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Allow customer deployed Linux in zCX address space

Allow customer deployed Linux in zCX address space
over 2 years ago in z/OS / Container Extensions (zCX) 0 Future consideration

PAVA0903-593 ARM policy TERMTYPE(SYSTERM)needed (Gerrit Bakker)

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over 9 years ago in z/OS / BCP_XCF/XES 3 Future consideration

DFSMSdss RESTORE should not be checking for any source devices when IMPORT is specified

The DFSMSdss RESTORE command should not perform any checks for the source volumes when the IMPORT parameter is specified.
about 8 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS DSS 0 Future consideration

Report on 1M vs 4K paging

Please consider separating reporting for 4K vs. 1M page frames. Today, the paging rates are expressed as 4K page equivalents, so when a 1M page comes in, that counts as 256. This distinction probably makes relatively little difference on the overa...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / Advanced Data Gatherer 3 Future consideration

Need to remove 16Mb limitation for REXX variable.

We need to manage data by rds tables in System Automation for z/OS. In particular We need to read and processes by batch jobs, the data stored in the rds tables that are into system automation.But there is a limit around 16Mb. This number, 16Mb, i...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / TSO 1 Future consideration

z/OSMF should have the ability to create default dialogs

z/OSMF should have the ability to create default dialogs that are needed for the ISPF & SDSF plug-in and task.
over 4 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

Port the tree command to Unix System Services

Either port the tree command or create an equivalent command for Unix System Services
about 8 years ago in z/OS / Shell & Utilities 2 Future consideration

Support Posix semaphores

The Posix semaphore mechanism (defined by these APIs: sem_open/sem_close/sem_unlink/sem_trywait/sem_wait/sem_timedwait/sem_post/sem_init/sem_destroy/sem_getvalue) is an alternative to the XSI semaphore mechanism currently implemented in z/OS. Posi...
almost 6 years ago in z/OS / LE 3 Future consideration

DFSMS RMM RM VRSEL

With RM EXPDT, only the first volume in the SET needs to be changed and all volumes in the SET are updated and RETAINBY SET is maintained. . However, with RM VRSEL, if you were to update the volume via RMM ispf dialog(panels), another panel will b...
over 2 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS RMM 1 Future consideration

DFSMSdss RESTORE should not be checking for any source devices when IMPORT is specified

The DFSMSdss RESTORE command should not perform any checks for the source volumes when the IMPORT parameter is specified.
about 8 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS DSS 1 Future consideration

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