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TSO DELETE should delete the PDSE base member and all generations

TSO Delete currently deletes the PDSE base member (generation 0) and leaves generations -1 and beyond as orphan/ghost members. Delete should delete the base and all generations - with an appropriate message See old idea ZOS-I-3593 this is a fairly...
11 months ago in z/OS / DFSMS Catalog/IDCAMS/AMS 2 Future consideration

BPX SYNTAXCHECK validation of FILESYSTYPE

As part of the work to migrate systems to z/OS 2.5, I believe many customers are converting HFS files to ZFS, and removing the related HFS definitions from BPXPRMxx. Recently we made a mistake of changing the FILESYSTYPE TYPE(HFS) statement to TYP...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / USS 0 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...
over 3 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS RMM 2 Planned for future release

Hyperpav on MDISKS for GDPS compatibility

Today, Hyperpav is available on Fullpack minidisks only.
almost 5 years ago in z/VM 2 Future consideration

CSSMTP Suppport for SASL Methods PLAIN and KERBEROS

CSSMTP Suppport for SASL Methods PLAIN and KERBEROS. Our Security Department requires any Mail Sender to identify itself via 'Simple Authentication and Security Layer' (SASL). Three SASL Methods would fulfill that requirement: a) Method PLAIN. A M...
about 12 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Future consideration

Open source z/OS: project OS/3

Project summary: fork z/OS into an upstream that is released as open source under the name OS/3. Why?: To bring the mainframe to the home. Big Picture: There is another project that started as weird niche enterprise software that computer science ...
4 months ago in z/OS / General 1 Not under 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
over 3 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS VSAM/RLS 1 Planned for future release

Configure OSA 5S outside of HMC

OSA 5S cards can only be configured from the HMC, which is traditionally a CE roll. CEs generally are not familiar with having to code OSA card parameters such as loading the SNA microcode on an OSA card. Mainframe networking support team does not...
almost 11 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / I/O and Networking 7 Future consideration

Provide REST API for Software Update Plugin

Please provide a REST API that will provide subset of functionality for performing automated updates.
over 1 year ago in z/OS / SMP/E 0 Future consideration

Expand RACF resource OPERCMDS MVS.VARY.WLM to improve protection of WLM application-environments

V WLM,APPLENV=<name>,refresh|quiesce|resume command can be protected by OPERCMDS MVS.VARY.WLM resource. If a userID has this resource permitted, he can issue the "v wlm,applenv..." commands to every application-environment with any operation...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / BCP_WLM 0 Future consideration

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