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SYSLOGD zIIP eligable

Since z/OS V3R1 backported to V2R5 (PH47666), SYSLOGD provides the possibility to send logs to remote systems. This open's a whole new world, like connecting systems to Splunk in a very easy way. In times of every MIPS count, this new possibilitie...
3 months ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under consideration

Override CFRM preference list on the SETXCF START command

Whenever there is the need of reallocating structures over the CFs available on a Sysplex the command SETXCF START,REBUILD,STRNAME is used. This command if used with the option LOC=OTHER will honor the CFRM preference list on the active policy. Th...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / BCP_XCF/XES 0 Future consideration

Increase SMT Simultaneous multithreading greater than 2

Since several month, we have lot of Rest Api calling DB2 from DDF gateway and DB2 API rest use is increasing. These Api Rest are very short and execute on ZIIP. Many years ago, when we activate SMT to 2, we noticed a real benefits for DB2 running ...
15 days ago in z/OS / General 0 Submitted

Provide consistent easy RCF link from all formats

Provide an easy way to submit reader comments, consistent between the HTML and PDF versions, with adequate instructions. Currently the PDF versions link to a documentation page that does not have an obvious link for reader comments.
5 months ago in z/OS / Documentation 2 Not under consideration

DFSORT AI Engine

Customer runs lots of DFSORT workload and often has to tune its parameters according to the input file characteristics , amount of memory available and other factors. This can be a cumbersome task, error prone and sometimes cause inefficient use o...
6 months ago in z/OS / DFSMS DFSORT 1 Future consideration

have z/OSMF exploit shared libraries - todayit is just enabled

The default for Java shared library support is to store the information in memory. This means the first time a Java program is started it loads the libraries, and saves the information in memory. The second time the Java program is started it can ...
3 months ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 2 Future consideration

z/OSMF store result into log file

We had the situation that an ISV software trys to call an z/OSMF REST API (dataset service). The ISV product only returned HTTP 500. In the z/OSMF logs, also only the HTTP 500 was visible. The error that was seen within z/OS was: ICH408 for $LIBPA...
3 months ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

Support X-IBM-Dsname-Encoding header when listing data sets and data set members

Some mainframe developers may use a different encoding when entering the name for a new data set or data set member. However, it seems that z/OSMF converts these names behind the scenes to use the IBM-1047 encoding, so characters in the name are c...
6 months ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

Allow for individual RACF installations to select their own pass phrase controls like Broadcom allows for ACF2

JPMC has a policy regarding pass phrases as follows: Password length of 16 characters or greater must be enforced Passwords must not be one of the last 10 passwords used Passwords must not include the digital identity username Passwords must not c...
3 months ago in z/OS / RACF 0 Future consideration

Sequential files having more than 32k record length

We have to process sequential files with more than 32k record length. The max lrecl we can specify when allocating sequential files is 32K. Kind regards Konstantinos
3 months ago in z/OS / DFSMS Access Methods Non-Vsam 2 Not under consideration

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