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DFSMSdss COPY CONVERT PDS to PDSE V?

Presently, ADRDSSU can only convert a PDS to PDSE Version 1. Would be prudent to be able to choose between PDSE Version 1 and Version 2; especially since IBM recommends Version 2 in most use cases.
almost 6 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS DSS 1 Future consideration

LP recommendations related messages showing on both observed and managed systems

Based on a previous customer request for enhancement: In CPM, when using the option of sending recommendations to the observed system’s CFZCIM, customers could benefit from another message, which confirms this was written to CPOSERV’s Joblog too. ...
3 months ago in z/OS / BCP_Capacity Provisioning 0 Future consideration

Management capabilities for CPM messages

Based on a previous customer request for enhancement: Clients use other products to control Defined Capacities, which produce separate WTO’s when actions are taken, making the CPM messages to be superfluous, needlessly filling the CPOSERV’s Joblog...
3 months ago in z/OS / BCP_Capacity Provisioning 0 Future consideration

Smart Control Block Visualizer

Replace traditional “hex dump style” printing with an intelligent, structured, and human-readable representation of control blocks.
3 months ago in z/OS / General 1 Needs more information

SMP/E Root CA certificate change request

Current IBM SMP/E Root certificate, DigiCert Global Root CA, is using weak SHA1 algorithm. We are working on replacing all certificates using SHA1 with much more secure SHA256. Many vendors already switched their SMP/E client certificates to use ...
almost 2 years ago in z/OS / SMP/E 1 Not under consideration

Provide consistent easy RCF link from all formats

Provide an easy way to submit reader comments, consistent between the HTML and PDF versions, with adequate instructions. Currently the PDF versions link to a documentation page that does not have an obvious link for reader comments.
about 1 year ago in z/OS / Documentation 2 Not under consideration

Concurrent Copy SDM_TE search enhancement

The Concurrent Copy SDM_TE searches get worse the more Point-In-Time track images are stored in the ANTMAIN dataspaces. This delays the Concurrent Copy request past the expected completion time. In our case, what was expected to be 5 to 6 hours of...
over 3 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS SDM 0 Future consideration

Support Intrdr File Encoding header for all Submit Jobs requests

The z/OSMF API for submitting jobs supports a “X-IBM-Intrdr-File-Encoding” header, which has the following limitation:> This header is effective only when the JCL for the job to be submitted is included in the HTTP request body. This header is ...
3 months ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Submitted

Add Support For Read Only 3390 DASD When Running In LPAR

Maintenance of base and middleware on z/OS systems in my shop is performed on a master system. When new z/OS systems are created, these master volumes are copied to the new system. The cloned system LPARs quickly get out of sync with the master sy...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / DFSMS Disk Storage SW Support 3 Future consideration

z/OS Health Checker HZSPRINT utility enhancemnet

z/OS Health Check utility HZSPRINT provides the user with good information about the checks in place, however it doesn't show the state of it as it could be verified in SDSF for example. Using the the F HZSPROC,DISPLAY,CHECKS,DETAILS it provides t...
9 months ago in z/OS / BCP_Healthchecker 0 Future consideration