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Add ability to place comment in auditing of RACF commands

Would like capability to add a comment type keyword on any RACF commands and have that text written to SMF record "as is". Using a new keyword common to all RACF commands. Expected typical usage will be a reason text or tracking number.
over 6 years ago in z/OS / RACF 4 Not under consideration

AUTOIPL CHANGE for LPAR ACTIVATION

WE would like to have AUTOIPL processing incorporate a deactivate on activate of the lpar that is being REIPL. This should be and option in the DIAGXX member, like you now have for reconfigurable storage.This process is now been done by our BMCsof...
over 5 years ago in z/OS / BCP_IOS 2 Planned for future release

Monitor the z/OS Language Environment Heap Usage

The usage/allocation of the LE Heap storage would affect the performance of the IBM CMOD product that is using it. In the reported case, when the LE Heap is not properly tuned, high CPU consumed by the CMOD address space is observed. Although the ...
over 6 years ago in z/OS / LE 0 Future consideration

SMP/E support of additional data element MCS types incorporating expanded use of NLS localization.

Data element MCSs describe elements that are neither macros, modules, or source. Any type of data element may be installed in any target or distribution library that meets documented requirements for data set organization, LRECL, and BLKSIZE. IBM ...
over 8 years ago in z/OS / SMP/E 1 Future consideration

z/OS LDAP Support for AT-TLS

z/OS LDAP should either add support for AT-TLS or provide instructions for using LDAP while AT-TLS is active.
almost 2 years ago in z/OS / LDAP 0 Planned for future release

Provide a non-APF authorized way of obtaining the SMF log stream names

Please provide a non-APF authorized way of obtaining the SMF log stream names (all, or just the ones I am authorized to read is both fine).The purpose is to know which ones to open to get the complete last few hours of SMF. We then read the SMF lo...
almost 6 years ago in z/OS / BCP_SMF 1 Not under consideration

SORT/ICETOOL statements for variable length records

Allow the coding of SORT / ICETOOL statements without having to add +4 to every position to account for the variable length RDW. This would require a new SORT option (perhaps VLRDW) to allow for both old and new method. Benefit: Easier to both cod...
12 months ago in z/OS / DFSMS DFSORT 2 Not under consideration

Please include the CPU Time Limit for a Job/Step in SMF Type 30

The CPU Time Limit in effect for a JobStep is not currently written to SMF Type30 at the end of the step. While a job is running this information is available in the Address Space Control Block (ASCBJSTL) and can be displayed or even modified by t...
almost 5 years ago in z/OS / BCP_SMF 1 Not under consideration

Issue WTO about the ROOT (sysplex root) mount after processing BPXPRMxx

As we had a failure to mount the sysplex root correctly (see PMR), it would be very useful to have an indication after processing the BPXPRMxx (IPL) how the root filesystem was mounted (RO or RDWR). If the mount was not made as wanted (see PMR) ma...
over 8 years ago in z/OS / USS 2 Future consideration

Modify IODF-Activate TEST to check for Devices in Hiperswap Policy

Please change the IODF Activate TEST option. so that devices in Hyperswap State are shown as error-message and an Activate would fail.
over 7 years ago in z/OS / BCP_IOS 0 Future consideration

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