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z/OS

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zFS Striped restriction

Currently in z/OS zFS does not support the use of a striped VSAM linear data set as a zFS aggregate. StripedVSAM linear data set will only mount as read-only.
over 3 years ago in z/OS / z/OS File System (zFS) 0 Future consideration

Prevent IEBGENER overlay of PDS or PDSE dataset

When using IEBGENER it is possible to forget to add a MEMBER NAME on the SYSUT2 which then corrupts the PDS or PDS/E. Sometimes you can recover but sometimes you cannot. It would be helpful if IEBGENER could TEST the dataset type on SYSUT2 and if ...
over 8 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS Utilities 1 Planned for future release

SRCHFOR cmd within ISRDDN ( DDLIST ) utility

It seems to me that SRCHFOR cmd within ISRDDN utility could be helpful.
over 9 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 4 Future consideration

Enhance ISPF Table Services with TBHIDE and TBFLIP capability

When developing an ISPF application using tables the ability to filter the table display can significantly improve the user experience. To filter today requires that rows be deleted to remove them from the display and then added back when the filt...
over 6 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 1 Future consideration

Support for 4096-bit Diffie-Hellman Key Size

The maximum size for a Diffie-Hellman key exchange supported is currently 2048 bits. There are many applications using bigger key sizes and z/OS would not be able to communicate with them. This enhancement would allow 4096-bit and higher key sizes...
about 4 years ago in z/OS / ICSF 1 Future consideration

Logstream offload data set parser.

In the event of failures (CDS issues, I/O errors, etc) that make the existing IXGBRWSE interface incapable of reading logstream logblocks, provide a primitive interface that reads directly from an individual offload data set or range of offload da...
about 4 years ago in z/OS / BCP_Logger 1 Not under consideration

Make the use of base64-password encoding in z/OSMF workflow REST-API step type optional (or remove it)

Currently, in the REST-API step type of a z/OSMF workflow, you can only provide a password for authentification to a REST-API when the password is base64-encoded. This is a bit bulky, for example when using this step with variables for substitutio...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

Communications Server SMTP application (CSSMTP)

it would be helpful to exchange emails using greek languange characters (EBCDIC 875)
over 1 year ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under consideration

DFSMSrmm CDS & RLS

VSAM Record Level Sharing support for RMM CDS. The RMM CDS is a KSDS VSAM file that could see significant processing efficiencies using RLS.
about 3 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS RMM 0 Future consideration

New messages to show and alert when the HSM is hang about recalls and migration based on TS006249705.

The Itau bank has 2 very large Sysplexes Bank and Cards.They faced a new defect with the HSM running the PSM reported through the case TS006249705. Considering it was a new defect the IBM HSM lab opened the APAR OA61882 to fix this issue.The probl...
about 3 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 0 Future consideration