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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

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

zERT Data Management History

Under zERT Data Management History, please expand the list of previously attempted import operations, whether successful or not. We would like to have the ability to see the last 2000 (or more) operations. In addition, please add a column / field ...
over 4 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 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

Add PROC parameter/variable to ACBJBAOB in SYS1.SACBCNTL for ISPF data set name HLQ

When using Naviquest to generate a job, it will generate a JCL job stream that contains a JCLLIB statement that points to SYS1.SACBCNTL and an EXEC statement for a PROC located in that data set (ACBJBAOB). There are a few parameters/variables that...
about 2 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS ISMF/Naviquest 0 Future consideration

Allow PORT command to be disabled from FTP.DATA

While I understand there is a SENDPORT command to disable the sendport command for the z/OS FTP client I would prefer an option in the client's local FTP.DATA file to be simply set to disable it.
over 10 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 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

Additional SMF fields in SMF119-1&2 indicating local interface type

We use the SMF 119 type 1 and type 2 information to do important analytical work to discover the load that we put on our servers. One piece of information we would like to look at is DVIPA Distributed statistics verses say VIPA RANGE so that we ca...
over 6 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under consideration

Inclusion of DEVNO disk definitions on the dirmap report processing

The customer wants the DEVNO disk to be included in the DIRMAP / DISKMAP reports to have a better management with IBM-Wave. In a large installation controlled by IBM-Wave like this, it would improve the management by having all the disk used under...
over 6 years ago in z/VM 0 Future consideration

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