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Add option in SDSF z/OSMF Plugin settings to set global default TSO logon procedure

Having an option in the SDSF z/OSMF Plugin settings to set a global default TSO logon procedure for all z/OSMF users would be beneficial, as this will allow users to start using the SDSF z/OSMF Plugin right away with minimal user intervention.
over 1 year ago in z/OS / SDSF 0 Future consideration

show EAV related information is ISPF DSLIST

In ISPF DSLIST there are NO informations related to the dataset Placement on EAV volumes. I would find the following Information helpful, maybe as a separate page (via PF10/PF11) in DSLIST: - value of EATTR- number of cylinder managed extents- agg...
over 5 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 2 Future consideration

Define KEYRING_OWNER in PARMLIB instead of local_override.cfg

If you use a shared KeyRing (one certificate for all services on one LPAR) you have currently to alter /global/zosmf/configuration/local_override.cfg inserting a line "KEYRING_OWNER_USERID=certOwnerID"The KEYRING_NAME is configured in IZUPRM00.Thi...
over 2 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 1 Future consideration

JES2 PERFDATA should be written as SMF records for improved usability

JES2 currently provides the results of collected performance statistics in the output of the $D PERFDATA command in many lines of $HASP660 sent to the console and consumable via review of syslog/operlog. The command provides several subscripts, $D...
6 months ago in z/OS / JES2 1 Future consideration

Ways needed to change single options of IEAOPT

We need a way to set single options out of the scope of IEAOPTxx member without overwriting all the other options. There should either be a command "SETOPT option=value" that only changes the specified option. Or "SET OPT=xx" should only change th...
about 5 years ago in z/OS / BCP_WLM 2 Future consideration

Redesign the PR/SM to manage the IBM Spyre AI Accelerators resources and enabling the z/VM and KVM to access these AI Accelerators resourses accordingvto the PR/SM

This idea is very important in IBM Z17 and Linux ONE Emperor5, to use the AI acceleratotors resources for virtual machines and/or Containerized AI workliads by z/VM and KVM. This will enable Thousands and may be Millions of Openshift AI containers...
about 2 months ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / I/O and Networking 1 Future consideration

ADRDSSU Dump: should not ignore migrated Dataset, at least give warning message for Migrated Dataset not included in DUMP

Hello Team,Our monthly maintenance process is lot dependent on ADRDSSU utility, where we take DUMP of target to Runtime and Runtime DUMP from one lpar to another using ADRDSSU. Last two months due to some SMS change some of our target libraries go...
almost 3 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS DSS 3 Future consideration

Use of a filtlist in the exclude statement

We would like to be able to use a filltlist in the exclude statement of another filllist. Often we have a long list of datasets that are allocated with custom constructs. So that the general filtlist does not unintentionally take effect, we also e...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / DFSMS SMS 3 Future consideration

Provide common APIs in support of PDSE Member Generations - Part 2

See https://ibm-z-hardware-and-operating-systems.ideas.ibm.com/ideas/ZOS-I-3783 for part 1. Given that PDSE member generations are supported by some, and growing, IBM elements, it only seems reasonable to make it easy. Thus I'm rating this IDEA as...
11 months ago in z/OS / DFSMS Access Methods Non-Vsam 3 Future consideration

Support proxy servers for CDA and GDK

A proxy server allows a site to funnel access through while protecting the z/OS (real origin) address. Some sites disallow direct access from the mainframe to public cloud providers. This can be done to improve security and privacy of the mainfram...
about 2 months ago in z/OS / DFSMS Cloud Data Access 0 Future consideration