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z/OS

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ZFS save cpu. Provide option to stop SMF file activity, and eliminate getmain/free main for every open/close SMF record

When I was looking into Java was so slow on z/OS compared to Ubuntu, I noticed there was an SMF call for every file open ( and close) , and a getmain/freemain as well. To start z/OSMF took over 600 seconds of CPU! This needs to come down to about ...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / USS 1 Not under consideration

group-SPECIAL should be sufficient to reset a password for a user with the NOEXPIRED keyword even if they the ROAUDIT attribute

group-SPECIAL should be sufficient to reset a password for a user with the NOEXPIRED keyword even if they the ROAUDIT attribute.
almost 3 years ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Not under consideration

zOSMF zERT plugin configuration enhancement

Currently zERT do not support DB2 configuration with TCPALVER=SERVER_ENCRYPT or the RACF passticket. Please enhance zOSMF zERT component to provide user the ability to configure the client-side securityMechanism or encryptionAlgorithm Please refer...
over 5 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Future consideration

JES2 $P command confirmation

$P (without parameters) is a very simple and powerful command in JES2 platform. It simply stops all the JES2 tasks, and nothing depending on them can go ahead. It is necessary to execute a $S command to resume processing. Although it is be very po...
over 8 years ago in z/OS / JES2 1 Future consideration

Add ALPHANUM Keyword to ISPF Panel VER Statement

There are edit checks for ALPHA and NUM, but not ALPHANUM. We have the need to validate fields that should only contain A-Z,0-9. We have to do this programmatically now. A panel edit check is much easier and much less coding to do.
almost 3 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 1 Not under consideration

Add dynamic allocation failure on Primary tape copy to criteria for automatic Backup

A common error condition for the Primary copy on tape is a dynamic allocation failure. Currently, this does not trigger the AutoBackup feature, if enabled. This anomaly totally defeats the benefit of AutoBackup.
almost 3 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS OAM 1 Future consideration

Global (dynamic) Variables in REXX - and sorry, I couldn't find any category for this... I know that REXX is not XML :)

This would allow a very flexible communication between procedures. A global variable name in REXX would have a syntax like @abc@ (earmuffed) and would always refer to a variable in the main program and not in the current set of variables. It can b...
almost 3 years ago in z/OS / TSO 1 Future consideration

Add a print channel to the OAM started task which only contains output from the OSMC Detail block

This would help all OAM Administrators, as it would avoid extraneous lines in the OSMC Detail block, which can be very difficult to read
almost 3 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS OAM 1 Future consideration

Z/OS Unix OCOPY

Update OCOPY to correct abend S213-15 (IEC143I) if DSNTYPE=LARGE and SMS BLOCKTOKENSIZE is REQUIREd.
over 5 years ago in z/OS / USS 4 Future consideration

ISPF EDIT PASTE primary command needs AK and BK function

ISPF EDIT PASTE needs the ability to honor the After Keep and Before Keep line commands just like Copy line command does today.
about 11 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 2 Future consideration

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