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Option to restrict UNIX System Services authority to SMP/E work

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR0827083956User Marketing Field Requirement Number: SSMVSE08010Title: Option to restrict UNIX System Services authority to SMP/E workSubmitted By: IBM User Group Relations/Dallas/IBMOriginators Area: UGDIV : S UGGROUP...
about 10 years ago in z/OS / SMP/E 2 Future consideration

JES2 jobs submitted with surrogate user id don't put message in JOBLOG

Jobs submitted with a surrogate user id don't put the information as the rest of the jobs. When a JOB enters the execution queue, it gets annotated time and date in JOBLOG. If the JOB is submitted with a surrogated user, that is not the case. Cust...
about 10 years ago in z/OS / JES2 2 Future consideration

incorrect Operlog processing

For an Incident CEA/CIM actually offloads the Operlog to an VSAM Linear Dataset and defines a Logstream. Only a later select of the 'Operations Log' in the zOSMF Web Interface initiate an 'unload' from the VSAM Linear Dataset into an sequential da...
about 10 years ago in z/OS / BCP_CEA 4 Future consideration

GIVE command for T-Disks

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR010904306User Marketing Field Requirement Number: MR010904306Title: GIVE command for T-DisksSubmitted By: Erich Amrehn/Germany/IBMOriginators Area: Technical Marketing Competence CenterFPOC: Daniel Griffith/Endicott/...
about 10 years ago in z/VM 1 Future consideration

VM Support for Synchronizing System Time with External Sources

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR00066801User Marketing Field Requirement Number: Title: VM Support for Synchronizing System Time with External SourcesSubmitted By: Karen Thompson/Endicott/IBMOriginators Area: G23G / 607(752-5742)FPOC: Daniel Griffi...
about 10 years ago in z/VM 1 Future consideration

Perform NSS backup with out tape

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR090711629User Marketing Field Requirement Number: MR090711629Title: Perform NSS backup with out tapeSubmitted By: Johnathon Pandich/Endicott/IBMOriginators Area: Endicott NYFPOC: Daniel Griffith/Endicott/IBM Submitte...
about 10 years ago in z/VM 1 Future consideration

CP QUERY BYAUTO command

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR0326132235User Marketing Field Requirement Number: MR0326132235Title: CP QUERY BYAUTO commandSubmitted By: Yanique Watson/Endicott/IBMOriginators Area: z/VMFPOC: Daniel Griffith/Endicott/IBM Submitted Date: 03/26/201...
about 10 years ago in z/VM 1 Future consideration

Allow NOCOPY or INCREMENTAL to specify in CP Flashcopy.

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR080406653User Marketing Field Requirement Number: MR080406653Title: Allow NOCOPY or INCREMENTAL to specify in CP Flashcopy.Submitted By: Amin Mawani/CanWest/IBMOriginators Area: IBM Global Services - Canada HOWTOFPOC...
about 10 years ago in z/VM 1 Future consideration

New CEATOOL Parameter to delete an Incident by the SVC-Dump Name

The CEATOOL has actually only the parameter RETPD to filter which Incidents should be deleted.We need a new parameter to filter the incident deletion by the name of the svc-dump name stored in the sysplex dump directory.
about 10 years ago in z/OS / BCP_CEA 4 Future consideration

LE Support needed for F8SA format 64-bit save area - COBOL 5/Assembler compatibilty

Updates for the LE Condition Handler's Save-Area trace logic to handle the current, and all future, IBM recommended Save Area formats.The current format of the save areas is used throughout all of Language Environment and the F8SA format is not co...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / LE 1 Future consideration