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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

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

Program control and system symbols

Hello Our colleagues make intensive use of system symbols when they install new softwareor do some maintenance. They can use it also for APF libraries and so on. Now we are struggling when we want make use of system symbols for program controlled ...
over 6 years ago in z/OS / RACF 4 Not under consideration

Test Submission Disregard

Submitted By: SHARE-z/OS Systems Programming Submitted Date: 07/24/2024 Submitter Name: Slayte Admin USER Submitter Email: admin@slayte.com Description: Test Submission Disregard
4 months ago in z/OS / DFSMS Disk Storage SW Support 1 Not under consideration

Test idea for SHARE 2

Please ignore this is a test
4 months ago in z/OS / sharetest 2 Not under consideration

Option(s) to prevent uncontrolled execution of data stack elements as commands.

When command stacking is used between programs that leave data in the REXX stack, the data is executed as TSO commands. This can lead to strange error messages, damaged data, deleted datasets, unintended consequences, security exposures, malware i...
about 3 years ago in z/OS / TSO 3 Future consideration

Better diagnosis of JES2 checkpoint performance issues

Following a recent incident triggered by an application change which caused 130'000 unintended emails to be sent out via a trusted mail server (CSMTP) instead of the usual 4'000, this high amount slowed down JES2 significantly and led to our batch...
over 3 years ago in z/OS / JES2 2 Future consideration

RRSF TCPIP stack affinity

We use RRSF on LPARs with multiple TCPIP stacks. Currently there is no way to set stack affinity so that RACF only binds to a particular stack. Without stack affinity, outbound RRSF connections initiated from a system with multiple TCPIP stacks ma...
about 4 years ago in z/OS / RACF 3 Future consideration

ISPF 3.4 / DSLIST - change S line command to browse or view the data set

Under ISPF, 3.4 option or DSLIST, if you use the S line command to select a data set it shows a shorter version of the Data Set Information panel. My suggestion is to change the S line command to browse or view the data set. Or at least, give us t...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / ISPF 0 Future consideration

Set a Preference List for Monitoring System of a Coupling Facility

We think it is important to set which system will be responsable for monitoring full threshold of a specificCoupling Facility. In environments with GDPS, Ksys should have no product running unless GDPS own, on the recommendationthe GDPS, to not ha...
about 8 years ago in z/OS / BCP_XCF/XES 0 Future consideration

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