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z/OS

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z/OS Job/Task Level CSA/ECSA/SQA/ESQA/PVT/EPVT usage

Currently SMF Type30 record does not have any field that shows job or task level CSA, ECSA, SQA, ESQA, Private and e-Private usage. These metrics are only available at LPAR level which is not helpful to trouble shoot or monitoring these metrics. R...
over 6 years ago in z/OS / BCP_Storage Management (inc. RSM/ASM/VSM/DIV) 3 Future consideration

OFFLOAD logstream program IXGM1OFL does not tell which logstream is offloaded

when program IXGM1OFL program is used to offload a logstream, it does a WTO of message IXG273I or IXG274I. Procedure which calls IXGM1OFL is IXGOFLDS. IXG273I or IXG274I does not indicate the logstream name. Without the indication of the logstream...
over 2 years ago in z/OS / BCP_Logger 4 Not under consideration

Misc reporting issues with dataset compression and encryption

This RFE is submitted to request corrective actions for the following dataset compression and encryption capabilities in z/OS 2.2 and above.Misc issues:a) There is no documentation for SMS.IND field in IEHLIST LISTVTOC output that describes a valu...
almost 7 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS Utilities 2 Future consideration

Change path to NCA database in z/OSMF

It should be possible to use the same database from the NCA-plugin from different z/OSMF Instances. So we could define a HA-environment for z/OSMF (running 2 instances)
over 2 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under consideration

Support Kubernetes for zCX

Add support for Kubernetes for zCX
over 2 years ago in z/OS / Container Extensions (zCX) 1 Not under consideration

z/OSMF System Variables Service should support sysplex scouped variables

Z/OSMF offers a REST API to its own system variable service. Unfortuanally it only supports variables with an scope of system. To get a variables value you have to request an URI pattern like GET /zosmf/variables/rest/<version>/systems/<s...
about 5 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 1 Future consideration

IGD17296I DYNAMIC VOLUME COUNT MESSAGE IN JOB LOG

There are too many IGD17296I messages in Batch Job Log.
almost 6 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS SMS 2 Future consideration

Enable DIAGxx operator command parameter modification function

The ability to be able to issue an Operator command would enable real-time dynamic modification to the individual DIAGxx parameters without the need (or permission/authority) to update a PARMLIB member. This would also enable automation code (Rexx...
10 months ago in z/OS / BCP_Storage Management (inc. RSM/ASM/VSM/DIV) 2 Not under consideration

TSO & ISPF need services to show whether a file is ZFS

Neither basic TSO/E nor ISPF have services that will show that a dataset has been formatted as a ZFS filesystem. ISPF services DSINFO and LMDLIST (including option 3.4) should indicate that a VSAM file is a ZFS. LISTCAT shows this under the ATTRIB...
over 8 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 1 Future consideration

Ehance OpenSSH security initialization code to add the application name

Please enhance all OpenSSH code to add APPL to RACINIT/REQUEST=VERIFYs. What we do currently with a ICHRIX01 is check if the jobname matches SSHD* then copy Jobname into APPL field pointed to in the RIXPL. Or in other words the security initializa...
over 9 years ago in z/OS / OpenSSH 1 Future consideration