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DSFS: Automatic CCSID conversation for selected datasets/members

We'd love a enhancement in DSFS that it could do automatic conversation of datasets/members when they are used with DSFS. For example: dataset.name(member) -> Terminal emulator 1141 for Germany /dsfs/txt/dataset.name/member --> automatically...
about 1 year ago in z/OS / Data Set File System (DSFS) 1 Future consideration

GDPS Monitoring of Path Availability to Metro Mirror secondary Devices

Availability of channel paths to Metro Mirror secondary devices is crucial in the context of a GDPS HyperSwap. Currently it is possible even with a GDPS planned HyperSwap to swap from devices connected via 8 paths to devices connected via only 1 p...
over 5 years ago in z/OS / BCP_IOS 7 Future consideration

Signed SMF Records - Improvement of the Validation Process with IFASMFDL

Currently one has to follow the below steps to activate and validate signed SMF records (According: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/3.1.0?topic=records-setting-up-using-digitally-signed-smf).The basic steps to set up and use digitally signed SMF r...
about 1 year ago in z/OS / BCP_SMF 1 Not under consideration

add GDG support to z/OSMF Dataset Rest API

When I make a post request to the /zosmf/restfiles/ds API for a GDG creation (+1), it returns a "404 not found". I expected, that a new generation dataset is created with the disposition sent within the post body. However, z/OSMF RESTFiles does al...
almost 4 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

more flexible data selection in JOBS REST API

current /restjobs/jobs API : supports status=active, but not status=output or status=input -- make this a full choice of available status returns up to 1000 jobs (without exec-data) but provides no way to access any remaining jobs, only to make a ...
4 months ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 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

Determining CPU Usage per Application in TCPIP Stack

We would like to determine the cost and CPU usage of each application running under each address space. Specifically, we need to identify how much CPU usage is consumed by each application under the TCP/IP workload. For example, if the TCP/IP addr...
6 months ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under consideration

DFSMSdss zFS / USS

The request is: "Provide support to backup and restore individual files residing in zFS /USS with DFSMSdss with option for wild cards"
almost 6 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS DSS 2 Future consideration