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Support Symbols LogDD also in DD:SYSTSIN

Hello, If using symbol logging combined with DD SYSTSIN in Tso-batch job //SYSTSIN DD *,SYMBOLS(xxxx,logdd)... then Loggdd is ignored now (as mentioned in JCL Reference) OA53706 does some changes in jes2 code that may support logging in this case ...
almost 7 years ago in z/OS / JES2 2 Future consideration

Missing IZU= statement from IEASYSxx; System should attempt to read IZUPRM00 member if present.

In V2R3 the system will attempt to automatically start the z/OSMF server. If a site shares the IEASYSxx member across multiple systems running different releases, and needs to disable the auto start feature this could cause IPL issues with down le...
almost 7 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 2 Not under consideration

Extra Filters for NETSTAT DEV command

Currently when doing a netstat display you normally only want to look at your OSA cards however the display gives you everything. You can do each individual OSA Card interface name but that is a bit cumbersome. Having a filter added that will allo...
almost 7 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under consideration

Modify TSOKEY00 to allow multiple GNAME parameters

Our need involves supporting a second facility for logging into TSO by way of a second VTAM Generic Resource name.This would facilitate running certain license programs, requiring TSO, like QMF, to be resident on fewer LPARs.
almost 7 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under consideration

JES2 - Spool order on display command

We want to display SPOOL volumes in order after $DSPL command. In our case, something like this:SPOOL1 SPOOL2 SPOOL3 SPOOL4 SPOOL5SPOOL6
almost 7 years ago in z/OS / JES2 1 Not under consideration

HCD CBDMGHCP PARM='CONFIG,PR,*' CNTLUNIT PATH LINK SWPORT one variable by line

PGM=CBDMGHCP,PARM='CONFIG,PR,*'generates CNTLUNIT PATH LINK SWPORT one behind the other on the same line without leaving room to insert other values.If it would generate with only one by line , we are able to insert new parameters to use MIGR.It w...
almost 7 years ago in z/OS / HCD 5 Not under consideration

SDSP for disk backup volumes

I would like IBM to implement the use of Small Dataset Packing Datasets (SDSPs) on HSM dasd backup volumes, to minimize the number of entries in the VTOC, similar to your SDSP implemention on ML1 volumes.
almost 7 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 1 Not under consideration

64-bit support for CEE3LNG

CEE3LNG doesn't have 64-bit support.
almost 7 years ago in z/OS / LE 0 Future consideration

EAV support for TSO LPR command

Customer uses the LPR command in their environment and are in a project to implement EAV. They ran the Tivoli utility EAV tracker to find programs that are not EAV ready. LPR was listed in the results and this is one of the tools they use. They re...
about 7 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

Resend DeadLetter Emails for Communications Server SMTP

We have email jobs that are undelivered due to various reasons. Could there please be a way to retrieve the emails stored in the deadletter directory and re-send the emails without re-submitting the job that generated them.
about 7 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

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