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Provide some figures on OSA interface usage / utilization

Provide some OSA interface / port statistics about bandwidth usage and utilization which can be queried by NETSTAT command e.g. D TCPIP,,OSAINFO,INTFNAME=LNKGE00 The figures should display values for - highest peak (bandwidth usage since last acti...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

Be able to configure SCRNAME for common panels instead of using internal names such as ISFPCU4

I can use SWAPBAR to display the sessions I have, but it displays names like ISFPCU4. I can set the screen name using SCRNAME eg SCRNAME SDSF, but I do not want to do this for every session I start. It would be good to be able to get the names se...
over 2 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 1 Not under consideration

ICH555A error after changing the ICHRDSNT.

This request relates to a shortcoming in the so-called 7 x 24 service that IBM would offer. After adjusting the ICHRDSNT member in which the statistics bit for the backup is enabled, the sysplex must be brought down completelyto exclude the ICH555...
over 5 years ago in z/OS / RACF 3 Not under consideration

HLIST VOLUME - more accurate listing in HSM PLEX

In HSMPLEX environment, ADDVOL ML1 SDSP settings are applied for specific LPAR only, but the HLIST VOLUME from another LPAR lists SDSP=YES (ADDVOL ML1 SDSP was not submitted on that other LPAR)
over 5 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 1 Not under consideration

IPCS Provide support for Format of STR(LS)

IPCS CBFORMAT -address- STR(LS) does not format the Linkage Stack data at the address provided, but instead formats a different Linkage Stack. Which LS that is formatted depends upon the type of DUMP (e.g. SVCDUMP or SADUMP) and other variables kn...
over 5 years ago in z/OS / BCP_General 4 Not under consideration

Workflow needs a place to document author, version, change log, etc.

Hi, Currently, the workflow editor doesn't provide a place to keep track of the usual data that developers need. Things like author, version, changes, etc.For example: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~...
over 5 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

Unsupported NJE remote executed commands improvement

The existing implementation of the $N command for NJE remote command execution does not fully support all commands. For instance, the $TA and $VS commands when send via the $N routing results in the issuance of $HASP649 - this is not a good error ...
over 3 years ago in z/OS / JES2 0 Future consideration

Opportunity to set the data tier in the DASD subsystems using DFS

At the moment, we have the chance to define all kind of attributes for data sets, by using DFSMS Data Class, Storage Class and Management Class. We need an enhancement for the DFSMS classes, to also control the tiering in the DASD subsystem Now, t...
almost 10 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS SMS 4 Not under consideration

REST API Extensibility

zOSMF should provide a way to register and unregister custom API handlers for users and vendors. This feature would allow users to create their own API handlers in whatever language they want and leverage the authentication and existing REST capab...
almost 2 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

DPM support of Internal Shared Memory / SMC-D

DPM should allow for configuration of Internal Shared Memory (ISM) for SMC-D
over 3 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / DPM 1 Planned for future release

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