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Request to have a way to change HLQ of ABARS ARECOVER VERIFY CONFLICTdataset

Is it possible for the ARECOVER command option VERIFY to have a sub-option to specify a different HLQ than the default 'id' which is linked to the authorized user ID for DFSMShsm.On our system 'id.agname.CONFLICT.Dyyddd.Thhmmss' is always HSM.agna...
over 9 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 2 Not under consideration

Centralize Stack Symbols names in zOSMF

Right now when you create STACK Variables in zOSMF you have to copy the exact name to each stack. Also it is difficult to change a stack variable name in the tool. It would be better if there was central table of names that you can add to and see ...
about 3 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under consideration

PFA to monitor for above the bar storage

In late March, we experienced an MQ outage on our main production system. Analysis by IBM concluded that the cause was a leak in 64bit storage.Currently, PFA has a check for private storage below and above the line. It would be beneficial to us, a...
over 6 years ago in z/OS / BCP_Predictive Failure Analysis 0 Planned for future release

Health Check for USS mounts would benefit from ability to specify "expected deviation"

In a multi-member sysplex it isn't unusual for a shared BPXPRMxx member to attempt to mount a symbolically described ZFS at a mountpoint already occupied by a data set from another IPL set. This is flagged as a mount failure on the system attempti...
over 9 years ago in z/OS / USS 2 Future consideration

Set slip and other diagnostic data capture parameter in z/OSMF

Sometimes the component or products which generating dump is not the root cause component, the dump for related component cannot be captured timely. The customer understands that nowadays it is still very hard to be smart enough to intelligently c...
over 6 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 1 Not under consideration

KEEPLU coding in PARMSGROUP and associated printer function

LUKEEP coded in PARMSGROUP allow to reconnect the same telnet client and still maintain the associated printer device.Test performed by customer to simulate a session drop closing/starting the LU display terminal from client results also in the as...
over 9 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under consideration

Change the default port the TSO FTP client uses

We'd like to be able to have the ability to modify the default port the TSO FTP client will use. It defaults to 21 and that can be changed at execution time with an override but we'd like to permenantly change the default so an override isn't requ...
over 9 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

Unexpected CEELAA_STACKFLOOR64 address when storage initialization is used

During testing of IBM Fault Analyzer for z/OS, we encountered a problem with the CEELAA_STACKFLOOR64 field. Fault Analyzer uses this value to determine the valid address range of the stack storage when checking a possible DSA address. Basically, i...
over 6 years ago in z/OS / LE 1 Not under consideration

PLAC1209-1297 Improve IEASYM processing to filter by SYSNAME

SUBMITTER SECTIONSubmitted by: Carles.ArisSubmitters Company: La Caixa PUBLICRequirement Number and Title: PLAC1209-1297 Improve IEASYM processing to filter by SYSNAMEHomework Assigned: NoRequirement Category: Core TechnologyCurrent Status: Recogn...
over 9 years ago in z/OS / BCP_General 7 Not under consideration

PCIT0810-1361 Add Support for HSM QUERY Command output

SUBMITTER SECTIONSubmitted by: william.pape@citigroup.comSubmitters Company: Citigroup PUBLICRequirement Number and Title: PCIT0810-1361 Add Support for HSM QUERY Command outputHomework Assigned: NoRequirement Category: Core TechnologyCurrent Stat...
over 9 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 4 Not under consideration

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