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Extended GDG causes space issues

The LIMIT of 999 may be too high, not only for space reasons, but also for space management reasons.There are 3 major issues in the current implementation:1) Installations have no options in terms of limit the maximum number of GDGs. It is either ...
almost 4 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS Catalog/IDCAMS/AMS 3 Delivered

Increase LPAR usage precision in CPC report

In current RMF3 CPC report the LPAR usage precision is limited to one decimal.On CPC with high number of processor (we have > 80 CP) one decimal means approximate 10% of one processor. If one processor rating is 1000 MIPS, 10% are 100 MIPS. A 2...
over 2 years ago in z/OS / RMF 2 Delivered

New RACF resource to block the command “SETIOS HYPERSWAP” only

Description: The Itau bank has 2 very large Sysplexes Bank and Cards. Both environments have the GDPS 4.3 MGM with hyperswap active. This RFE is to request a specific RACF resource only to block the command “SETIOS HYPERSWAP”, nowadays there is on...
over 2 years ago in z/OS / BCP_IOS 1 Delivered

Copy/Paste Function in HMC Integrated ASCII Console

Enable the Copy/Paste Function in HMC Integrated ASCII Console. So a user can copy or paste data between the ASCII console and their desktop (i.e., Windows Notepad). Today users have to manually type data that they wish to copy or paste. That make...
over 4 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE) 1 Delivered

Allow ACS installation exits to be reloaded without an IPL

According to the manual and validated by our testing the ACS installation exits (IGDACSDC, IGDACMDC and IGDACSSC) can only be refreshed with an IPL. These exits should be controlled by the Dynamic exits facility and one should be able to modify an...
almost 3 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS SMS 1 Delivered

Create z/OS Unix symbolic link with ZOSMF Rest API

We would like to see the ability to create and delete symbolic links added to the ZOSMF File Rest API.
about 3 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 1 Delivered

Update SYSLOGD to support sending data via TCP

We have a requirement to send SYSLOGD data to another server but we need to send it via TCP and use ATTLS to encrypt the data. The current implementation only allows for sending via UDP and doesn't allow for a different port specification.
about 7 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Delivered

Simple Ordering of rules in zOSMF Configuration Assistant

When managing the order of rules by selecting the radio button and chose 'Move up' the focus on the selected rule gets lost and I have to select it again which is very cumbersome. The focus must remain on the selected rule to move it up few levels...
about 2 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Delivered

CFRM Policy Editor Should Ask for Confirmation Before Overwriting or Renaming an Existing CFRM Policy

The CFRM Policy Editor currently will overwrite or rename an existing policy without asking the user to confirm that that is their intention. It would be better if the Policy Editor could check to see if there is already a policy with the same nam...
almost 3 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 1 Delivered

Add GDG Extended Support to ISPF 3.2

Add the ability to specify GDG Extended keyword and define more than 255 GDG LIMIT when using ISPF 3.2 - Option V for Data Type Generation Data Group
about 6 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 3 Delivered

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