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Copy SMF records to zWIN zfs without using FTP.

Currently, to copy SMF TYPE98/TYPE100 records requires using FTP. Unless using FTP, the RDW is not written to the zFS file and zWIN cannot process the records. Various utilities were tested, including File Manager but none of them copy the RDW. Th...
about 1 year ago in z/OS / BCP_SMF 0 Future consideration

Content of Received:- and Message-Id:-Header created by CSSMTP should be customisable

Each Mail processed by CSSMTP a SMTP Received:- and a Message-Id:-Header is attached by CSSMTP. These headers are visible for every node in the transmission path and for the Mail receiver also. Both headers contain security sensible information of...
about 9 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under consideration

Add a set of return codes in RACF r_secmgtoper documentation for empty non-boolean character fields

r_secmgtoper does not validate a field that has no field data in it, and creates an ALTUSER racf command with an empty field. The field is not suffixed with parenthesis to indicate the absence of field data. If the call is made without an EXECUTE ...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / RACF 0 Future consideration

CICS login from z/OSMF native interfaces

Currently only ISPF login option is available in native interfaces. If we can add CICS login into z/OSMF then user can stop using emulators.
about 5 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 2 Not under consideration

Provide better messaging and prevent hang situation in dynamic RRSF main switching

Prevent blocking situations when user is starting a RRSF dynamic main switch if conditions of empty inmsg data sets is not met. Currently it is difficult to detect what the reasons are if a RRSF dynamic main switch is not completed. IBM should try...
about 1 year ago in z/OS / RACF 0 Future consideration

PING Enhancement

On command line when issuing a PING command, I would like to add an additional feature to allow time interval between multiple PING counts. This feature is already available in UNIX OSs. For example: Ping Example 1. Increase or Decrease the Time I...
almost 3 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under consideration

zCX Support combined LFAREA usage (2G/1M) if not enough LFAREA is available within one type

Currently, zCX supports the use of LFAREA. This reduces the overhead for TLB and increases performance for zCX. If zCX is configured to use LFAREA and there is not enough LFAREA available within one range (2GB, 1MB) then zCX falls back to 4K what ...
about 4 years ago in z/OS / Container Extensions (zCX) 0 Future consideration

z/OSMF : CA : 'SAVE AS' grey for no current file

z/OSMF : Configuration Assistant . Manage Backing Stores When I click on a backingstorefile under 'Manage Backing Stores' and use the Action 'SAVE AS' the tool doesn't save the backingstorefile I've clicked on. It save the backingstore from which ...
about 8 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 4 Not under consideration

DFHSM FRBACKUP - Update function to return rc=04 when a Volume Definition in the Source Storage Group is has no devn assigned

Currently when the HSM FRBACKUP command is executed, HSM will invoke the UCBLOOK macro against each volume in the source Storage Group(s). If this macro returns a rc=04 because there is no device currently assigned to the volume serial, the FRBACK...
about 5 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 2 Planned for future release

Filemode HSM - allow user to switch to su when issuing hbackup commands

it appears that if I am a user who can go into su (superuser) and then issue the hbackup command it doesn't honor or check the requestors ability to go to “su” (Facility class BPX.SUPERUSER). So…unless I have full access to all the files I want to...
about 4 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 2 Future consideration

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