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USS suppresses display of ICH408I RACF message in JESLOG of CICS Transaction Gateway

As per USS L2 in 78026,7TD,000: When BPXMRPWD goes through GetManagedAcee, it turns on an initacee attribute to request message suppression: IntA_Msg_Supp On Suppress messages produced while creating security context This is working as designed fr...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / USS 2 Future consideration

In z/OSMF workflow, the users should have the flexibility and choice to decide whether the job card should be added

To provide the users the flexibility and choices.
almost 7 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

In z/OSMF workflow, should support the manual intervention(especially for the abnormal jobs) without suspending the engine

We have good understanding of our jobs, so should let the users decide whether to suspend the workflow engine for the manual intervention.
almost 7 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

Provide RPTSTG detailed information

Externalize the DSECTS or provide an API to obtain the LE HEAP and stack information collected when an application is using RPTSTG(ON)
almost 7 years ago in z/OS / LE 0 Future consideration

RMF Spreadsheet Reporter upgraded to new XLSX Excel Files tye

Due to upgrade of my office platform I'm not more able to use XLS files on my workstation, for security reasons my company has disabled this type of files; I'm allowed to work only with XLSX files.At this point I'm not able to use anymore the RMF ...
over 3 years ago in z/OS / RMF 0 Future consideration

Allow DFHSM to Migrate bad files with 0 exts

We have come across bad dsns(meaning files that have no lrecl, blocksize, 0 extents and/or are empty).DFHSM will bypass these types of files due to it having 0 extents. What is happening is even though they are still being cataloged. With these fi...
over 3 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 1 Future consideration

SMP/E: Modify SMP/E select panels to process multiple selections

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR0625114613User Marketing Field Requirement Number: SSMVSE99205Title: SMP/E: Modify SMP/E select panels to process multiple selectionsSubmitted By: IBM User Group Relations/Dallas/IBMOriginators Area: UGDIV : S UGGROU...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / SMP/E 3 Future consideration

In RMFIII, Unable to determine CPU Service class joined an enclave that is classified into a different/lower service class

In RMFIII, Unable to determine CPU Service class joined an enclave that is classified into a different/lower service class
over 3 years ago in z/OS / Advanced Data Gatherer 1 Future consideration

strnlen.c support

strnlen.c is a widely available function in open systems/open source. Currently we have to code our way around this not being natively available in z/OS c/c++. strlen.c is available on z/OS and it would be a great enhancement for us if strnlen.c w...
almost 4 years ago in z/OS / LE 2 Future consideration

zOSPT - Ability to refresh/synch all XML files from GUI (CP&M - Template refresh)

We were provided an "ExternalVariables.xml" file by IBM that included updates to validation variables for our environment. After we replaced the file in our USS directory we refreshed the Template via the zOSMF/PT GUI, but it did not pick up the c...
almost 4 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 1 Future consideration

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