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[zOSMF] Visual extension of Resource Monitor

I want to be more convenient the ability to customize the dashboard.When I did a demonstration of zOSMF resource monitor for customers, we got opinions, such as the following. 1. Fix the maximum value of the graph axis.For graph axis is not fixed,...
over 8 years ago in z/OS / RMF 3 Future consideration

Is IBM health check VSAMRLS_TVS_ENABLED still required under zOS v3.1 ?

Now that DFSMStvs is included in the base install of zOS v3.1, health check VSAMRLS_TVS_ENABLED excepts as it now finds the product installed but not enabled. I suspect the majority of zOS customers do not enable this now free product? so would ha...
3 months ago in z/OS / BCP_Healthchecker 2 Under review

LE AMODE 31/64 interoperability environment: use of ILC in parallel threads in Java

We want to be able to use the Java batch framework for parallel processing on z/OS in the same way as on other operating systems.We need to execute the batch on z/OS when we have to call COBOL modules for business functionality. The opportunity to...
3 months ago in z/OS / LE 1 Not under consideration

Allow DFSORT to run on zIIP

Enable EXCP access method for DFSORT and allow CPU processing for DFSORT steps to run on zIIP engines.
about 4 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS DFSORT 1 Not under consideration

Provide enanched, automatically manageable information on STP status

STP related errors are displayed in the syslog very early at IPL time, and this makes it difficult for them to be captured by automation and monitoring tools on the fly. We request to enhance the “”DISPLAY ETR” command in two ways: - Include more ...
over 2 years ago in z/OS / BCP_Timer 2 Not under consideration

Mount point and directory hierarchy verification

Just like the SYNTAXCHECK checks the syntax of BPXPRMxx, I'd like to have the ability to compare whatever there is in the BPXPRMxx in terms of mount and mount points against the root file system. A feature that checks if the mount points exist in ...
about 5 years ago in z/OS / USS 1 Future consideration

Share PDSE cross sysplex

Enhancement of PDSEs to be able to be shared cross sysplex. Currently, PDSE could not be shared outside a SYSPLEX.
over 5 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS PDS/PDSE 2 Future consideration

Function requirement - To support TRANSKEY+WRAPENH3 keyword in KGUP utility

PCI-PIN spec defined the key storage need to use key block format when store key tokens. IBM announced the WRAPENH3 format to comply PCI-PIN requirement which should support different ways to store key as WRAPENH3 format, including Key Generator U...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / ICSF 1 Future consideration

Provide option to specify time zone for all z/OSMF logs

Provide a configuration parameter to set the time zone so that the time in the IZUG0.log and many other logs are in sync with the time in many other software and SYSLOG.
almost 6 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 2 Future consideration

Provide optional tagging parameter for zOSMF Files API

Currently, there is no capability to set a file tag when creating a file using the zOSMF REST API for files. Adding an optional parameter to set the tag of the created file will ensure that the file lands in USS with the appropriate tag (when requ...
about 1 year ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

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