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DFSORT Y2x fields WTO or SMF field

We need a way to identify all DFSORT job steps using Y2x fields. We want to get away from using 2-digit years and the need to periodically update the Y2PAST/CENTURY/CENTWIN global options. For this we need to take an inventory of what is actually ...
about 5 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS DFSORT 1 Future consideration

Allow batch TSO to return the MAXRC instead of the last rc seen

I have a sequence of commands, such as RACDCERT GENCERT... RACDCERT LIST cert. If the GENCERT fails, the list cert works, and I get RC = 0 from the jobstep. I have to have multiple jobsteps one for he RACDCERT GENCERT and another with RACDCERT LIS...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / TSO 1 Future consideration

Allow the same file name (indirectly volser cataloged) to be mounted to different mountpoints in a shared fileysystem

The ability to mount the same name filesystem (indirectly cataloged) to different version mountpoints would simplify deployment for me.
over 3 years ago in z/OS / USS 0 Future consideration

ISPF MSGID State Variable

ISPF provides the ability via the command line to change the setting of the MSGID state which determines if the message ID is displayed with the ISPF messages. There is currently no way to programmatically determine the current state or to change ...
over 8 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 1 Future consideration

passticket support for protected userids

provide support for protected userids on RACROUTE REQUEST=VERIFY with a passticket.We have spoken with Phil Wakelin(CICS Strategy & Design)because we want to run CICS Liberty with passticket and the user will be a technical and we want that us...
almost 8 years ago in z/OS / RACF 2 Not under consideration

JES2 health monitor for converter tasks

JES2 health monitor task should detect that all of the converter TCBs are in a long wait and issue an appropriate error message.
over 9 years ago in z/OS / JES2 2 Future consideration

DAE should include functionality to purge/discard dumps by abend code for a customizable duration of time.

DAE currently requires manual intervention to ensure dumps are no longer suppressed. It is not uncommon that problem scenarios can involve many of the same dump being produced within a very short duration of time (such as 10 minutes or 1 hr). In t...
about 5 years ago in z/OS / BCP_Service Aids 3 Not under consideration

Increase limit of 18 volumes for HSM CDS backup to 59 as it is for z/OS.

During CDS backup HSM could not locate the oldest backup copy of a cds and issued misleading message ARC0744E RC36 REAS8 telling there is a catalog problem. IBM support found the number of volumes of the cds backup copy to be limited to 18. IBM wi...
almost 8 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 3 Not under consideration

Remote HMC/SE access on machine swaps

We have a problem performing HMC/SE functions, when a new processor has been installed, prior to it being swapped. We need to get information (remotely) from the old processor, on to the new processor, and also be able to remotely load the new IOC...
almost 7 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE) 3 Not under consideration

Ability to set $LIBPATH from the IZUPRMxx parmlib member

Enable the ability to set z/OSMF $LIBPATH through the IZUPRMxx parmlib member instead of the override file which is not documented.
almost 8 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 1 Not under consideration

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