response must include a valid content-length field tha...
6 months ago in z/OS / SSL 1 Future consideration

z/OSMF REST API for spawning UNIX shells, executing commands

Users of z/OS UNIX who are already leveraging z/OSMF REST APIs currently have two options when trying to remotely interface with z/OS UNIX: Avoid z/OSMF entirely and use SSH. This has a number of downsides, including re-authentication concerns, in...
4 months ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

DSFS support for GDGs

It would be very useful if DSFS would also support GDGs. We already exploit DSFS with ssh transfer, but missing GDG support is a road-blocker.
over 1 year ago in z/OS / Data Set File System (DSFS) 1 Future consideration

Signed SMF Records - Validation must be possible with any Token name (holding the pubic key)

We are using SMF dual signature (RECSIGN and ARECSIGN) which works as expected. However, we have a problem with the validation of the records.We have a specific naming pattern assigned to our Tokens (as referenced in SMFPRMxx) member. All our syst...
about 2 months ago in z/OS / BCP_SMF 0 Future consideration

make z/OS FTP does support MLSD

z/OS FTP does not support MLSD, therefore, in Filzilla and other FTP clients, files with more than 99 exdents are not displayed in the file list, with MLSD this would be possible
5 months ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Future consideration

Provide an operator command to display active z/OSMF Users

Currently the systems programmer and operator can display all active jobs, tso users, and shell (sshd) users, but they are unable to display the z/OSMF users. This information is helpful when planning to shutdown a system for a planned (or unplann...
7 months ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 1 Future consideration

dsfs/sysout should use stepname.procstepname.ddname

Currently /dsfs/sysout/ ... uses stepname.ddname.something - that can be misleading as multiple steps can use the same ddname - adding the procstepname so it is stepname.procstepname.ddname.something would provide additional granularity and clarity.
4 months ago in z/OS / Data Set File System (DSFS) 3 Future consideration

Enable access to input datasets for DSFS

Currently DSFS only supports output spool datasets. The addition of input spool datasets would be very helpful in providing a full user experience via the /dsfs/ sysout interface.
9 months ago in z/OS / Data Set File System (DSFS) 1 Future consideration

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