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REDO

Add support for ISPF EDIT command REDO. Sometimes we go too far using UNDO. It would be nice to have a REDO option.
almost 5 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 0 Future consideration

add z/NFS NFS version 4.1 support to properly replace z/SMB version 1

Currently we use z/SMB to mount z/OS file systems on our microsoft windows workstations.Because of a security hole in SMB V1 our security team wants to turn off the SMB V1 support on the workstations.Unfortunately zSMB is stabilized and will never...
almost 7 years ago in z/OS / Network File System (NFS) 3 Future consideration

Saving job output from Deployment Jobs in zOSMF Software Management

Currently, the zOSMF Deployment Jobs task has no capability to actually save the various job output(s) to a dataset.Can use the SDSF XDC command to capture the job output(s), which is a very manual process, but was wondering if it can all be drive...
over 3 years ago in z/OS / SMP/E 1 Future consideration

NOSETUID as a MOUNT default

We are a very large USS environment and in the interest of security would prefer to mount the vast majority of our filesystems using NOSETUID. We have thousands of mounts to maintain. The current mount default of SETUID requires specification of N...
almost 6 years ago in z/OS / USS 1 Future consideration

TSO ALLOC Support for PDSE V2 Member Generations

With the introduction of PDSE V2 Libraries that support Memeber Genrations there is a need to have the ability to access the generations in the same way that members are accessed. The TSO ALLOC (Allocate) command is one important interface that ne...
over 8 years ago in z/OS / TSO 8 Future consideration

Health check the completeness of volumes in a zOS HyperSwap configuration managed by CSM

The HyperSwap configuration should be checked that no PPRC enabled volume that should be in the configuration is missing, otherwise the integrity of data is not given in case a Swap occurs. It should be possible to define a list with exceptions of...
over 4 years ago in z/OS / BCP_IOS 0 Future consideration

Produce SMF 92 subtype 2 and 4 during backup of ZFS mounted in RWSHARE mode

During the dump process of a ZFS mounted in rw mode, a quiesce is done before the dump and an unquiesce is issued after the dump. SMF 92 subtype 2 is written when the filesytem is quiesced, and a subtype 4 is produced when it is unquiesced. This a...
about 5 years ago in z/OS / z/OS File System (zFS) 1 Future consideration

Z/OS PARMDD to support started task parameter

Please have PARMDD support started task parameter
about 3 years ago in z/OS / BCP_Scheduler 0 Future consideration

Controlling Output Class Usage with SAF Resources

We want to control output class usage by granting access based on submitter or owner profile's through the definition of SAF Facility class profiles. Job submit should end with a SEC error.
about 4 years ago in z/OS / JES2 1 Future consideration

HSM improvement related to the ARCMDEXT EXIT and new parameter request

The Itau bank has 2 very large Sysplexes Bank and Cards.The Bank environment has a heavy batch workload that relies on the HSM task. The batch processing has a lot of GDG datasets.The Itau is using the EXIT ARCMDEXT to inform the HSM during the mi...
about 3 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 1 Future consideration

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