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Allow VSAM Data Sets To Consider Previously Used Volumes Prior To Extend Failures

Allow new extents for VSAM data sets to consider previously used volumes before failing the extend with out of volume error.The feature will be very useful to Db2 tablespace and index extend processing which will provide additional Db2 object avai...
9 months ago in z/OS / DFSMS VSAM Planned for future release

Set https certificate for SSC lpar in HMC

At the moment when you start a SSC lpar in installer mode, the lpar starts with a self signed certificate and https isn't secure. Since connecting to the lpar via this connection is an admin connection, a direct connection between 'server' and 'us...
5 months ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE)/IBM Resource Link Planned for future release

Rust language

“Rust teams at Google are as productive as ones using Go, and more than twice as productive as teams using C++.”Lars Bergstrom, Google Director of Engineering, Android Platform Tools & Libraries, in RustNation UK 2024. Now that there is Open X...
over 2 years ago in z/OS / LE Future consideration

Provide mechanism to control IND$FILE downloads

Data leakage issues are far more important than they have been in previous times.FTP can be controlled as can most other file transfer mechanisms. IND$FILE cannot be controlled as it runs unauthorised and can be renamed or copied to another librar...
about 2 months ago in z/OS / TSO Submitted

Add jobname/userid to BPXP005I messages

Currently, when the BPXP005I message is issued, there is no indication of the originating job name or user ID. As a result, system programmers must manually investigate to determine which user or job is generating the message, significantly slowin...
3 months ago in z/OS / USS Submitted

Not evident what to look for when receiving the message: "*IRA131E CRITICAL HIGH COMMON STORAGE SHORTAGE"

During a major change in a production Sysplex LPARs, we have received the *IRA131E message due to a problem with an IMS component not releasing memory and found that it is not evident what to look for in order to locate the exact type of frames in...
3 months ago in z/OS / BCP_Storage Management (inc. RSM/ASM/VSM/DIV) Planned for future release

Limitating Installation History in .policy files under USS

For Users that like to configure their Network with z/OSMF Network Configuration Assistant, this would be useful. The History in the backing store of z/OSMF can be limitet to a certan amount you want or you can leave it be and everything will be s...
3 months ago in z/OS / z/OSMF Submitted

allow one parameter in CEEENTRY that would control DSA stack storage type with 31/64 bit storage

While calling CEEENTRY under HLASM , it is difficult to control DSA storage type by the user. Goal is to allow user to control DSA stg either 24/31/64 bit.
about 1 month ago in z/OS / LE Under review

HMC to support FQDN on HTTPS port 443

We disclose all applications via IBM Security Verify Access (or WebSeal) to end-users using a single port, port 443. This is currently not possible for Z HMC, of all applications. We require a quick HMC redesign to support a single Fully Qualified...
about 1 month ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE)/IBM Resource Link Under review

Implement audit records for IND$FILE usage

IND$FILE doesn't have today good possibility to audit usage. Implement logging/audit possibilities for the utility.
about 2 months ago in z/OS / General Under review

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