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z/OS

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Replace some of the basic IEFUTL functionality with PARMLIB parameters

Everyone is trying to reduce their reliance on assembler exits due to the lack of assembler resource available these days. We use IEFUTL to override when batch jobs are cancelled by the JWT parameter in SMFPRMxx and nothing more. I'm sure it would...
about 2 years ago in z/OS / BCP_SMF 0 Future consideration

JES2 - Improve reaction to PROCLIB moves and Open/Close

In the above IBM Case we described a problem on one of our customer's system, whereby a PROC(00) data set was moved by the customer to a new volume and the catalogue entry adapted (DELETE & DEFINE NONVSAM). We do realise this is not a good thi...
almost 3 years ago in z/OS / JES2 1 Future 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
5 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
5 months ago in z/OS / sharetest 2 Not under consideration

Allow one call to set all Connection options, and one call to setup all Request options.

Hi, Instead of your caller making several calls to set up a connection or request using HWTHSET, allow them to pass an array with all the options they want to set with one call. OR Include the connect or Request options in the HWTHREQ or HWTHCONN ...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / web enablement toolkit 0 Future consideration

Changing "PRI/SEC/DIR BLKS" during a Deployment operation in z/OSMF Software Management

Using the CustomPac ISPF Dialogs, we previously had the ability to change the dataset allocations for PDS/ZFS datasets shipped via ServerPac to allow for local growth, removal of secondaries & increase of dir blocks. As zOS 2.5 is now shipped ...
over 2 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS General/Unknown 2 Future consideration

RACF Validation of External JWT for CICS Provider RESTFul and Web Services

CICS RESTFUL and WEB Services most commonly execute in provider modes, receiving messages from external sources. A facility in RACF to validate JWT for CICS Web Services and RESTFUL from externally provided JWT would enable CICS applications to be...
over 4 years ago in z/OS / RACF 0 Future consideration

print HOLDDATA for SMP/E RESTORE Command

It should be helpful, if you print the HOLDDATA on the SMP/E RESTORE Command.
almost 6 years ago in z/OS / SMP/E 0 Future consideration

Evicting a job and restarting should work as expected even when return codes of steps executed before eviction are tested.

When a batch job is evict and restarted, it no longer has access to the return codes of steps executed prior to the eviction. The requested enhancement is make this process work as expected, which is for the job to be able to continue correctly af...
almost 9 years ago in z/OS / BCP_Scheduler 2 Not under consideration

z/OSMF network configuration Assistant use cut/paste of multiple IP Addresses when creating Address Group in IPSEC policy

Ability to use notepad cut and paste to enter multiple ip addresses when creating an Address Group in ipsec policy gui interface of z/OSMF network configuration assistant.
almost 3 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 3 Not under consideration