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Controlling Output Class Usage with SAF Resources

We want to control output class usage by granting access based on submitter or owner profile's through the definition of SAF Facility class profiles. Job submit should end with a SEC error.
about 4 years ago in z/OS / JES2 1 Future consideration

HSM improvement related to the ARCMDEXT EXIT and new parameter request

The Itau bank has 2 very large Sysplexes Bank and Cards.The Bank environment has a heavy batch workload that relies on the HSM task. The batch processing has a lot of GDG datasets.The Itau is using the EXIT ARCMDEXT to inform the HSM during the mi...
about 3 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 1 Future consideration

Restore a pre allocated file and change the mgmgtclas

During restore of a file, if i want to change the mgmtclas, i need to delete the file to have the wanted mgmtclas by sysin DSS job (keyword mgmtclas). If the file already exist, i code REPLACE keyword but the mgmtclass is unchanged, MGMTCLAS remai...
about 2 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS DSS 2 Not under consideration

Allow for no accounting information in z/OSMF

Hello, We are requesting for it to be possible to use z/OSMF functions (e.g. rest api's) without the need to define accounting info.
about 5 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 2 Future consideration

Would like to see a function in ISMF that would display the SETSYS options currently in use

Currently if i do a F DFSMSHSM,Q SETSYS - it is a rather long listing. I might missing a setting like MIGRATION HOLDIt would be great if in ISMF, the current parms as they are set could be displayed in an ISPF Table (not to update, just to view)Th...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 1 Future consideration

DFSMShsm FRRECOV enhancement to control FC relationship after FC background copy completion

With the current behavior of the FRRECOV CP(nn) processing in DS8K incremental FlashCopy environment, the FC relationship is withdrawn after FC background copy (BGC) completion. Therefore full volume copy is needed on next FRBACKUP CP(nn) incremen...
about 6 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 0 Future consideration

SA JES2 SPOOL monitor to detect unusual growth

In normal operation, JES2 spool can fill up and notification is received when we hit the JES2 warning level. The warning level we currently have set is 80% and we have SPOOLSHORT commands in-place to reduce this. However, what we do not have is vi...
over 6 years ago in z/OS / JES2 1 Future consideration

z/OSMF - ISPF app, option to choose background color and/or a z/OSMF 3270 Terminal like Zowe Desktop has.

z/OSMF - For the ISPF app, having the option to choose a background color would be great. Specifically to doctor the ISPF app to resemble a 3270 emulator default color scheme. The white background the apps in z/OSMF tends to strain eyes after awhi...
over 3 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

zOSMF file transmission delay

When uploading or downloading a large file it seems like nothing happens, but eventually the screen will pop up. Just an immediate confirmation that file transfer has started and then when completed or stopped would suffice.
about 1 year ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

zOSMF Job Output More Fields

Ability to display, sort, or filter job output based system or start time/date. Currently, only JOBNAME, Job ID, Status, Owner, Max-CC and Type are options.
about 1 year ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration