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GDS_RECLAIM should delete/define the GDS versus reusing the same create date

Currently, when you turn on GDS_RECLAIM the system will reuse an existing GDS if it is in DEFERRED status. This is a great idea except for the fact that the process keeps the original create date. In one instance we had GDS' that were created in F...
22 days ago in z/OS / DFSMS SMS 0 Future consideration

Extension of "Manage System Time" tab overview with NTP configuartion on z16 oscillator cards

Beginning with IBM z16, the STP physical connection to the time servers (PTP or Network Time Protocol (NTP)) is no longer established through the HMC. The time servers are connected now directly to the CEC (bypasses the SE connection).So each of t...
about 1 month ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE) 1 Future consideration

z/OS resolver should comply with the requirement in RFC 1034 to use case-insensitive name comparisons when checking for matching domain names

RFC 1034 requires to use case-insensitive name comparisons when checking for matching domain names. Based on a recent incident that we experienced, it seems that the z/OS resolver does not do this. We are requesting the z/OS resolver to comply wit...
5 months ago in z/OS / Communications Server 0 Future consideration

ADRDSSU enhanced Unix Support

UNIX Support for ADRDSSU was introduces with the DFSMShsm Enhancements for Backup of Unix Files. The current DSS Design for USS files doesn't allow to use DSS with the same comfort for USS files as for classic datasets, as there is no support of s...
about 1 month ago in z/OS / DFSMS DSS 0 Future consideration

Dual control functionality (4 eyes principle) in RACF

Since IBM itself endorses that mainframe too is vulnerable to hacking, and setting up various defences is more crucial than ever, we are looking for additional ways to properly protect our mainframe environment from potential misuse of mainframe a...
11 days ago in z/OS / RACF 2 Future consideration

selecting tape volumes to be recycled, or excluded from recycle process, by sms tape storage group

Today's DFHSM RECYCLE command allows to include/exclude volumes by volser range, or volser list, or tape residence. It would be nice to have an option to select volumes using the sms tape STORAGEGROUP as criterion. This would help in keeping to se...
about 1 month ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 1 Future consideration

Inclusion of CHPID/adapter status (and state) change in Monitor System Events

It would be extremely useful if CHPID/adapter status and state change notifications could be sent through the Monitor System Events task on the HMC. For instance, notifications when a FICON CHPID status changes from Online to IFCC Threshold Exceed...
26 days ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE) 0 Future consideration

ICETOOL DISPLAY function and HEADER parameter

With ICETOOL you can do a list with DISPLAY function you can have a HEADER each x pages or NOHEADER or HEADER(NONE). It can be usefull to generate a file with only one header. In this way i can generate a CSV file for sending to another software. ...
15 days ago in z/OS / DFSMS DFSORT 0 Future consideration

DFSMShsm Update delete empty container messages to reflect the function it is for, migration or dump.

TCT cloud users currently see messages regarding the deletion of empty containers for migration and for dump. These messages are issued when the corresponding function is running. It would be helpful if the messages contained the function keyword ...
9 days ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 0 Future consideration

Built-in z/OS Unix package manager

z/OS Unix is slowly becoming more widely used and relevant with technologies like Python, GO, Zowe Explorer, Zowe Desktop and so on. Installs via pax are becoming more common and a new generation of systems programmers are coming in that need to i...
5 months ago in z/OS / General 2 Future consideration

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