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Update ISPCMDS table entries for Minimum TRUNC values (e.g. UDLIST should be 3)

The default ISPCMDS table has many commands that have a truncation value of 0 when there is no reason to force the user to type in the entire command name. Reasonable truncation values should be considered and implemented. UDLIST is an example of ...
over 7 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 5 Planned for future release

Expand CFRM structure limit beyond 2048

I would like to see the CFRM policy structure limit increased beyond 2048, possibly 3072. I am pushing the 2048 limit currently.
about 6 years ago in z/OS / BCP_XCF/XES 0 Planned for future release

LDAP for zOS - Implement serchFilterSizeLimit

System: IBM Tivoli Directory for z/OS Tivoli Directory Server is used to implement SUDO functionality like described in https://www.sudo.ws/man/1.8.17/sudoers.ldap.man.html, that generate automaticlly a search filter with many predicates using IP ...
over 3 years ago in z/OS / LDAP 0 Planned for future release

Devsup Report of all parameters including defaults

Have one report to display all the fields and value for all parameters that are in DEVSUP member. Today, we have to doc the multiple places to validate fields. See use case.
over 8 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS OCEOV 2 Planned for future release

RDW support in the zNFS Server

We are using MVS data with mixed bytes need to be transfered in binary mode(no conversion).The zNFS server should support the usage and handling(transport) the z/OS RecordDescriptorWord(RDW) as FTP for example.
over 9 years ago in z/OS / Network File System (NFS) 2 Planned for future release

Enhance DFSMS 42 subtypes 21, 24, 25 and 26 to include job number, reader start date & reader start time

Please enhance the DFSMS 42 subtype records 21, 24, 25 and 26 to include job number, reader start date & reader start time.
over 9 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS Access Methods Non-Vsam 2 Planned for future release

z/OS Logr needs a way to delete expired offload datasets even when no new data is written to the logstream.

In the context of AUTDELETE(YES), Logr only considers deleting expired offload datasets when it needs to allocate a new offload dataset.If there is no write activity on the logstream, the current offload never fills up and the old data in the LS i...
over 9 years ago in z/OS / BCP_Logger 1 Planned for future release

Change IDCAMS Diagnose so it can process large numbers of catalog records

IDCAMS Diagnose is currently limited in the amount of entries it can process. It should be modified to process very large numbers of catalog entries as catalogs can now exceed the 4GB limit and access as Extended Attribute datasets. Diagnose curre...
almost 2 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS Catalog/IDCAMS/AMS 0 Planned for future release

Do not check CDUSE for an active LPA queue CDE.

Do not check CDUSE for an active LPA queue CDE. When more than 32767 LOAD requests for a module on the active LPA queue have been issued, with no corresponding DELETE, this would prevent message CSV002I from being issued and subsequent LOADs for t...
about 2 years ago in z/OS / BCP_Supervisor 0 Planned for future release

The EXPDT retention method needs an option for WHILECATALOG control that is independent of expiration date and relies on catalog status only

In the VRSEL retention method, you can code WHILECATALOG and IGNORE EXPIRY DATE = YES. The effect of this is that when the catalog is deleted, the dataset is no longer retained and in the next run of the EXPROC function will be release. In the EXP...
about 2 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS RMM 0 Planned for future release