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Add/Modify support for file mode host fixcds commands for auditing purpose

For Auditing purpose, we are using an ISV Product from Rocket (Mainstar fast audit). This tool is very helpful to identify AND fix errors at the HSM CDSs. For the classical Host this tool works very well. Now we have requested the support for our ...
6 months ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 0 Future consideration

Enable DSFS /txt support for datasets in ISPF PACK format

IBM ISPF users have been using the PACK option of ISPF Edit since it was introduced in 1983 to conserve disk space, and in some cases provide a minimal encryption of their data. With the introduction of DSFS with z/OS 2.5 and 3.1 shell users can n...
3 months ago in z/OS / Data Set File System (DSFS) 1 Future consideration

Improvemet for recovery from MCL out of sync status

The failure of SE console HDD were occurred during MCL apply. Then it was MCL out of sync status.If the difference between MCL of SE Console and MCL of CPC is 1 Level, POR (Power on Reset) is not required for recovery.However, if it is 2 levels or...
almost 6 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE) 3 Not under consideration

ISPF editor: New move command to move a column in file/member.

We want to move columns to another position. Example: Command ===> MVC 7 8 13 Move columns 7-8 to position 13 Example for input 11 12 13 1421 22 23 2431 32 33 2541 42 44 45 Output of MVC 7 8 13: 11 12 14 1321 22 24 2331 32 25 3341 42 45 44 Kind...
about 2 months ago in z/OS / ISPF 1 Not under consideration

ISPF Edit should be site configurable to prevent the Editing of a non-zero PDSE member generation.

Editing a non-zero (non-base) PDSE member generation is asking for trouble for many reasons, the least of which is that non-zero generations are not able to be accessed via JCL or dynamic allocation. After much discussion on PDSEGEN the decision a...
about 2 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 0 Future consideration

zERT Analyzer - Allow for inverted filters for TCP/EE Endpoints

Currently the selected filters for the TCP or EE Endpoints do only allow to use include filters. However, I want to specifically exclude a Server and Client address range, which is currently notpossible. Hence, the plugin shall support the option ...
about 1 year ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Future consideration

Edit line command to insert blank lines

Faster and fewer key strokes
about 2 months ago in z/OS / ISPF 0 Under review

HCD: List which PCIe Functions are attached to an LPAR from „Partition List”

Today we are using OSA Express Cards on our native Linux on IBM zSystems LPARs for network access. To check if the shared cards are defined correct to the LPAR we use the “Partition List” within a CSS, (v) View attached channel paths.Now we also u...
8 months ago in z/OS / HCD 1 Future consideration

Use the IBM Ideas portal to report and monitor status of z/OS documentation RCF's

Recent responses to a documentation omission message sent to the regular RCF email address (mhvrcfs@ibm.com) received a response that RCF's no longer normally receive any response from the documentation team(s). Users who have taken the trouble to...
almost 2 years ago in z/OS / Documentation 1 Not under consideration

Anticipating RACF profiles that reaching maximum size

IRR411I message indicates when a profile reached the maximum output size that RACF can handle (65 535 bytes), but it is not possible to know the real size of a profile at a given moment to anticipate this situation. Would it be possible to impleme...
about 2 years ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Future consideration