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Create new ICH4xxI FETCHING PROGRAM program-name, FROM LIBRARY message - Improve Messages for Controlled Environments

Enhance IRRENS00 to add an additional message to always ensure an ICH message is issued that contains the offending library name. I was in contact with Bruce Wells about this requirement in October. Bruce explains that his Contents Supervisor cont...
over 8 years ago in z/OS / RACF 2 Not under consideration

Improve the way of reporting FICON Link Incident Report

(System)Core banking systems (Description)In z/OS1.7 or later, when Linux on z recieves FICON Link Incident Report (LIR), zOS1.7 LPAR reports the LIR to the lowest MIF number of LPAR. BTMU would like to select whether or not z/OS reports the LIR.
almost 10 years ago in z/OS / BCP_IOS 46 Future consideration

Enhance COPY command from TSO/ISPF command line

In the current scenario, when editing a PDS member, a COPY <member_name> can be issued in the command line to copy contents from another member inside the same PDS.The idea is to enhance COPY command in 2 ways:1. When editing member MEMBER1 ...
over 6 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 5 Future consideration

Allow concatenated commands in ISPF ZEXPAND

Allow the use of concatenated commands in ZEXPAND in ISPF.
about 8 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 1 Future consideration

e-poll/io_uring support

e-poll or the more modern io_uring support is essential in USS for modern programming environments like node-js and Go language
over 4 years ago in z/OS / USS 1 Future consideration

Apply Extended Format upon recall from ML1, ML2 and MLC

Similar to how zDMF applies Extended Format to moved datasets, automatically apply Extended Format to all datasets upon recall from ML1, ML2 or MLC.
over 4 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS DSS 1 Future consideration

Any plans to lift the restriction on 32K files?

The bank would like to process data records larger than 32K . One of our issues is the requirement to unload/sort/reload files which possibly contain these large records. In the near future, we will be shipping code that allows our customers to re...
over 5 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS Access Methods Non-Vsam 2 Future consideration

Color the different file types in ISPF UDLIST

In ISHELL it is possible to maintain the colors of the different file types in a file list. For example yellow for Symlinks, red for Directories, green for regular files.It would be nice to have this feature in UDLIST too.
about 8 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 3 Future consideration

DFSMSrmm add support for MGMTCLAS in DEFTABLE

Currently in DEFTABLE(EDGDEFxx) you can assign VRSVALUE/Management Value but you cannot assign a MGMTCLAS(Management Class). Only way you can do this is via SMS Management Class ACS routine. By allowing to override JCL specified MGMTCLAS or assign...
almost 3 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS RMM 0 Future consideration

Provide REFRESH capability on panel "DFSMSrmm Volumes (Page 1 of 2)"

When making changes to volumes (ie expiration date) on the DFSMSrmm Volumes (Page 1 of 2) panel, there is currently no way to refresh the list with the updated content, other than to back out and reenter. It would be very helpful if the REFRESH co...
about 1 year ago in z/OS / DFSMS RMM 1 Future consideration

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