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Introduce type=file as variable type for workflows

Workflow variables can currently be assigned a type like "string", "time", "date" in order to correctly pass a certain value to the workflow. We would like to see type "file" added to the collection in order to upload files which then can be used ...
about 5 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 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

Take advantage of DAE to suppress dumps

We encountered a situation where the zFS address space was taking 2C3 abends. The abend would sometimes occur more than once a day. DAE was not suppressing the dumps. Coding of the SDUMPX macro should be changed to take advantage of letting DAE su...
over 9 years ago in z/OS / z/OS File System (zFS) 1 Future consideration

RMF API JSON Support.

It would be nice to get JSON support for RMF APIs. Rightnow it only support XML.
over 7 years ago in z/OS / RMF 1 Future consideration

Printing incorrect VVDS should show some suitable messages.

My customer encountered that printing incorrect VVDS results in RC=04 without any suitable messages. PAGE 0001 5695-DF175 DFSMSDSS V2R03.0 DATA SET SERVICES 2022.286 09:30 PRINT DATASET(SYS1.VVDS.VWAS901) INDYNAM(WORK03) ADR101I (R/I)-RI01 (01...
about 2 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS Utilities 2 Not under consideration

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

z/OSMF Workload Management - limited interaction within sysplex boundaries

Workload Management task interactions with sysplex are limited to the sysplex in which the z/OSMF host system is a member. It would be helpful if the Workload Management info could be updated, installed and activated across all sysplex's from a ce...
over 9 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 1 Future 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

Report on the database minidisks used by the RACF server via the RACONFIG interface (Diagnose x'0A0' subfunction 0050)

The RACONFIG interface returns the DataSet Descriptor Table (DSDT) when diagnose 0A0-0050 is called with the TYPDSDT bit set.This returns the pairs of primary/backup data set names / file names, that by default map to RACFVM 200/300 210/310 211/31...
about 1 year ago in z/VM 0 Future consideration

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