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ADRDSSU Enhancement

ADRDSSU fails to reinitialize a space efficient flash copy volume if the volume UCB shows a count greater than zero. This leaves the volume online without a VTOC and subject to I/O errors if referenced. When using the FCWD option with ADRDSSU, a R...
over 7 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS DSS 2 Future consideration

Additional subchannel sets

With the implementation of GDPS 4 Site, we have drastically depleted UCB's in our KPAR's and SDMPLEX, we are requesting at least 6 MSSes per LCSS in support of 4 Site and future UCB growth. We have worked for years on UCB reclamation to comply wit...
over 7 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / I/O and Networking 5 Not under consideration

TN3270 should provide a Display command on the Cached Certificate

TN3270 caches the CERT when it is started. There is no way to identified what the name of the CERT is that is cached. Or when it will expire. It would be helpful to be able to issue a DISPLAY Command (MVS Command) to request the name of the CERT a...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

z/OS console services - solKeyReg -> sol-key-detected:false -> fail the workflow step

In z/OSMF workflow REST API step, it's very inconvenient to check the response to API request and possibly fail the workflow step. Eg.: <requestBody substitution="true">{"cmd":"S BLABLA","system":"${_workflow-systemName}","sol-key": "^(?![\\...
over 4 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

Allow use of better data selection parameter(s) on the PRINT command of ADRDSSU

When printing a data set using ADRDSSU I can see the absolute text of files including encrypted files. However, in order to just see a small part of the text I need to print the entire data set or specify absolute track addresses. Absolute track a...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / DFSMS DSS 1 Not under consideration

Allow rexx program to insert file tailoring output lines

File tailoring skeletons allow imbedded rexx programs through the use of )REXX and )ENDREXX tags. I would like for those rexx programs to be able to insert new lines of output to the ISPFILE output, without leaving the rexx program. The rexx progr...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 3 Not under consideration

Updating SYS1.SAMPLIB(EDGJRECV) to not require lost tape rack number or create new sample member to recover virtual volume

Currently, the EDGJRECV sample for recovering lost tape volume records in RMM CDS requires rack number in the IN1 DD CARD, which is not possible for virtual/logical volumes, so the sample cannot be used to recover lost virtual tape volume records.
over 4 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS RMM 0 Future consideration

LDAP Debug tracing should externalize negative SQL return codes

LDAP debug tracing does not externalize SQL error messages when using TDBM with DB2. This means that customers may need to recreate an issue twice, which may not be possible, in order to receive the SQL return code if the LDAP return code is not s...
almost 3 years ago in z/OS / LDAP 0 Future consideration

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

ARMWRAP needs to be added as a supported function

ARMWRAP, the ARM JCL wrapper, was made available as a download associated with the Redpaper for ARMWRAP . The information in the Redpaper is inconsistent with the way the source is designed and clients are struggling with errors. For example, the ...
over 4 years ago in z/OS / BCP_XCF/XES 1 Not under consideration

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