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z/OS

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ZEXPAND enhancement for ZCMD

In many cases, the command field on a panel is not defined with an expandable field which prevents the user from entering longer commands without overtly entering the CMDE command to get the expanded command prompt. Enhance ZEXPAND so that when it...
about 7 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 0 Future consideration

Opportunity to set the data tier in the DASD subsystems using DFS

At the moment, we have the chance to define all kind of attributes for data sets, by using DFSMS Data Class, Storage Class and Management Class. We need an enhancement for the DFSMS classes, to also control the tiering in the DASD subsystem Now, t...
over 9 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS SMS 4 Not under consideration

Override FTP.DATA at system level

Provide the ability to override FTP.DATA settings at the system level. This would give us the ability to enforce SSL on mainframe FTP client connections going to outbound servers that are not enforcing the use of SSL.There is an existing marketing...
almost 9 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 3 Future consideration

Non-intrusive catalog reorg/transformation to RLS-managed

A completely non-intrusive reorg function is needed to migrate non-RLS catalog to RLS catalog. The strategic direction for z/OS catalogs is RLS management so it behoves IBM / Mainstar to develop a completely non-intrusive function to transform non...
almost 8 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS Catalog/IDCAMS/AMS 5 Not under consideration

VSAM GSR support for encryption KEYLABEL

We have a VSAM application that uses GSR. If we attempt to establish an encryption KEYLABEL on the cluster the OPEN the fails with RC=166 along with IEC161I 121-163. We have a business and client need to be able to encrypt the DB using Pervasive E...
over 4 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS VSAM 3 Planned for future release

#RVARY LIST command processes after HASP400

#RVARY LIST command processes between HASP400 and $S. Please refer to case TS008419404.
over 2 years ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Not under consideration

RACF LISTUSER command to show GROUP connects in alphabetical order

Imagine you are requesting access to a z/OS lpar, and you have a long list of GROUP connects to request. As your access requests are processed, you can go back to the system and issue the RACF LISTUSER command to confirm the GROUP connects are cor...
11 months ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Not under consideration

More robust wildcarding for Jobname and user id for Attls policies

We have an increasing number of applications using ATTLS. These applications have names that start with a variable but have the same ending. However the ATTLS policy only allows trailing Wild cards, not wildcards in the middle of the jobname.
over 3 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

MONITORING CF LINKS

IBM defined a specific msg-ID IXL158I to identify CF Link with status NOT OPERATIONAL but we don't have msg-ID when the link is ONLINE-DEGRADED. Instead, link DEGRADED is provided as a result of the command /D CF,CFNM=CFXX but isn't the more effic...
about 8 years ago in z/OS / BCP_XCF/XES 1 Future consideration

LE's Heap Latch should be FIFO, not LIFO

Serialization via LIFO has the negative effect of leaving the first task in to never obtain the resource when processing is very busy. FIFO allowed everyone the chance to get in and get out with little delays even during a busy time.
over 5 years ago in z/OS / LE 1 Future consideration

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