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z/OS 3.1 SDSF and "FS - File systems OMVS" MOUNTPARM Truncated to 57 chars.

The z/OS OMVS MOUNTPARM: parameter can be up to 1024 characters long. Suggestion: 1. If not possible for SDSF to return the complete MOUNTPARM value up to 1024 then please tell this in the: SDSF Help Text panel ( F1 Help Key) Help-Text MOUNTPARM !...
9 months ago in z/OS / SDSF 0 Future consideration

Provide multi-step indications in zOSMF Workflows regarding which system a workflow will actually be executed on

In order to prevent errors and provide better indication to users about the actual system on which a workflow will execute (as it may be different from source system), please consider the following: - Display the SYSAFF value already in the JOBCAR...
over 2 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

Use SETOMVS SYNTAXCHECK on libraries other than the current PARMLIB

We can use the SETOMVS SYNTAXCHECK command to check our BPXPRMxx member in the current PARMLIB concatenation. However, most errors occur during IPL time with an updated version of these members, which might be on a different data set or even a dif...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / USS 0 Future consideration

z/VM enhancement requested for z/OS GUESTS exploiting HYPERPAV

Extending the z/VM MSS (Multiple Subchannel Set) management to allow z/VM and its guests exploiting HyperPAV (e.g z/OS).REQUIRED for customers who are close to the 64K limit of UCB in SS0 of LCSS. More details in the attachement.
over 2 years ago in z/VM 1 Future consideration

Forbid a zFS mount of an IDCAMS PATH

When we create an IDCAMS PATH on a zFS, although the IBM documentation says "DON'T DO IT" , it is still allowed. Plus, zFS allows a PATH to be mounted on mountpoint A while you can still mounthe real zFS to mountpoint B, which lead to corrupt our ...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / z/OS File System (zFS) 1 Future consideration

z/OSMF Files API - Fully Support Migrated / Archived z/OS Data Sets

z/OSMF appears to detect migrated / archived z/OS data sets by the pseudo VOLSER name of `MIGRAT`. However, ISV products, like CADISK, may be configured to archive data sets on a VOLSER of 'ARCIVE`. z/OSMF should detect ARCIVE data sets as being m...
over 4 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 4 Future consideration

Graphic interface for backup/restore USS files with DFSMShsm or "-pick" option similar to TSM-client

Additionally to the commando interface for backup/restore of USS-files with DFSMShsm it would be very useful for endusers, who use only ssh-connect to USS on z/OS, to have any kind of graphish interface to backup/restore of USS-files similar to TS...
over 3 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 0 Future consideration

Allow a custom threshold to start additional servants

Customer has an Application Server configured with a mininum of 10 and maximum of 20 servants. Each servant is configured with the workload profile as "CUSTOM" and the variable server_region_custom_thread_count=200, witch give us a minimum total o...
almost 2 years ago in z/OS / BCP_WLM 1 Not under consideration

Provide Rest API Interfaces for Health Checks

As a tester, it is useful for me to automate Health Checks remotely while running on the PC rather than having to use the current mechanism of invoking HZSPRINT. I think it would be also useful for general customer automation of Health Checks. We ...
5 months ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

z/OS Software Management REST API Should Support Deployment of a Portable Software Instance

We drive installation of our products from z/OSMF workflows. Those workflows have automated steps to add a Portable Software Instance to z/OSMF Software Management, but the customer must then a) leave the z/OSMF Workflows task b) manually deploy ...
about 2 years ago in z/OS / SMP/E 0 Future consideration

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