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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...
4 months ago in z/OS / DFSMS DSS 0 Future consideration

Allow LDAP server admins to be able to customize SQL queries for LDAP operations.

Due to the wide range of SQL functionality and DB2 database implementations it's possible that certain SQL queries generated by the LDAP server are not optimized for some DB2 databases, a mechanism to allow LDAP admins to customize queries can gre...
10 months ago in z/OS / LDAP 0 Future consideration

PDUU (AMAPDUPL) should support UNIX files

We plan to use AMAPDUPL replacing plain FTP for sending dumps, logs, files to IBM for problem determination. Unfortunately, AMAPUDUPL doesn't support Unix file. SYSUT1 is only for sequential dataset and PDS. In order to send Unix files to IBM with...
over 2 years ago in z/OS / BCP_Service Aids 6 Not under consideration

zFS - Update catalog bits also when filesystem is mounted RO

The zFS attributes from the CATALOG will be updated only when the filesystem is mounted RDWR. Meaning when a cluster is allocated with 'DEFINE CLUSTER LINEAIR' (not with ZFS keyword). And afterwards always mounted RO, the catalog is never updated....
over 1 year ago in z/OS / z/OS File System (zFS) 1 Future consideration

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Compare this https://ideas.ibm.com/ideas/ZOS-I-4059 with https://ibm-z-hardware-and-operating-systems.ideas.ibm.com/ideas/ZOS-I-4059 The ideas.ibm.com is almost unusable, does not show the votes or how to vote, and the link to the aha portal (the ...
7 months ago in z/OS / Core Infrastructure 2 Not under consideration

zERT Analyzer - Enhance Query Builder Capabilities

While using the query builder in zERT it does not offer the ability to filter for either 'User ID' or 'Job Name' even those values are reported in the result set. It would be of great benefit if the query would allow to filter already on those two...
10 months ago in z/OS / Communications Server 0 Future consideration

SMP/E to update acceptable LKED PARMs / Binder Options

It has been found that DB2 High Performance Unload (HPU), under DB2 Tools, FMID HINZ510, is trying to use COMPAT=PM5 in their JCLIN's LKED Steps. SMP/E only accepts up to PM4. This is to request SMP/E allow all the available COMPAT options to be s...
3 months ago in z/OS / SMP/E 1 Not under consideration

Make diagnosing IXC440E easier.

when IXC440E message is received the documentation IXC440E - IBM Documentation is complicated. There are multiple displays required to capture required data: Issue DISPLAY XCF commands to get more information about the stalled group members. Use D...
9 months ago in z/OS / BCP_XCF/XES 0 Future consideration

z/OSMF Network Configuration Assistant REST API

We get very often requirements to change the IPSec policy to add/remove IP addresses to the different address groups for IPSec. This is very time consuming as sometimes 10 addresses have to be added, sometime 5 have to be removed and so on. Also, ...
9 months ago in z/OS / Communications Server 0 Future consideration

Accept and generate RACF Identity Tokens for authentication

z/OSMF can generate and validate JWTs, but the JWTs are only valid with z/OSMF itself. If z/OSMF could generate RACF Identity Tokens (IDT), then the generated token could be used with other z/OS components that support RACF IDTs such as Db2 for z/...
3 months ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

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