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z/OS

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Better Alert or Avoid having a UserCatalg allocated elsewhere that in the CAS

The customer has got a problem with a UserCatalog he wanted to move, but this UserCatalog was allocatde in the *MASTER* Adress Space
about 6 years ago in z/OS / BCP_Allocation 2 Not under consideration

Permit zOSMF Software Deployment to initialize online target volume

zOSMF Software Deployment's "initialize target volume?" option, when opted, demands the target volume be offline. This requires manual intervention in the deployment of a software instance before and after the ICKDSF/INIT job to vary the device of...
about 2 years ago in z/OS / SMP/E 0 Future consideration

Add ability to end )MODEL definition in ISPF Panels.

This request asks for the ability to end a )MODEL definition in an ISPF panel to allow additional panel content. This adds the ability to have static text after an ISPF Table display and provides additional flexibility.
over 10 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 5 Not under consideration

Enhance RACF to allow PERMITs with WHEN(PROGRAM) for zSecure custom general resource classes

I would like the ability to use conditional permits with a custom class for zSecure Command Verifier. In my case rather than use XFACILIT for zSecure Command Verifier we have opted to use our own general resource class by defining it to the CDT cl...
over 8 years ago in z/OS / RACF 2 Not under consideration

LPAR Image Capacity Calculation

When we have set a value for Defined Capacity of 600, the Image Capacity shows me 600 as well. That's reasonable and is comprehensible. As we do not work with Defined Capacity anymore the Image Capacity Value changed. I have Defined Capacity of 0,...
over 6 years ago in z/OS / BCP_WLM 1 Not under consideration

Better Auditing for IRR.DIGTCERT.LISTRING

IRRADU00 ACCESS SUCCESS record for calls to FACILITY IRR.DIGTCERT.LISTRING does not show the actual RING Name. Please require RACROUTE callers to specify a RingName that can be viewed in the IRRADU00 unloaded output. Suggestion is for use of the L...
over 8 years ago in z/OS / RACF 2 Not under consideration

Have z/OS C support -qascii options properly

Trying to use the -qascii compile option, facilities like printf print in ASCII on my TSO OMVS terminal - do not display the text properly - they display the stuff in ASCII. I have to do additional work to get this to work - Or issue the command p...
about 2 years ago in z/OS / LE 3 Not under consideration

Allow z/OS C/C++ library to write zero-length data set records using record mode processing.

The z/OS C/C++ library will currently not allow the creation of zero-length records using record-mode processing using fwrite(). This applies to RECFM=V*, and RECFM=U. It is possible using text mode, but this does not allow for binary processing. ...
over 6 years ago in z/OS / LE 3 Not under consideration

Support record-wrapping in the z/OS C/C++ library

There is currently no option in the C/C++ library to wrap when writing data set records in "text" mode. The library *does* do this automatically for spool file data sets, but a line written to a regular data set that is longer than the maximum len...
over 6 years ago in z/OS / LE 1 Not under consideration

ISPF Dialogs Using REXX to Access ISPF T

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR00070648User Marketing Field Requirement Number: SSMVSE98502Title: ISPF Dialogs Using REXX to Access ISPF Tables - Perf DegradationSubmitted By: US359049Originators Area: DFNA / 972-447-0298FPOC: William Yurkovic/Pou...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / TSO 2 Not under consideration

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