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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"
almost 5 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS DSS 1 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

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

DFDSS COPY jobs - allow user to determine if a copy job issues RC4 or RC8 for a missing dataset

We get an RC4 for COPY step with a missing dataset. We also get RC4 for a COPY of a PE (prevasivelky encrypted) file that was OPEN when the copy was performed. Using condition code checking we cannot differentiate between the missing file, which w...
5 months ago in z/OS / DFSMS DSS 1 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

RMF I/O new panel with RATE/response time for ASYN SYNC(zhyperl) CSR (Consistent Read Secondary)

We currently get the I/O response time and and I/O rate by running a RMF report (summary) as follow : The JCL //RMFPP EXEC PGM=ERBRMFPP,REGION=0M //MFPINPUT DD DISP=SHR,DSN=SYTMVS.$SJ08.W9AS3JC.SMF.TOUT.D240128.TKS1 //PPSUM001 DD SYSOUT=* //PPSUM0...
11 months ago in z/OS / RMF 2 Future consideration

z/OSMF SCA: Improvements deleting variables

In z/OSMF SCA, you can define variables to complete the resources in the "configurable" tab. It would be helpful to have the following options: Remove all variables at once, i.e. return to the initial display with the placeholders for the variable...
3 months ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

Desirable new feature: GROUP revoke inactive days and consequently new user inactivity policy

We have set SETROPTS INACTIVE(60) and this is applicable for all users. However, we have some specific users with the requirement not to be revoked after 60 days but at different than this value. So, Inactivity should be helpful to be defined as g...
about 1 month ago in z/OS / RACF 0 Under review

Add additional filtering keywords to IEASYMxx

If IEASYMxx supported a SYSDEF SYSRES(volser) parameter it would be possible to set other symbols based on the volser of the sysres. This would eliminate the need for the system programmer to change IEASYMxx each time the IPL volume changed. Reduc...
3 months ago in z/OS / BCP_Supervisor 1 Not under consideration

could we have AOPBATCH part of the z/OS and not dependant of having InforPrint Server ?

AOPBATCH is better than BPXBATCH
about 2 years ago in z/OS / USS 0 Future consideration

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