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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...
about 11 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / I/O and Networking 7 Future consideration

Download RECFM U

If i UPLOAD an RECFM U dataset like a DFDSS DUMP, at DOWNLOAD process the receiving file doesn't have the structure has the UPLOAD process had. So the DOWNLOADED file can't be use to restore file. If you can't improve the DOWNLOAD process ca you a...
about 2 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS Cloud Data Access 0 Future consideration

Enable TCT to use a custom system symbol instead of TCTREGION

Allow a custom system symbolic to be used instead of TCTREGION for TCT preferred and backup endpoint selection. Currently, TCTREGION symbol is limiting in scope due to PROD and DR hard coded values which don't apply to every scenario (running live...
4 months ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 0 Future consideration

Hyperpav on MDISKS for GDPS compatibility

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

Add DTLS Support for Enterprise Extender

We would like to see if DTLS could be added in Enterprise Extender so we could use SSL with UDP.
over 10 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 3 Not under 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

HSM EXPIREBV to be part of Automated function

In most of the clients I have worked, one thing I observed is they were missing to run EXPIREBV regularly. Few shops schedule them as batch jobs or run adhoc and when people change or with time, they tend to forget to look into it. Because of this...
about 1 year ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 0 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
over 3 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS VSAM/RLS 1 Planned for future release

IDCAMS PRINT translate lowercase EBCDIC characters

The output of an IDCAMS PRINT job includes both the raw data in printed hexadecimal and also in a "translated" section that displays capital English and special characters from the EBCDIC code page. In the current environment, it would be very hel...
about 1 year ago in z/OS / DFSMS Catalog/IDCAMS/AMS 1 Functionality already exists

Create new class B command to refresh stored DASD info without VARY OFF/ON the device

At present, for CP to see updated DASD info (like VOLSER, VTOC, etc), a device must be varied off/on to refresh the data. If the disk has been relabeled by a guest using full-pack minidisk, then the guest sees different information than a user wit...
11 months ago in z/VM 0 Future consideration

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