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z/OS

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FTP should support ISPF compression / unpack by default

In ISPF there is a possibility to set the 'PACK' option to on. If this option is set, ISPF member(s) are automatically compressed. In ISPF BROWSE or EDIT, the member(s) are showen automatically in uncompressed mode. FTP should always 'UNPACK' such...
about 10 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

Allow z/OS FTP client to choose, fix, or limit ephemeral port usage of data connection

I already knew the answer to the question ('No') but my networkign folks were pressing me for definitive documentation, so I opened an SR 92729 499 000 to ask if 1) testcase.boulder.ibm.com was limiting ports to any specific range (answer is incon...
about 10 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 5 Not under consideration

HCD design change - control unit type 2107

Requesting design change to HCD - identify an invalid/unsupported 2107 control unit definition. CNTLUNIT CUNUMBR=E006,PATH=((CSS(0),89,C2,6A,15)), * UNITADD=((00,256)),LINK=((CSS(0),41,41,C1,C1)),CUADD=4F,* UNIT=2107 IODEVICE ADDRESS=(E0F0,016),UN...
about 10 years ago in z/OS / HCD 4 Not under consideration

XCF couple dataset Maxmember peak value reset

Please enhance the XCF_SYSPLEX_CDS_CAPACITY check and allow for the peak value reset after deleting members, withoutsysplex wide IPL. We reached the MAXMEMBERS peak value and increased it to maximum of 2047, but even after deleting the members, pe...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / BCP_XCF/XES 2 Not under consideration

Regular expression $ matching needs improvement

The string ISPF passes to the regular expression matcher appears to include trailing blanks, even when those trailing blanks are not logically there. ie. the blanks are there as an artifact of the editor (VB datasets) or would not generally be the...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 3 Not under consideration

Defrag should leave / add freespace to PDS with 0 Secondary extents

When DSS is defragmenting a volume, add an optional parameter FREE%(nn default 10, nn default 10) that applies to DSORG=PO,SPACE=(qty,(prm,0,dir)) that the resulting DSORG=PO have nn% free space and nn% free directory blocks). When DSS is defragme...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS DSS 2 Not under consideration

Fail the RDEFINE and RALTER command is the STDATA user ID and group does not exist

If a non existent user ID or group is specified in the STDATA segment parm when executing the RDEFINE or RALTER command, the command should fail. Currently the command is allowed to proceed - a warning message is pushed out to the user informing t...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / RACF 2 Not under consideration

Add remote file name to SYSTCPSM SMF119 NMI FTP record

Only the mainframe side file name of the FTP file transfer is available in the SMF119 record provided to the SYSTCPSM NMI interface. If the file is being renamed on the FTP file transfer, the remote file name is not available in the SMF record
over 10 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

Document Generic Tracker Facility GTZPRINT Msgs/RCs in IBM Pubs

The Generic Tracker Facility, introduced with z/OS 2.1, provides a utility program, GTZPRINT, to print recorded tracking events with sample invocation JCL in SYS1.SAMPLIB(GTZPRNTJ). If the utility fails the user is instructed to find return code e...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / BCP_Generic Tracker 2 Planned for future release

Allow HSM Recycle of tape to disk

We have HSM backup data on tape, and we would like to move this to disk instead. We have implemented autobackup to disk, but even after several months there is still tape media that contains valid backup versions. We need the ability to recycle th...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 1 Future consideration

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