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Enhancement to DISPLAY TCPIP NETSTAT PORTL - Add Range

Enhance the TCPIP DISPLAY command for NETSTAT,PORTList to include the ability to specify a RANGE. Some examples of the command syntax: D TCPIP,,NETSTAT,PORTL,PORT=14000-14500 Or D TCPIP,,NETSTAT,PORTL,PORT=14000,MAX=500 Or maybe D TCPIP,,NETSTAT,P...
about 10 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

ICE002I and RC=00

Sort step that post msg: ICE002I should not end with RC=00
about 10 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS DFSORT 2 Not under consideration

Extended ping support in TSO option 6

Need important extended ping in ispf.we can only do workstation of extended ping for OSA, etc. When doing destructive or plan outage to see traffic route with using extended ping. Similar ping ofPing xxx.xxx.xxx -t-t is extended ping and cntl c to...
over 3 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 8 Not under consideration

Allow DFHSM to Migrate bad files with 0 exts

We have come across bad dsns(meaning files that have no lrecl, blocksize, 0 extents and/or are empty).DFHSM will bypass these types of files due to it having 0 extents. What is happening is even though they are still being cataloged. With these fi...
over 3 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 1 Future consideration

Show classes pending a refresh in the SETROPTS LIST or other query command

The customer would like to be able to see which RACF classes are pending a SETROPTS REFRESH
about 10 years ago in z/OS / RACF 2 Not under consideration

In NCA When copying a stack should we should have an option to change the Version of the stack

There are times when we are copying a stack from one image to another. The current image is a lower level then the one we are moving to. Right now I have to stop the process, go to the image, update it and then move it. It would be better to do th...
over 3 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

Generic Tracker Facility: GTZPRINT Utility Should Generate CSV Content

Introduced with z/OS 2.1, the Generic Tracker Facility provides a utility program, GTZPRINT, which formats and reports tracking facility and migration aid information. Based upon selection and exclusion criteria defined in SYS1.PARMLIB, the generi...
about 10 years ago in z/OS / BCP_Generic Tracker 3 Future consideration

In z/OSMF workflow, the users should have the flexibility and choice to decide whether the job card should be added

To provide the users the flexibility and choices.
almost 7 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

In z/OSMF workflow, should support the manual intervention(especially for the abnormal jobs) without suspending the engine

We have good understanding of our jobs, so should let the users decide whether to suspend the workflow engine for the manual intervention.
almost 7 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

Add SNMP manager usage of MIBS.DATA for processing alert traps

We are running OSNMP in a started task to receive messages over port 162 from outboard hardware. Previous to z/OS 2.3 the messages come across as EBCDIC and we could use automation to create alerts for warning and critical messages. Now under z/OS...
over 3 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

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