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Allow for no accounting information in z/OSMF

Hello, We are requesting for it to be possible to use z/OSMF functions (e.g. rest api's) without the need to define accounting info.
about 5 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 2 Future consideration

Would like to see a function in ISMF that would display the SETSYS options currently in use

Currently if i do a F DFSMSHSM,Q SETSYS - it is a rather long listing. I might missing a setting like MIGRATION HOLDIt would be great if in ISMF, the current parms as they are set could be displayed in an ISPF Table (not to update, just to view)Th...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 1 Future consideration

DFSMShsm FRRECOV enhancement to control FC relationship after FC background copy completion

With the current behavior of the FRRECOV CP(nn) processing in DS8K incremental FlashCopy environment, the FC relationship is withdrawn after FC background copy (BGC) completion. Therefore full volume copy is needed on next FRBACKUP CP(nn) incremen...
about 6 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 0 Future consideration

SA JES2 SPOOL monitor to detect unusual growth

In normal operation, JES2 spool can fill up and notification is received when we hit the JES2 warning level. The warning level we currently have set is 80% and we have SPOOLSHORT commands in-place to reduce this. However, what we do not have is vi...
over 6 years ago in z/OS / JES2 1 Future consideration

z/OSMF - ISPF app, option to choose background color and/or a z/OSMF 3270 Terminal like Zowe Desktop has.

z/OSMF - For the ISPF app, having the option to choose a background color would be great. Specifically to doctor the ISPF app to resemble a 3270 emulator default color scheme. The white background the apps in z/OSMF tends to strain eyes after awhi...
over 3 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

zOSMF file transmission delay

When uploading or downloading a large file it seems like nothing happens, but eventually the screen will pop up. Just an immediate confirmation that file transfer has started and then when completed or stopped would suffice.
about 1 year ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

zOSMF Job Output More Fields

Ability to display, sort, or filter job output based system or start time/date. Currently, only JOBNAME, Job ID, Status, Owner, Max-CC and Type are options.
about 1 year ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

zCX restart capability

Provide the ability to restart zCX. E-mails have been sent to the zCX team.
over 3 years ago in z/OS / Container Extensions (zCX) 0 Future consideration

Allow a cloud multipart object via gdkwrite/gdkget apis to restart on a particular part

It would be useful to allow a program using GDK_EXIT_DATALOCATION (streaming send exit) to resume sending data for a multi-part object. For receiving cloud data I believe I can use range start and end to restart receiving data, but I didn't see an...
6 months ago in z/OS / DFSMS Cloud Data Access 2 Future consideration

CDA Addressing 64 bytes

I call API from 64 bytes programs and there is some trouble when CDA calls in 31 bit adressing API WEB Toolkit.
6 months ago in z/OS / DFSMS Cloud Data Access 2 Future consideration

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