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z/OS

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Allow the use of zOS system symbols in catalog entries

When defining a catalog entry, you can specify VOLUME(&SYM1) for example but not (NAME(HLQ.&SYM1..LLQ)). For that you need a catalog entry then an alias with SYMBOLICRELATE. There are instances where we would find it useful to have a symbo...
3 months ago in z/OS / DFSMS Catalog/IDCAMS/AMS 0 Under review

Add a RACDCERT REST API to z/OSMF

It would be useful if we could get an API to manage digital certificates or at the minimum get a list of keyrings and certificates on the system. A RACDCERT API could be used for external management tools and to make utilities that give notificati...
8 months ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

Allow changing a internal MIH value set by MODULE IOSVDPDR and IOSRRRSV

There are some Japanese banking customers who issue VARY dddd,OFFLINE,FORCE command when an I/O timeout occurs on a device which have a redundancy by software (ie. IMS OLDS). As a result, these devices for being no-response are separated out and a...
over 3 years ago in z/OS / BCP_IOS 0 Future consideration

Provide config option to IBM LDAP to allow suppression of ' ICH408I, IRR013I ' Logon Error Msgs from its JESLOG and LPAR SYSLOG.

We recently converted from Broadcom CA-LDAP to IBM LDAP (LDAPSRV). Both accessing a RACF database. We have '.net' web service validations coming in for userid / pswd. With IBM LDAP, we're now seeing dozens of ICH408I, IRR013I Logon error messages ...
3 months ago in z/OS / LDAP 0 Future consideration

need CEEOPT64 for amode64 environments

allow applications that have amode31 and amode64 environments to be able to read options specific to their environment. For example existing CEEOPTS be used by amode24/31 applications and CEEOPT64 be processed by amode64 environment
12 months ago in z/OS / LE 0 Future 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"
over 4 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS DSS 1 Future consideration

Consistent IFASMFDL behaviour for empty logstreams

Currently there are two possible outcomes when using IFASMFDL and specifying a time frame where no records can be found in the logstream, depending on whether the logstream has been written to. If there are no records in the specified time frame, ...
over 4 years ago in z/OS / BCP_SMF 0 Future consideration

design requirement to have DFSMSdss check the status of the GDS once the COPY is completed

Design requirement to have DFSMSdss check the status of the GDS once the COPY is completed to ensure that the status has not changed from the status it had prior to the target being allocated. Since the DFSMSdss stop started after the GDS was crea...
almost 5 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS DSS 0 Future consideration

z/OSMF Software Deployment - Add workflows

Unable to add customer specific "workflow" in a software deployment.
over 3 years ago in z/OS / SMP/E 0 Future consideration

Know how close an AS is to exceeding MEMLIMIT

MEMLIMIT is defined as the limit of private virtual storage that an address space can use above the bar any given time. But, guarded virtual storage and storage obtained with memlimit=no does not count against the MEMLIMIT. In SMF is reported SMF3...
3 months ago in z/OS / BCP_Storage Management (inc. RSM/ASM/VSM/DIV) 1 Needs more information

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