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SuperC WORKSIZE option as ISPF configuration option

Like its sibling in the assembler toolkit, SuperC allows setting a WORKSIZE, which if not specified defaults to 64000. The default value of 64000 has probably been there since the program came into existence, and storage came at a premium. It woul...
over 8 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 3 Not under consideration

Enhance ISPF Workplace to natively accept USS paths

ISPF Workplace allows you to perform all varieties of interaction with datasets from a single place. It does not natively support USS path names, assuming instead that any path entered is for the Workstation, via the Workstation Agent. Enhance the...
almost 9 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 1 Future consideration

Low latency zIIP eligible work running on LPARs without VH, and IIPHONORPRIORITY=YES must receive timely help from GCPs

Customers with low latency zIIP eligible work cannot rely on IIPHONORPRIORITY=YES to timely get help from standard CPs without ensuring that they have at least 1 Vertical High (VH) zIIP
almost 5 years ago in z/OS / BCP_WLM 3 Not under consideration

Command to display zCX memory SWAP, DATA and ROOT space usage

There is no command to display how much memory the zCX started task is using, or how much space is being used of the ROOT dataset; determining usage of SWAP and DATA is also difficult.This is separate from the within-docker commands to display ind...
almost 4 years ago in z/OS / Container Extensions (zCX) 0 Future consideration

Request new function: z/OS ICSF a CCA Rexx/CSFIQF API to display enabled ACPs via the ISPF ICSF panels for each coprocessor.

RFE -- Request new function: z/OS ICSF a CCA Rexx/CSFIQF API to display enabled ACPs via the ISPF ICSF panels for each Crypto co-processors. Need a method via (CCA Rexx - CSFIQF API ?) that we can use on ICSF, other than displaying & copying t...
over 5 years ago in z/OS / ICSF 3 Future consideration

Replace CBRUXSAE OAM security exit with RACF STGADMIN profiles

The CBRUXSAE installation exit provides security authorization checking againstusers performing OSREQ transactions on object data. It is ASM code.We'd like a solution relying on RACF STGADMIN profiles.
over 6 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS OAM 2 Future consideration

Prevent recalling HSM migrated datasets when calling REST to get list of data sets on a system

REST API: List the z/OS data sets on a system recalling HSM migrated datasets and it does not support X-IBM-Migrated-Recall header to prevent this. This causes from time to time big delay and request often is timed out. In any case this behaviour ...
about 5 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 1 Future consideration

ISPCFIGU - allow user line command table which adds line commands to site line command table

RFE 42654 requested a System wide line command table to be implemented in ISPCFIGU which was implemented in z/OS 2.2. This enables a system programmer to provide system wide edit line commands. But when a user wants to enhance the system line comm...
almost 8 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 0 Future consideration

Capacity Provisioning Manager Record Report Does Not show MSU Cost for Upgrades

When using the CPOSERV OOCUOD Record Report, CPM does not provide any indication whether an engine is banked. This report needs to display the MSU cost for each incremental upgrade where in the case of using OOCUOD to activate a banked engine, the...
over 3 years ago in z/OS / BCP_Capacity Provisioning 0 Future consideration

Holder can't be FORCED when their is SYSIEFSD ENQ contention

When the QEDIT assembler service is invoked to free a CIB, an exclusive ENQ on SYSIEFSD Q10 is obtained to serialize the CSCB chain. While holding the ENQ, a SPOST is issued to ensure that all in progress POSTS to the address space have completed ...
almost 4 years ago in z/OS / BCP_Consoles 1 Future consideration

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