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DFSMS dss copy process not using Dynamic Volume Count in dataclass

Product: DFSMS dss(ADRDSSU)Description: When customer using copy rename job without specify VOLCOUNT parameter, ADRDSSU use the source dataset volume count to determine target dataset volume count during the allocation CCB wants adrdssu to use the...
almost 10 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS DSS 3 Not under consideration

Better Audit Records for Configuration Assistant

We had an issue where a change was made within the Configuration Assistant for the AT-TLS policy however we could not track who made the change nor what was exactly changed. This makes our ability to pinpoint issues with the security policies much...
over 7 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

Restrict access depending on the system service used to access a resource.

A resource, usually a dataset but it can be a general resource, can be accessed through different services. The idea relates to the ability of accessing the resource through TSO, for example, but not using a JOB (or NetView, or other systems servi...
over 2 years ago in z/OS / RACF 3 Not under consideration

Tool to simulate access to resources.

Administrators and support staff usually need to refine and diagnose RACF controlled access. Therefore they should have available a tool to specify the conditions when an access is to happen and get a detailed RACF response.
over 2 years ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Not under consideration

ftp rdw only works one way

IBM's z/OS "ftp" program has an "RDW" option. When ftping a VB file in binary mode from mainframe to PC, it will include RDWs in the datastream on the PC (see "use case" for example program). This is an excellent feature. Unfortunately, there does...
almost 10 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 6 Not under consideration

THE AL COMMAND IN THE DATA SET LIST UTILITY DOES NOT USE THE SELECTED DATA SET ATTRIBUTES TO ALLOCATE THE NEW DATA SET.

When viewing the Data Set Utility panel ISRUDSL0 (ISPF 3.4) and entering the AL (Allocate) Line Command next to a dataset, Panel ISRMCALL (Allocate Target Data Set) is displayed. If option 2. Specify allocation attributes is selected then panel IS...
almost 10 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 3 Not under consideration

Enhance ICSF to support dynamic Enable and Disable for ICSF TKDS

Current and recent releases of ICSF provide a function to Enable and Disable dynamic updates to ICSF CKDS & PKDS datasets - I believe via PANELID CSFACF00. This function is missing for ICSF TKDS dataset. It would be nice to have consistency a...
over 2 years ago in z/OS / ICSF 0 Future consideration

LE individual modules CEEROPT and CEEUOPT should be treated the same

CEEROPT and CEEUOPT allow for the passage of LE options at the individual job/application level. However, currently CEEROPT and be loaded from STEPLIB while CEEUOPT requires that it be linked with the application/program. CEEROPT is for region lev...
over 2 years ago in z/OS / LE 1 Not under consideration

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over 2 years ago in z/OS / BCP_General 0 Not under consideration

Empowering conditional access to general resources through privileged programs

Some resources different from DATASET also should be accessed through allowed programs. This would allow a refined access to some sensitive resources such as those under SURROGAT (for example, USER1 can submit a job in the name of USER2 only if th...
over 2 years ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Future consideration

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