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Using DSFS to delete PDSE member generation uses wrong STOW

Using DSFS to delete a pdse member with member generations incorrectly uses the STOW type D instead of DG. Thus deleting the base member while leaving all member generations as orphans.
12 months ago in z/OS / Data Set File System (DSFS) 3 Future consideration

z/OSMF RESTful APIs for RACF management

Dear, Our customer ICBC is trying to use z/OSMF to implement RACF management such as password reset, user resume and so on. But now z/OSMF didn't provide any API to implement it. We open this RFE in order to request z/OSMF to provide RESTful API t...
about 6 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 1 Not under consideration

JES2 Access enhancement for MSGCLASS, SYSOUT as already provided for JOBLCASS

We are using a user written exit to control usage of: SYSOUT JOBCLASS MSGCLASS OUTPUTCLASS Currently supported by RACF out of the Box is 'only' the JOBCLASS using Profiles: JES.JOBCLASS.* in CL(FACILITY)
over 6 years ago in z/OS / JES2 2 Future consideration

zOSMF - enable JCL edit for software deployment jobs

software management under zOSMF allows for deployment of products to target systems. The tooling builds a set of batch jobs which can then be executed to deploy the software. The tooling builds the batch jobs in a set way and although it may work ...
almost 7 years ago in z/OS / SMP/E 0 Future consideration

Send TCP/IP reply traffic over the same interface

Provide a way to force the TCP/IP Stack to send reply traffic over the same interface that the request came in on.
almost 6 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

multiple "F ANTAS000,..." consol commands have to be executed correctly w/o errors like "IEE342I MODIFY REJECTED-TASK BUSY"

multiple StateSave via "F ANTAS000,STATESAVE muuuu 0 N" consol commands have to be executed correctly w/o errors like "IEE342I MODIFY REJECTED-TASK BUSY"
over 4 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS SDM 3 Future consideration

Support NOTIFY JCL in PROCs and INCLUDEs - (was Add dynamic system symbol for max return code of a job)

MVS already defines a dynamic system symbol for the job name of the current job (&JOBNAME). It would be nice to also have a symbol for the highest return code of the current job
almost 4 years ago in z/OS / JES2 6 Future consideration

Instruction-execution-protection support should be provided for CPOOLs and IARCP64 and IARST64.

For the same reasons support is available in IARV64 and STORAGE OBTAIN/RELEASE: System integrity
4 months ago in z/OS / BCP_Storage Management (inc. RSM/ASM/VSM/DIV) 0 Future consideration

Display FMID for datasets being deployed in a server pack

When doing installation of a server pack with many hundred of dataset it's not easy to know what product the dataset belongs to. There for it would be very useful to display FMID & a description of the product in a column to make it easier to ...
12 months ago in z/OS / SMP/E 1 Future consideration

IEBCOPY Site Default for GENS=ALL

IEBCOPY should have a site wide default (parmlib) for GENS=ALL
almost 3 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS PDS/PDSE 0 Future consideration

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