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DFSMSrmm CDS & RLS

VSAM Record Level Sharing support for RMM CDS. The RMM CDS is a KSDS VSAM file that could see significant processing efficiencies using RLS.
over 3 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS RMM 0 Future consideration

New messages to show and alert when the HSM is hang about recalls and migration based on TS006249705.

The Itau bank has 2 very large Sysplexes Bank and Cards.They faced a new defect with the HSM running the PSM reported through the case TS006249705. Considering it was a new defect the IBM HSM lab opened the APAR OA61882 to fix this issue.The probl...
over 3 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 0 Future consideration

Inttermitten GRE packet processing delay on the target system cause unnecessary TCP retransmission

We are using VIPAROUTE and QDIO Accelerator for efficient delivery of distribute Sysplex Distributor traffic to the targets.There are a lot of unnecessary TCP retransmissions caused by intermittent GRE packet processing delay on the target system....
over 5 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

Looking for a DFSMS/HSM exit point of RACF Control

We would like an SMS/HSM exit or RACF control that would prevent an inadvertent activation of an ACS routine that, for example, would delete all files 1 or more days old because a storage manager mistakenly sets the rule for 1 day instead of 10 da...
about 9 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS SMS 4 Planned for future release

Enhance TIOT Exceeded Message IEF240I

Enhance IEF240I or create a new message that would inform the user that the TIOT limitations are exceeded. Currently there is a maximum fixed size for the TIOT defined in the ALLOCxx member of parmlib of 64K. not all shops run with this size. So i...
over 8 years ago in z/OS / BCP_Allocation 3 Not under consideration

RMF DDS support for SYSRTD

Bank of America and CDPz team request to retrieve the SYSRTD report from RMF DDS.
about 5 years ago in z/OS / RMF 0 Future consideration

Support to have DFSMShsm invoke DFSMSdss with ZCOMPRESS(PREFERRED) during ABACKUP processing

DFSMSHSM has SETSYS ZCOMPRESS options to use zEDC compression during migration, backup and dump. But currently there is no SETSYS ZCOMPRESS option for ABACKUP
over 4 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 2 Future consideration

ABENDs during DSS processing should percolate up to an HSM ESTAE

Request that ABENDS during the DSS processing should percolate up to an HSM ESTAE to allow the parent task to appropriate actions and prevent recursive ABENDS in DSS processing
over 4 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS DSS 1 Future consideration

z/OSMF Default Jobcard

Allow customer to supply default jobcard within z/OSMF.
over 5 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

WLM Policy Update in Batch

Currently with GDPS and 4-Site technology, we have 2 complete sets of Sysplex CDS datasets for our out of region testing. We currently after testing, run jobs to re-init/re-write datasets/policies for XCF, CFRM, SFM, ARM CDS datasets, but there is...
over 9 years ago in z/OS / BCP_WLM 2 Future consideration

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