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ISPF DSLIST SRCHFOR Results Selection Enhancement

The current results of the SRCHFOR and MEM within DSLIST (ISPF 3.4) present an indication of which datasets the results were found but there is no way to then select (browse/edit/view/...) the dataset with just the results. There needs to be a way...
over 8 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 1 Future consideration

Creating links to independent mount points for CICS, DB2 and applications

The mount points /usr/lpp/db2, /usr/lpp/cics, /usr/lpp/cicsts and /usr/lpp/applicationxxxx should be linked in such a way that became independent from the $VERSION filesystem in case ZOS is in OMVS Sysplex mode. So, I suggest to create the followi...
over 7 years ago in z/OS / USS 1 Future consideration

REXX STORAGE function allows GETMAIN/FREEMAIN operation

Update the MVS TSO REXX product's STORAGE built-in function to have a GET/FREE option which would allow the user to obtain/free storage similar to the GETMAIN/FREEMAIN MVS macros. For instance: STORAGE('GET', length) - Will return an address of re...
almost 6 years ago in z/OS / TSO 1 Future consideration

Allow backup/restore of "TOKEN' within TKDS

Need capability to backup/restore objects within an individual TOKEN.... Need to restore objects with original handles. IE sequence numbers have to be same so applications do not have to change code. Restoring TKDS is not an option as each TOKEN i...
over 5 years ago in z/OS / ICSF 1 Future consideration

ISPF Allocation Functions should allow more xBYTE sizes

I have an open RFE to get additional size specifications in JCL and IDCAMS. This is to have ISPF Panels to provide the same size entries Currently panels like 3.2 DataSet Utility allow for Bytes, KiloBytes and MegaBytes I would like to see the add...
over 8 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 2 Future consideration

Support to have DFSMShsm invoke DFSMSdss with ZCOMPRESS(PREFERRED) during ABACKUP processing

DFSMSHSM has SETSYS ZCOMPRESS options to use zEDC compression during migration, backup and dump. But currently there is no SETSYS ZCOMPRESS option for ABACKUP
about 4 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 2 Future consideration

ABENDs during DSS processing should percolate up to an HSM ESTAE

Request that ABENDS during the DSS processing should percolate up to an HSM ESTAE to allow the parent task to appropriate actions and prevent recursive ABENDS in DSS processing
about 4 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS DSS 1 Future consideration

FTP should supply additional error information for TLS issues

For the z/OS FTP client, when there is a TLS negotiation error the application provides very little information that allows a non-expert to determine the actual cause of the issue. The FTP client should provide additional information. Specifically...
almost 3 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

Need a secure XMIT module which prevents sending of encrypted data

z/OS Encryption is basically broken, as I can XMIT an encrypted data set to you (or offsite) ... and it becomes unencrypted.I think the same applies to FTP.
about 3 years ago in z/OS / TSO 2 Future 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

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