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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

Allocation should not retry allocating devices that still have tapes mounted on them

We experienced a large number of microcode issues during the unloads of our VTS drives. The result was a tape drive that z/OS thought was unloaded but actually had a tape mounted from the VTS's perspective. Because z/OS and the VTS are 'out of syn...
about 10 years ago in z/OS / BCP_Allocation 2 Not under consideration

Create a new code page in order to support latest Spanish language changes; namely, using ll and ch as two different chars

We have found a weird behaviour using PL/I REGEX function. After opening a support case, IBM team become aware code page needs some updates. However, it may be easier to build a new one, picking those changes.
over 1 year ago in z/OS / LE 0 Future consideration

conditional includes in JCL

Couldn't find a better category for this, feel free to move it. I'd like to see the ability to include members into JCL conditionally, depending on the value of a set statement, a variable passed into a proc etc. e.g. // SET VAR=Y .. .. .. // IF V...
almost 3 years ago in z/OS / BCP_Scheduler 1 Not under consideration

Automattic inclusion of all CA certs to a keyring

In the case where you do not need a personal certificate on your keyring a Virtual keyrings works well. However if you have two way authentication the Virtual keyring is not useful in this case since it requires a personal certificate attached to ...
about 7 years ago in z/OS / RACF 5 Not under consideration

Allow software instances to have more than one workflow file

Even IBM written workflow (e.g. zCX) do have multiple files to have a separation between the workflow itself and the JCL or REXX templates. Like that, the workflow is much more maintainable compared to using inline templates. However when creating...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 5 Not under consideration

Add a 'syntax check' function to POLICY AGENT to check syntax of policy files.

We like to have command to enable Policy Agent to do a syntax check that simulates loading a new config and syntax checking it, without impacting the current running config. Much like the TCPIP syntax check for profiles. We have a process currentl...
about 7 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under consideration

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