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Need -w option on z/OS Unix grep command

Update z/OS Unix grep command with the -w option. Here's the failing command being sent from a non-Z Linux host to z/OS Unix for execution: grep -sqwF "$key" "$keyfile" Here's the definition of -w that I have seen: "-w, --word-regexp Select only t...
almost 6 years ago in z/OS / Shell & Utilities 2 Planned for future release

Ignore invalid entries in the AUTOMOUNT policy and activate the policy with valid entries.

We've had a directory in our automount policy that did not actually exist for some time and it has not had any ill effects from IPL to IPL of lpars in the sysplex. This past weekend we had a sysplex outage and the unallocated directory prevented t...
almost 2 years ago in z/OS / USS 0 Future consideration

Add GIT functionality when using "dataset and file search"

It would be very handy if a GIT plugin would be available to perform GIT functions on USS files. In our shop we use GIT for version control for some of our configuration files. We now use other interfaces to issue the GIT commands but it would be ...
about 1 year ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

REXX SAY should use PUTLINE

REXX Say should use PUTLINE when under TSO so that the results can be trapped using outtrap.
about 8 years ago in z/OS / TSO 2 Future consideration

Unable to cancel recall request during shutdown

During shutdown of DFHSM on a Lpar (using CRQ), this DFHSM can be processing a recall request for a very large dataset causing DFHSM not to shutdown until the dataset is recalled. We must be able to intervene in a DFHSM instance that is shutting d...
about 7 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 2 Not under consideration

Option to automatically create unique workflowname through RESTful API

Workflows created within the z/OSMF Workflow tab have a unique name if the value "Default Name:" is left blank. As a result, all the workflows created from the same .xml will have “- Workflow_%", where % is a increasing number with each workflow c...
about 6 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

z/OSMF workflow service to update (add assignees) workflow steps

We need an interface to add additional user or groups to steps of a workflow.(It would be o.k. for us if this information could be provided on workflow creation)To fit with the existing workflow services I recommend a genericPATCH /zosmf/workflow/...
about 3 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

dss full DUMP CPVOLUME for OS MiniDisks like z/VSE

ADRDSSU dump is not possible for DASDs with multiple OS MiniDisks. Our customers have separated some DASDs into many smaller z/VM MiniDisks for use by his z/VSE. But same problem could occur for other products under z/VM, that create OS-Disks. Pro...
about 6 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS DSS 1 Future consideration

EE over IPv6 needs to use the larger MTU of Jumbo OSAs or HiperSockets

When EE goes over IPv4 then it uses the available MTU provided by the OSAs or HiperSockets. Did you know that EE over IPv6 does not? It constrains itself to an MTU of 1100 bytes, even though OSPF is telling us the the available MTU is 8192 for Jum...
about 5 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

DFSMShsm Allow different numbers of backup versions and different retention criteria for Unix files within the same ZFS

The ability to use different numbers of backup versions and different retention criteria for Unix files within the same file system is required in DFSMShsm. As it is now in DFSMShsm it's not granular enough, since we require some files and/or dire...
about 5 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 0 Future consideration

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