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ISPF Edit should be site configurable to prevent the Editing of a non-zero PDSE member generation.

Editing a non-zero (non-base) PDSE member generation is asking for trouble for many reasons, the least of which is that non-zero generations are not able to be accessed via JCL or dynamic allocation. After much discussion on PDSEGEN the decision a...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / ISPF 0 Future consideration

ISPF and USS are applications that should be consistent in their ENQ behavior since they edit and browse datasets. Expecting DSFS to handle dataset ENQs like ISPF.

With Open Enterprise Foundation, using vim (with DSFS) to browse and edit datasets should be a similar experience as when using ISPF.Dataset ENQs with consistent messages would be expected.
about 1 month ago in z/OS / Data Set File System (DSFS) 1 Future consideration

CSSMTP comply with AUTH by rfc4954

Need to include the AUTH command on CSSMTP component on zOS TCPIP and zVM TCPIP in order to comply with the rfc4954
almost 3 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 11 Future consideration

The ability to choose which LPAR is designated the Master in a z/OS Basic HyperSwap Session where multiple LPARs of a Sysplex are active in that HyperSwap Session via parmlib member.

I want the ability to designate a specific LPAR to be the Master in a Basic HyperSwap environment via a parmlib member. Right now, I just go to the LPAR which I would like to be the Master and then just issue a ro *other,p hsib and wait for the *I...
7 months ago in z/OS / BCP_IOS 0 Future consideration
113 VOTE

Add ability for RACDCERT to handle multiple subject alternative names

Currently, RACDCERT list will only show the first altname for a certificate. Certificates can often have many other altnames, and that information can be difficult to obtain. Also, RACDCERT can only generate certificates with one altname, when man...
almost 7 years ago in z/OS / RACF 9 Future consideration

LE to support volume specification when referencing data sets as files

Allow specification of volume name with file name for services like fopen For example -- to open data set SYS1.PARMLIB member IEAIPL02 on volume D16PK2 as a file specify something like this: "//'SYS1.PARMLIB(IEAIPL02)[D16PK2]'"
22 days ago in z/OS / LE 0 Submitted

AI-Powered WLM - New feature: Calendar for DAYOFF definitions

We have a monthly cycle on our daily schedules. Beside the normal working days, there are some days e.g. weekends or day-offs where the scheduled jobs are extremely different. We would like (as first phase of implementing this idea) to have the ab...
22 days ago in z/OS / AI Framework 0 Submitted

ISPF: Provide a way to dynamically define a line command table

With the demise of LMAC due to lack of support there needs to be a way to dynamically define an ISPF Edit/View line command table for the life of the Edit/View session. This would over-ride the global_line_command_table from the ispf config. Alter...
10 months ago in z/OS / ISPF 0 Future consideration

Workflow steps view: Additional column for a short user note

A column for a short user note for each step would be helpful in the overview of all workflow steps. Today you have Step Notes but they are only visible when you open this step. Workflows with many steps could be much better processed by the user ...
7 months ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

Workflow steps that are skipped should show the reason for skip in the state column

Workflow steps can be skipped by the z/OSMF user who is working with that workflow or by a discovery step within the workflow. For a workflow with many steps it's important to have the overview why a step was skipped directly in the workflow steps...
7 months ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

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