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Unsupported NJE remote executed commands improvement

The existing implementation of the $N command for NJE remote command execution does not fully support all commands. For instance, the $TA and $VS commands when send via the $N routing results in the issuance of $HASP649 - this is not a good error ...
over 3 years ago in z/OS / JES2 0 Future consideration

IEE707I Should show more than first 8 Bytes of the input verb

Because the message only shows the first 8 Bytes of the input verb, the message shows partial information that can be unusefull or misleading.
almost 6 years ago in z/OS / BCP_Consoles 1 Future consideration

Allow to add new CFRM structure from REST API

In today's world the z/OS Tech would have to list the CFRM policy, edit the output clear all the header information , page breaks, etc .. then add the "new structure" to the policy code then activate the new policy. So, it would be nice to have so...
over 3 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

Enhancement to SETOMVS SYNTAXCHECK

The PARMLIB(BPXPRM00) member is shared between two partitions (SQA1 and SQT1) of the same sysplex. It contains the following mount command among others: MOUNT FILESYSTEM('SYSB.PHAP850.UNIX.&SYSNAME..HTTPSRVR') TYPE(HFS) MODE(RDWR) MOUNTPOINT('...
over 8 years ago in z/OS / USS 2 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) ...
almost 5 years ago in z/OS / Shell & Utilities 1 Future consideration

z/OSMF workflows as a self-service platform - Workflow Enhancements

We thought of using z/OSMF Workflows as a self-service platform where other teams could execute frequent requests made to us sysprogs independently, that way we would only need to take part in the initial workflow design and creation inside z/OSMF...
almost 5 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 1 Future consideration

Allow IDCAMS to INITIALIZE a VSAM dataset during (or after) DEFINE

CICS is unable to open newly defined empty VSAM datasets as it requires at least one CI to be formatted. To overcome this requires use of an OEM or open source program (VSAMINIT is the common one) to write and then delete a record in the VSAM data...
over 2 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS Catalog/IDCAMS/AMS 1 Planned for future release

ADRDSSU move multivolume file to new SMS volumes preserving original allocation

I would like to have the capability to use DFDSS to move a multivolume file from one SMS pool to another and do not consolidate or manipulate the allocation. If I have a 4 volume file when moved I would like the target to be on four volumes regard...
almost 6 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS DSS 1 Future consideration

Enable RACF-DELEGATED (Nested ACEE) Support for SERVAUTH EZB.PORTACCESS SAF calls

Need SERVAUTH PORT access checks to support RACF-DELEGATED feature so that access to TCP port 20 (FTP's active data port) can be limited to only the FTP daemon's user ID using the SAF keyword on the PORT statement in the TCPIP profile. This suppor...
about 9 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under consideration

passticket support for protected userids

provide support for protected userids on RACROUTE REQUEST=VERIFY with a passticket.We have spoken with Phil Wakelin(CICS Strategy & Design)because we want to run CICS Liberty with passticket and the user will be a technical and we want that us...
over 7 years ago in z/OS / RACF 2 Not under consideration

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