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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...
about 9 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS Access Methods Non-Vsam 3 Planned for future release

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...
almost 7 years ago in z/OS / SDSF 5 Not under consideration

Allow suppression of TSO message OPERATOR ACTION HAS BEEN REQUESTED FOR YOUR DATA SET when accessing GDG tape

The current experience for when a TSO user opens GDG tape datasets via dynamic allocation is the user will receive message on screen "OPERATOR ACTION HAS BEEN REQUESTED FOR YOUR DATA SET" for each dataset referenced. This happens because a TPUT is...
9 months ago in z/OS / TSO 1 Future consideration

Enhance SNI client configuration

In a scenario where a single mainframe client task is talking outbound to a cloud service on a single listener for multiple services, there is no way to configure SNI in ATTLS to support this. The only current way is to split the client task into ...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / Communications Server 0 Future consideration

Keep owner of .sh_history on shell initialization

On shell initialization the .sh_history in the home directory is recreated (with the previous content) and the owner is set to the current UID, that started the process. This leads to problems, if the user changed his UID (e.g. switched to UID=0) ...
over 5 years ago in z/OS / Shell & Utilities 1 Future 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&...
almost 7 years ago in z/OS / RACF 2 Not under consideration

Add SMF119AP_TTStatus to SMF119 Subtype 1 Connection Init

Add the field SMF119AP_TTStatus to the SMF 119 Subtype 1 Connection Initialization record. This field was already added to the subtype 2 - termination record, but should also exist in the init record. This information is known to the system at con...
over 2 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 0 Future consideration

syntaxcheck

We would like to request extend syntaxcheck by including 'PARM(...)' checking also when syntaxcheck for bpxprm is executed.
almost 7 years ago in z/OS / USS 2 Future consideration

Allow filtering out data sets with unsupported allocations

For example, allow ignoring PDS data sets with "0" directory blocks. When the option is enabled, such data sets would be reported and the overall return code would be set to "4" / Warning rather than error "8" .
over 1 year ago in z/OS / DFSMS DSS 1 Not under consideration

Need support for AWS Security Token Service (AWS STS) when using CDA

We are attempting to use CDA to write to an AWS S3 bucket. We had initial setup issues but resolved them. We were trying to request some information from the client about obtaining the SECRET KEY, and were told that process was not allowed because...
9 months ago in z/OS / DFSMS Cloud Data Access 0 Future consideration