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z/OS

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ARM feature or exit to influence TARGET_SYSTEM selection

Need a way to influence the system that ARM selects for a restart. Either new function or an exit that the customer can code.
over 4 years ago in z/OS / BCP_XCF/XES 1 Future consideration

Support additional headers in unsuccessful z/OSMF API requests

Currently when the z/OSMF API responds with a request status other that 200, additional headers are not included. This can be an issue if you are working with cross site requests as the required CORS headers are not included in the server response...
over 4 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

Add Scheduling of Real Resources to JES2

Provide a JES2 facility to schedule jobs based upon their real resource requirements and the current availability of those resources in the system. The facility must extend to a Multi-Access Spool environment. The system (not the operator or syste...
over 4 years ago in z/OS / JES2 1 Future consideration

CHECK(IBMCATALOG,CATALOG_RNLS)

The following DFSMS/CATALOG Health Check is misleading if the system is running CA-MII with GRSRNL=EXCLUDE:CHECK(IBMCATALOG,CATALOG_RNLS) There is no way to determine which reserves MII is configured to process.
over 9 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS Catalog/IDCAMS/AMS 4 Not under consideration

Search path for DLLs in Executable

Linux has a mechanism to have a default search path embedded in an executable when it tries to load a shared library, equivalent to DLL's on z/OS, called rpath. This path takes precedence over some default search paths such as system search paths ...
over 4 years ago in z/OS / LE 2 Not under consideration

PSHB0506-965 APPLY sysmods by age

SUBMITTER SECTIONSubmitted by: bean02Submitters Company: SHB PUBLICRequirement Number and Title: PSHB0506-965 APPLY sysmods by ageHomework Assigned: NoRequirement Category: Core TechnologyCurrent Status: Closed Status: Session: Requirement Value C...
over 9 years ago in z/OS / SMP/E 2 Future consideration

WOAS0705-819 RACF needs to support any character in the RACF Class Definition - Security WG

SUBMITTER SECTIONSubmitted by: Bill.ODonnellSubmitters Company: PUBLICRequirement Number and Title: WOAS0705-819 RACF needs to support any character in the RACF Class Definition - Security WGHomework Assigned: NoRequirement Category: WebSphereCurr...
over 9 years ago in z/OS / RACF 3 Not under consideration

SHAREPORT for PORTRANGE

It would be nice to be able to use SHAREPORT with PORTRANGE
over 4 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

NetAccess Support for RFC1700

According to RFC1700, the address block 0.0.0.0/8 to cover range 0.0.0.0 - 0.255.255.255 is used for broadcast messages to this network. Without RFC1700 support there is no way to reserve that IP range in NetAccess to a specific profile covering it.
over 9 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under consideration

Need BYPASSACS option for Migrate Volume(xxxxxx) Move

When using the DFSMShsm new function to do MIGRATE VOLUME(xxxxxx) MOVE, we need a possibility to bypass ACS routines so that manually or JCL-assigned SMS-classes are retained for datasets on selected volumes. The parameter BYPASSACS could be added...
over 9 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 3 Future consideration