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Update OSPF,LIST,ALL display to include ABR status

Update the D TCPIP,,OSPF,LIST,ALL command to add a status YES/NO of whether the given OMPROUTE instance is operating as an OSPF area border router. There doesn't appear to be any existing indication of this other than knowing that there are interf...
over 3 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

Add Warning Message to OMPROUTE When Adapter Unexpectedly Attaches to OSPF Area 0.0.0.0

An EZZxxxxx message should be issued by OMPROUTE when an OSPF interface attaches to area 0.0.0.0 by taking the default value of Attaches_to_Area under OSPF_Interface because it was not specified. Creating a warning message when this situation occu...
over 3 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under consideration

Copy the DFP Segment when creating a new Dataset Profile using ADDSD command with the FROM parameter.

We are implementing Pervasive Encryption on our disk datasets by using the CSFKEYS class and the DFP Segment on the dataset profile. Lets say you have a profile PRDZZ.** and that profile has a DFP segment of DFP(ZZ.SMS.XYZ123). If I need to create...
9 months ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Not under consideration

Provide support function for coordinating out-of-band access to data sets

IBM provides a function called "zdsfs" for Linux on z Systems that can be used to directly read certain types of z/OS data sets located on dedicated DASDs shared between z/OS and Linux LPARs. As this access currently occurs without explicit coordi...
almost 8 years ago in z/OS / Network File System (NFS) 1 Not under consideration

Display version of USSTABLE, INTERPRET and LOGMODE table

Users have difficulty knowing which version of the various VTAM tables are actually being loaded by VTAM.
over 1 year ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

DFSMSrmm does not use UNIT specified in ISPF's ISPF Configuration Utility, but uses SYSALLDA specified in CLIST.

When I try to use the DFSMSrmm "G (Report Generation)" feature, SYS1.SEDGEXE1 (EDGRGREP) runs and userid.REPORT.LIB / userid.REPORT.JCL is allocated.The allocation parameter in SYS1.SEDGEXE1 (EDGRGREP) specifies UNIT (SYSALLDA), so it will try to ...
over 3 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS RMM 0 Future consideration

SRCHFOR within SDSF

ISPF allows the use of a SRCHFOR primary command from the data set list. The command will search for text within each data set in the list and identify which data sets contain the text. SDSF should support a SRCHFOR command to search the job steps...
over 6 years ago in z/OS / SDSF 5 Not under consideration

Declaration of the symbolic link /usr/bin/env in the standard USS installation

Using node.js or npm requires access to the "env" program at the location /usr/bin.By default, when USS is installed, the "env" program is placed in /bin.A symbolic link /usr/bin/env must be created on /bin/env as specified in the installation pro...
over 4 years ago in z/OS / USS 4 Future consideration

Display command or healthcheck for RACF use of IRRPRMxx

We are currently converting RACF from ICHRDSNT modules to using parmlib member IRRPRMxx. While this works as designed there is no way to verify after the fact (if the historical IPL syslog/operlog is not available) if RACF is using the ICHRDSNT or...
over 4 years ago in z/OS / RACF 4 Not under consideration

Print LE conforming assembler Stack frame storage in CEEDUMP

First I am not sure why LE Stack frame storage is considered language dependent and requires the language to format and print for CEEDUMP. Maybe it is assumed that there will be symbolic data available to match the fields with labels. The LE entry...
almost 3 years ago in z/OS / LE 1 Not under consideration