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PUBS0511-1408 Enhance NFS Server to Operate in a Parallel Sysplex Environment

SUBMITTER SECTIONSubmitted by: hanspeter.vogel@ubs.comSubmitters Company: UBS PUBLICRequirement Number and Title: PUBS0511-1408 Enhance NFS Server to Operate in a Parallel Sysplex EnvironmentHomework Assigned: NoRequirement Category: Core Technolo...
almost 10 years ago in z/OS / Network File System (NFS) 3 Not under consideration

ABEND cleanup for DFDSS when called by DFHSM

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR00026432User Marketing Field Requirement Number: GO6SMG92034Title: ABEND cleanup for DFDSS when called by DFHSM.Submitted By: IBM User Group Relations/Dallas/IBMOriginators Area: DFNA / 972-447-0298FPOC: Robert2 Gens...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS DSS 3 Not under consideration

DFDSS PDS Member Restore

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR00027853User Marketing Field Requirement Number: GO6SMG82008Title: DFDSS PDS Member RestoreSubmitted By: IBM User Group Relations/Dallas/IBMOriginators Area: DFNA / 972-447-0298FPOC: Robert2 Gensler/Tucson/IBM Submit...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS DSS 2 Not under consideration

DFSMSdss COPY and RESTORE to drive Data Class ACS routine

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR1026104141User Marketing Field Requirement Number: MR1026104141Title: DFSMSdss RESTORE to drive Data Class ACS routineSubmitted By: Alex Lam/CanWest/IBMOriginators Area: Vancouver B.C. CanadaFPOC: Robert2 Gensler/Tuc...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS DSS 3 Not under consideration

DFP remove size restrictions from GENCB

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR00027623User Marketing Field Requirement Number: SCTPAM86020Title: DFP remove size restrictions from GENCBSubmitted By: IBM User Group Relations/Dallas/IBMOriginators Area: DFNA / 972-447-0298FPOC: Barbara McDonald/S...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS VSAM 3 Not under consideration

Discrimination Between Data And Code.

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR00027615User Marketing Field Requirement Number: SAAPDE82022Title: Discrimination Between Data And Code.Submitted By: IBM User Group Relations/Dallas/IBMOriginators Area: DFNA / 972-447-0298FPOC: Barbara McDonald/San...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / Program Management/Binder 4 Not under consideration

DFP chained VSAM reads for control inter

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR00027958User Marketing Field Requirement Number: GO6SMG91001Title: DFP chained VSAM reads for control interval/block optionsSubmitted By: IBM User Group Relations/Dallas/IBMOriginators Area: DFNA / 972-447-0298FPOC: ...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS VSAM 3 Not under consideration

Generic Naming of Catalog Aliases

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR00046369User Marketing Field Requirement Number: JOOS0294001Title: Generic Naming of Catalog AliasesSubmitted By: Yutaka Nikkoh/Japan/IBMOriginators Area: N/A / 81-3-3808-3795FPOC: Barbara McDonald/San Jose/IBM Erika...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS Catalog/IDCAMS/AMS 3 Not under consideration

Creating Common Dataspaces

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR0324085813User Marketing Field Requirement Number: SSMVSE08001Title: Creating Common DataspacesSubmitted By: IBM User Group Relations/Dallas/IBMOriginators Area: UGDIV : S UGGROUP : MVS UGPROJ : MVSEFPOC: Brian Keuli...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / BCP_Storage Management (inc. RSM/ASM/VSM/DIV) 4 Not under consideration

Add support to EF to enable it to use CPACF without having crypto coprocessors

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR051208658User Marketing Field Requirement Number: MR051208658Title: Add support to EF to enable it to use CPACF without having crypto coprocessorsSubmitted By: Cheri Prendergast/Poughkeepsie/IBMOriginators Area: Encr...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / Encryption Facility 2 Not under consideration