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RMF subtype to capture resource usage metrics for zCX runtime and zCX containers

Current zCX workloads can only be measured and controlled by WLM from z/OS perspective. It does not have correlated data points between GP/zIIP utilization going thru container's utilization within zCX. It would be very helpful to understand how m...
over 4 years ago in z/OS / Container Extensions (zCX) 1 Future consideration

Include the dataset name in the IGW859I message text

The Itau bank and IBM has a project to activate the DFSMStvs product to run on the GRBE (Itaú OLTP application) to support the online workload.So, it is very important to us to have an improvement for the message IGW859I, today this message doesn'...
almost 4 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS VSAM/RLS 5 Planned for future release

EAV impacting Overflow storage group usage

Due to the introduction of EAV volumes in our environment, the number of volumes in our primary storage groups will be reduced such that the number of volumes in the overflow pool can have more than the number of volumes requested for an allocatio...
about 3 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS SMS 2 Future consideration

Provide JES2 health check to show when init parms do not match currently active parms

We have a number of JES2 environments which have evolved over time. Due to consolidation, acquisitions and simplification, JES2 init parms may have been modified without the active environment being updated. With many parameters, a JES2 warm start...
about 2 years ago in z/OS / JES2 0 Future consideration

HSM FLB support of archive function

The current set of available functions does not allow to 'archive' a file
almost 5 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 2 Future consideration

Z/OS RMM RM(EXPDT) Catalog Control function for expdt=99000.

Right now with retention method expdt if a the user uses expdt=99000 in their jcl the expiration date is set to 12/31/1999. With whilecatalog(on) for a management class we want to use for catalog control, if all the datasets on the tape(s) are unc...
about 3 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS RMM 2 Planned for future release

An AD to ESM mapping mechanism for objects and actions with a RESTful API interface

All of the front-end and orchestration tools work off Active Directory authorizations. There is no connection between any AD entitlements and the resources on the mainframe environment. To prevent a man in the middle attack there is a need to crea...
about 2 years ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Future consideration

Allow reuse for VSAM file opened in RLS mode

To be able to use REPRO with the REUSE option against a VSAM file that is opened in RLS mode
about 3 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS VSAM/RLS 1 Planned for future release

Reduce CPU time for UNIX file security especially if you have FSACCESS on

Please enhance FSACCESS and UNIX file system access so it stops draining our engines. I would suggest adding a cache so that FSACCESS doesn't hammer RACF with calls ever single time anything traverses a directory or touches a file.
almost 7 years ago in z/OS / RACF 7 Not under consideration

Add auto refresh/update

When checking the status of running automation workflows or when user needs to manually do steps they are often mashing the refresh button in order to see status changes. Suggestion to add a method to automatically update on changes or refresh in ...
almost 2 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

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