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SMF type30 to include on task/job level ECSA/CSA and PVT/ePVT actual usage

Please include on type30 SMF record task level ECSA/CSA and PVT/ePVT actual usage fields.
almost 4 years ago in z/OS / BCP_SMF 3 Not under consideration

IRRADU00 support for IBM MFA SMF Type 83 subtype 7

IRRADU00 should support SMF Type 83 subtype 7 records created by IBM MFA. Currently, I seeIRR67654I The SMF record type 83 subtype 7 for product 5655MFA01 - IBM Multi-Factor Authentication for z/OS with FMID is unknownIRR67581I The failing record,...
almost 4 years ago in z/OS / RACF 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

zOSMF Properties of Workflow Screen needs to allow others in the group to see all tabs

If a racf group in addition to to a individual are assigned to to a task/step, the members of the team that were not the individual owners of a task/step could not see any of the info in the Dependencies, Perform, Status, Input Variables, and Feed...
11 months ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

SRCHFOR cmd within ISRDDN ( DDLIST ) utility

It seems to me that SRCHFOR cmd within ISRDDN utility could be helpful.
almost 10 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 4 Future consideration

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

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

Better support for PDS members in z/OS C library

The z/OS C library has poor support for PDS and PDS/E. Specifically, when using fopen() to read or write members, there are no facilities to: 1) obtain existing user directory entry info (read and write)2) update user directory info (write)3) supp...
about 9 years ago in z/OS / LE 3 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

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