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DFSMSdss DUMP & RESTORE without data

Allow DFDSS DUMP & RESTORE to run with a 'NO DATA' option so that all the selected dataset attributes are DUMP'd but without any data. And then the RESTORE function should have an option to allocate the source datasets within any DUMP (whether...
almost 4 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS DSS 4 Future consideration

TCP/IP profile NETACCESS with hostname

TCP/IP PROFILE NETACCESS statements can only use ipv4_addr/num_mask_bits, ipv4_addr address_mask or ipv6_addr/prefixlength to identify a network, subnetwork or host. We also would like the ability to specify a hostname that can be related to whate...
almost 3 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

IEBCOPY Member Generations - Add/Merge option

With the new IEBCOPY CPYGRP GENS=ALL the REPLACE option will first delete the copy member and generations from the target and then perform the copy. That eliminates the member and generations in the target which is counter intuitive considering th...
over 3 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS Utilities 0 Planned for future release

Add syntax check to the Policy Agent image / parameter dataset

This function could catch syntax errors in the parameter dataset prior to implementation reducing potential outages.
over 1 year ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

Adding a message in SPACEREL on spaced freed after releasing extents.

In preparation for Global Mirror and Thin Provisioned volumes in DS8950F Storage Manager we need to run SPACEREL on all available LPARS, so after running a few weeks we noticed that the messages are not really useful at determining freed space. Cu...
10 months ago in z/OS / DFSMS DSS 1 Not under consideration

Upgrade ADRDSSU to RMODE=ANY

ADRDSSU is currently linked as RMODE=24 and AMODE=31. Processes that call ADRDSSU dynamically can occasionally fail due to limited region below 16MB.
about 5 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS DSS 1 Future consideration

Add missing data points for RMF III workload reports - MPL, SSCHRT and Delays

We are able to use RMF PP (or DDS) to check MPL, SSCHRT and Delays(IO, MPL, Q and AUX) for workloads(for service classes)- but couldn't find same values from RMF III. It would be beneficial to have same type/format of data points for RMF III as pr...
over 3 years ago in z/OS / Advanced Data Gatherer 1 Future consideration

Evicting a job and restarting should work as expected even when return codes of steps executed before eviction are tested.

When a batch job is evict and restarted, it no longer has access to the return codes of steps executed prior to the eviction. The requested enhancement is make this process work as expected, which is for the job to be able to continue correctly af...
almost 9 years ago in z/OS / BCP_Scheduler 2 Not under consideration

Customization of required jobs for DB2 RSU maintenances based on hold action

This will be useful for those who does quarterly RSU maintenances for DB2 for z/OS. Once the holdaction is ready, there should be a mechanism which can create the required jobs and customize based on the hold action. This can seek the required fie...
5 months ago in z/OS / SMP/E 0 Future consideration

a way to have ZOSMF workflow Jobs unique names

There should be a way,a variable, a symbolic, that Customer can use in their JOBCARD for Jobname,where the jobs generated from the workflow, once the jobcard information is propagated, .. each job will have the correct JOBNAME as intended by IBM.
almost 3 years ago in z/OS / Order/Distr/Install 2 Future consideration

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