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SA JES2 SPOOL monitor to detect unusual growth

In normal operation, JES2 spool can fill up and notification is received when we hit the JES2 warning level. The warning level we currently have set is 80% and we have SPOOLSHORT commands in-place to reduce this. However, what we do not have is vi...
over 6 years ago in z/OS / JES2 1 Future consideration

Z/OS PARMDD to support started task parameter

Please have PARMDD support started task parameter
about 3 years ago in z/OS / BCP_Scheduler 0 Future consideration

HSM improvement related to the ARCMDEXT EXIT and new parameter request

The Itau bank has 2 very large Sysplexes Bank and Cards.The Bank environment has a heavy batch workload that relies on the HSM task. The batch processing has a lot of GDG datasets.The Itau is using the EXIT ARCMDEXT to inform the HSM during the mi...
about 3 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 1 Future consideration

Please add ACME Client feature for automatic Certificate Generation

Most if not all companies no longer allow Self-Signed Certs on their network. Most if not all organizations are requiring 90 day, 180 day or 365 Day certificate renewals. On the Z HMC this is a cumbersome task .. especially for 90 day cert renewal...
6 months ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE) 1 Future consideration

z/OSMF - ISPF app, option to choose background color and/or a z/OSMF 3270 Terminal like Zowe Desktop has.

z/OSMF - For the ISPF app, having the option to choose a background color would be great. Specifically to doctor the ISPF app to resemble a 3270 emulator default color scheme. The white background the apps in z/OSMF tends to strain eyes after awhi...
over 3 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

zCX restart capability

Provide the ability to restart zCX. E-mails have been sent to the zCX team.
over 3 years ago in z/OS / Container Extensions (zCX) 0 Future consideration

JES2 JOBGROUP protection

JES2 jobgroups deliver easy possibilities for basic dependency definition of jobs. Anyway, the access to the use of jobgroups shouldn't be allowed for anyone. It should be possible to protect the access to JES2 jobgroups by a RACF ressource like i...
over 4 years ago in z/OS / JES2 0 Future consideration

Resiliency in a z/OS UNIX shared file system sysplex enivronment

Resiliency in a z/OS UNIX shared file system sysplex enivronment needs to be improved related to the critical mutually exclusive serialized functions (e.g. UNMOUNT, MOVE, MOUNT RESYNC, FILE SYSTEM INITIALIZATION, FILE SYSTEM TAKEOVER, etc.). If on...
6 months ago in z/OS / USS 0 Future consideration

Add a Plugin to Execute Scripts (Python, Shell) from z/OSMF Desktop Interface

When using z/OSMF as a management tool, through the Desktop interface, there is currently no way to access Unix System Services (USS) outside of using the ISPF Plugin. When editing a shell script or Python script, I have to swap between z/OSMF and...
about 3 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

SDSF - LOG - FILTER

When invoking SDSF LOG… have SDSF check to see if a filter is defined, if one is defined… display the FILTER panel (ISFAFIL) prior to display the OPERLOG or SYSLOG. This will inform and allow the user to change the defined filters in advance, prio...
over 8 years ago in z/OS / SDSF 1 Future consideration