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The mail-handling stop in JES2EDS until the failing mail has manually been removed from Queue.

If someone make an error in the Notify-parameter the mail-handling stop i JES2EDS until the failing mail has manually been removed using the $PS($EDSQ0xx),ONERROR-JES2-command.
almost 2 years ago in z/OS / JES2 0 Future consideration

z/OSMF Incident Log should support OEM FTP

Customer is running OEM FTP software and want to use this with'Z/OSMF Incident Log',editing the JCL before is not an option for the customer.
over 10 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 1 Future consideration

Allow ML2 parameter for the MIGRATE SG and MIGRATE VOLUME parameters.

Customers may encounter a situation where their HSM ML1 volumes have filled and yet they still need more space in the storage groups for production data. Customers can use the MIGRATE SG command or the MIGRATE VOLUME command. However, the ML2 subp...
almost 2 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 1 Future consideration

API/ Plugin to be used for data transferring to vendors- using zOSMF FTP servers definition

Create an API or plugin to be used to transfer data to vendors. we already have all vendors defined on zosmf FTP server definitions I know incident log has this features, including adding any dataset to an existing incident log entry, but we´re no...
almost 2 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 1 Future consideration

An easy to use pre-installation CFSizer

This is a really old request for having an easy to use pre-installation CFSizer. I'm sure others have made the same request. A search in RFE reveils sort of same requests - but for whatever reason, I'm not allowed to see the full request.
about 7 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 3 Future consideration

Improve HSM ML1 migration volume selection by considering fragmentation

When HSM attempts to migrate a data set to an ML1 volume, it only considers free space available on the volume. Unfortunately, in an environment with large volume sizes (like 1TB EAV's), there can be a lot of free space available on a volume, but ...
almost 2 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 0 Future consideration

Provide AT-TLS capability to connect with different SNIs to same RemoteAddr

Cloud service providers can provide multiple instances of the same service behind an ingres node that can be addressed by specifying their individual virtual host names for each instance in the SNI headers (server name indicator). Multiple virtual...
over 3 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Future consideration

Allow Virtual Concurrent Copy (VCC) to dynamically allocate Working-Space Data Set(s)

Virtual Concurrent Copy currently requires each installation to pre-define/allocate the Working-Space Data Set necessary to contain the PIT track images. There is no easy way for the installation to know what the appropriate size for these data se...
almost 2 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS SDM 0 Future consideration

Improve HSM messaging around ML1 data set migration failures

During ML1 migration, HSM selects a volume by examining the space available but it does not consider the fragmentation index for the volumes. In cases where there are many volumes (especially EAV's) with a lot of space available in the overall poo...
almost 2 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 1 Future consideration

List of Common Event Adapter (CEA) Access Requirements

Currently, it is documented that CEA requires the RACF TRUSTED attribute. This is a concern for our Security Administrators and Auditors. We are requesting a more granular list of access requirements for CEA and elimination of the requirement that...
about 7 years ago in z/OS / BCP_CEA 1 Future consideration

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