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CLONE the master catalog to a alternate name, with no internal updates.

We would like the ability to STAGE changes for up coming IPLS ( days, sometimes weeks in advance). Of the 3 components RESVOL, PARMLIB and Master Catalog... only the Master Catalog is not able to be cloned ...aka staged for a future IPL. Currently...
5 months ago in z/OS / DFSMS DSS 3 Not under consideration

Remove or mitigate z/OS Connect IMS API Requester COBOL LE POSIX restrictions that prevent some use cases

This pertains to case TS016566172. We (IBM TEL) have seen use cases for IMS API Requester using COBOL where the LE prevents z/OS connect from working due to POSIX requirements and restrictions. POSIX(ON) in IMS can cause other non-z/OS Connect cal...
5 months ago in z/OS / web enablement toolkit 1 Future consideration

Upgrade ADRDSSU to RMODE=ANY

ADRDSSU is currently linked as RMODE=24 and AMODE=31. Processes that call ADRDSSU dynamically can occasionally fail due to limited region below 16MB.
about 5 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS DSS 1 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

Add missing data points for RMF III workload reports - MPL, SSCHRT and Delays

We are able to use RMF PP (or DDS) to check MPL, SSCHRT and Delays(IO, MPL, Q and AUX) for workloads(for service classes)- but couldn't find same values from RMF III. It would be beneficial to have same type/format of data points for RMF III as pr...
over 3 years ago in z/OS / Advanced Data Gatherer 1 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

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

a way to have ZOSMF workflow Jobs unique names

There should be a way,a variable, a symbolic, that Customer can use in their JOBCARD for Jobname,where the jobs generated from the workflow, once the jobcard information is propagated, .. each job will have the correct JOBNAME as intended by IBM.
almost 3 years ago in z/OS / Order/Distr/Install 2 Future consideration

Add syntax check to the Policy Agent image / parameter dataset

This function could catch syntax errors in the parameter dataset prior to implementation reducing potential outages.
over 1 year ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

Enhance "Coordinated Graphical Views for Systems Panel" in z/OSMF V2R1 SPE3+

In the August 29 "System z Mainframe Simplification" workgroup call the "Coordinated Graphical Views for Systems Panel" was presented. By now the view is only a collection of CECs and LPARs including their detail information. There are many more a...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 44 Future consideration

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