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Provide "MOVE" option to IEBCOPY /SHARE Requirement SSMVSS13010-Priority=3.7

Provide an option for IEBCOPY that deletes the members that are sucessfully copied to another PDS(E). "MOVE" is my suggestion keyword as that is the same function used to do this with ISPF.(opened per SHARE REQ-SSMVSS13010)
over 9 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS Utilities 1 Future consideration

DFSMS - Total capacity required by DSS DUMP or COPY

Daily, we have a batch running to dump few datasets to flash volumes using ADRDSSU FR(REQ) while the datasets are closed by ONLINEs and later dump those data on flash volumes to Tape. The other day, we encountered flash volumes capacity wasnt suff...
over 2 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS DSS 2 Future consideration

Suppress DD-level accounting information in the SMF type 30 EXCP section for individual DDs.

JES2 encountered ABENDS878-10. If there had been such an option to suppress DD-level accounting information in the SMF type 30 EXCP section for individual DDs, the ABENDS878-10 problem could have been prevented.
almost 5 years ago in z/OS / BCP_SMF 9 Future consideration

ISMF / Naviquest dasd list device type

Currently ISMF / Naviquest when generating a dasd list for device type for any 3390 device greater than a mod-9 as mod-9. I know that the reason ISMF shows all the volumes as 3390-9 is because there really is no such device as a 3390 mod27 or mod5...
over 9 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS ISMF/Naviquest 3 Future consideration

JES2 $DOGBERT NAME= should detect name not found condition earlier

The implementations of $DOGBERT in both HASPCKPT (routine $DOGBERT) and HASCSRIC (BERTREAD) when search for a match on NAME, continue until the end of the chain for the CBTYPE. In both routines the search is at label DGNSRCST. It appears that the ...
over 7 years ago in z/OS / JES2 0 Future consideration

Unconditionally allow renames of datasets within DFDSS dump dataset

If I do a DFDSS (ADRDSSU) backup of a dataset such as SED.JCL, and then take that backup to another site that doesn't have the HLQ of "SED", but the user (SCOTT) does have access to a HLQ of "SCOTT" and he then attempts a restore, like this: RESTO...
over 7 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS DSS 4 Future consideration

PFI0710-1354 Deployment manager should allocate linklist-datasets with one extend

SUBMITTER SECTIONSubmitted by: lutz.lasthaus-freund@f-i.deSubmitters Company: Finanz Informatik PUBLICRequirement Number and Title: PFI0710-1354 Deployment manager should allocate linklist-datasets with one extendHomework Assigned: NoRequirement C...
almost 10 years ago in z/OS / SMP/E 3 Future consideration

Empty target distribution libraries

Empty target or distribution PDSes are not copied to the target instance. I can bypass this issue by adding the PDSes to the list of non-SMP/E managed data sets.
over 7 years ago in z/OS / SMP/E 0 Future consideration

Enhance performance of fseek on multi-volume FBS data sets.

Function fseek should offer the same performance on FBS data sets regardless of how many volumes they are stored on.
over 7 years ago in z/OS / LE 0 Future consideration

call of IBM Encryption Facility For OPENPGP function with API

Goal, use API call in Cobol Program for Encryption and Decryption of Files in PGP Format.
over 2 years ago in z/OS / Encryption Facility 0 Future consideration