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IXGDELET range including the block in the BLOCKID parameter

Requesting a new option to IXGDELET a range of blocks older than specified in the BLOCKID parameter AND including the block specified in the BLOCKID parameter. Our application has regular cycles of IXGBRWSE READCURSOR and IXGDELET BLOCKS=RANGE to ...
about 2 years ago in z/OS / BCP_Logger 1 Not under consideration

Install correct USER DIRECT when selecting non-SSI install

When installing zVM 7.3 we chose the option non-SSI install, but the USER DIRECT that was included is in the format of SSI/SSI Ready. This means that when companies grow their system beyond the very limited 8 nodes of SSI they will have to manuall...
about 2 years ago in z/VM 0 Future consideration

Notify DFSMShsm users when automatic functions do not complete within a specified amount of time.

HSM has automatic functions which run for a certain amount of time that can be varied. At times, an automatic function, such as migration, may get hung and not complete. Provide the capability of noting when a function does not complete within spe...
about 2 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 3 Planned for future release

MVS REPLY command failure should be visible in the WTOR owner's joblog along with the currently listed REPLY command

If a job or started task sets up a WTOR and a response is given to the WTOR via REPLY command, but fails due to missing RACF authorization then:1. The REPLY command is echoed to the joblog ...2. ... but its failure is not echoed to the joblog This...
about 7 years ago in z/OS / BCP_Consoles 0 Future consideration

Allow PVTMOD/PVTEP modules to be traced when a module of the same name has been loaded via GLOBAL=YES.

Introduce a new SLIP option on the PVTMOD/PVTEP statement, to indicate that a loaded-to-global module should be ignored when a module of the same name, exists in the private area of the specified address space.
about 3 years ago in z/OS / BCP_Service Aids 1 Not under consideration

DFSMShsm MIGRATE/HMIGRATE CLOUD Container Enhancement

An enhancement to DFSMShsm MIGRATE / HMIGRATE to allow the specification of CONTAINER name and OBJECTPREFIX in conjunction with the CLOUD parameter. DFSMShsm creates cloud containers to store objects using the default syntax of SYSARC.<HSMplexn...
about 4 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 0 Future consideration

Icon for links

The defined links in the lowercase "links" folder have all the same icon. A different icon (customizeable) would make the links better distinguishable.
about 4 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 2 Not under consideration

Enhance RACF so that type 80s cut for CONNECT commands are consistent

RACF should be consistent about when it cuts type 80 records for CONNECT commands. That is not the case today. We always get them when the AUTH() parameter is specified even if the connection already exists. We do not get them if we issue this typ...
over 8 years ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Future consideration

IEBUPDTE Support for VB and LRECL > 80

This utility is limited to 80 bytes, but PDS/PDSE are not limited to 80 bytes, so we can not use it to add members to a PDS/PDSE that exceed the 80 byte limit. IEBUPDTE should support the limit of PDS/PDSE LRECL.IEBUPDTE should support RECFM=VB/VB...
about 7 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS Utilities 0 Future consideration

USS panel BPXWP20 "Work with Mounted File Systems" does not show the mount hierarchies.

It would be nice to see the hierarchy of mount points on the BPXWP20. An intuitive/topological presentation of file systems would be very helpful. The practical purpose would be unmounting an FS that has child mount points to other FS'es. For exam...
about 1 year ago in z/OS / USS 1 Not under consideration

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