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z/OS

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VIEW should have the same support as BROWSE for working with OPEN data sets

We are using ISPF VIEW to filter events in an open LDAP LOG data set (in use by LDAP) for example.After a certain runtime from LDAP, and using ISPF VIEW to filter messages, VIEW terminates with I/O error during opening the LOG.ISPF BROWSE is getti...
almost 9 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 3 Not under consideration

dsfs ls -al should display file size for sequential files

When displaying a list of files using the ll -al command while in /dsfs/txt/hlq the files have a length of 0 or 1 (I'm sure why). This applies to both dsorg(ps) and members of a dsorg(po). The size is accurate once the file, or member, is displayed.
9 months ago in z/OS / Data Set File System (DSFS) 1 Not under consideration

Message & SMF record needed when RACDCERT automatically replaces / deletes a certificate

When adding a certificate to RACF that qualifies to replace an existing certificate, a message and SMF record is needed indicating that this took place. For example : "Certificate with label xxx was replaced by this certificate <with label yyy&...
over 6 years ago in z/OS / RACF 2 Not under consideration

PDSE resource contention in a multi-tasking TSO BATCH environment

This is a former DCR MR0923135057 issued on 23th September 2013 and public RFE of private RFE 47867. According IBM this is already in implementation of next z/OS release. Under the existing z/OS architecture accessing a PDSE resource in a multi-ta...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / TSO 3 Future consideration

Provide ability to browse JES2 control blocks related to a specific job

As part of our product development, today we found a need to browse JES2 control blocks for a specific job. For implementation, it should be able to read blocks from storage or from the spool. It would also be beneficial for customers who write th...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / SDSF 1 Not under consideration

syntaxcheck

We would like to request extend syntaxcheck by including 'PARM(...)' checking also when syntaxcheck for bpxprm is executed.
over 6 years ago in z/OS / USS 2 Future consideration

The user must have the ability to keep a dataset in zEDC compressed format during a copy or a transfer of the dataset.

I would like to have a way to request access method to avoid decompression of a zedc compressed dataset when using it, for example via a jcl option. This would avoid unnecessary compression - decompression when dataset are accessed by product doin...
almost 9 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS Access Methods Non-Vsam 3 Planned for future release

Automate setting DST in Sysplex with Multiple timezones

We have systems in a sysplex that have different time zones than the one specified via STP. For time zones that change for DST at the same time as the STP time zone we would like the DST change to be automated via STP. This could be managed by int...
over 4 years ago in z/OS / BCP_General 1 Not under consideration

64-bit version of BPXWDYN for C

Please provide a 64-bit version of BPXWDYN
over 4 years ago in z/OS / USS 2 Future consideration

Provide capability to limit tape drive use under JES2

We are migrating from JES3 to JES2 due to IBM's directional statement of stabilization of JES3. We currently have JES3 exits on several of our production systems that will cancel jobs that use excessive tape drives. Occasionally a poorly written j...
almost 6 years ago in z/OS / BCP_Allocation 4 Not under consideration