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Enable flashcopy Command for ESE Volumes

With the new DS8A00 and FCM4 it is necessary to define all Volumes as type ESE (Extended Space Efficent). But we found that the normal flshcopy command under z/VM doesn't either work with ESE-Volumes. You must establish, copy and withdrawn the Fla...
1 day ago in z/VM 0 Submitted

Support Compression for zCX-VSAM Files

We want to compress the data from zCX at runtime to minimize the I/Os and the used space on DASD. For Pervasive Encryption it is recommended to compress data before encryption. For zFS VSAM-LDS Files it is possible to compress by using zfsadm comm...
4 days ago in z/OS / Container Extensions (zCX) 0 Submitted

DFSMS/VM interaction with DRFAMILY on TS7700

Please consider adding the ability to interact with DRFAMILY on TS7700 from a zVM LPAR (DFSMS/VM).
about 4 hours ago in z/VM 0 Submitted

Introduce validation to not allow invalid characters in the DSNAME field in VRS

Although DFSMSrmm does not check quoted data set names for valid characters (per TSO RMM ADDVRS command doc), it would be beneficial to not allow invalid characters in the DSNAME field of a VRS because the accidental creation of a VRS with certain...
1 day ago in z/OS / DFSMS RMM 0 Submitted

z/OS Health Checker HZSPRINT utility enhancemnet

z/OS Health Check utility HZSPRINT provides the user with good information about the checks in place, however it doesn't show the state of it as it could be verified in SDSF for example. Using the the F HZSPROC,DISPLAY,CHECKS,DETAILS it provides t...
4 days ago in z/OS / BCP_Healthchecker 0 Submitted

DFSMSrmm cleanup data set records

Most customers today are using VTS to create tapes. When the tapes go scratch, after x number of days, the data is usually deleted from the VTS. For example this is the case with TS77xx EXPIRY-HOLD=x days, meaning after RMM has scratch the tape, t...
3 days ago in z/OS / DFSMS RMM 0 Submitted

Create an environment variable on /usr/lpp/dfsms/gdk/providers

Hello, Seems the ZFS for the System was in R/O can you create an environment variable like for the Resolver ? For now we create a Symbolic link to manage CDA for exemple ln -s /datas/gdk/providers /usr/lpp/dfsms/gdk/providers RESOLVER_CONFIG envir...
about 2 hours ago in z/OS / DFSMS Cloud Data Access 0 Submitted

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. ...
about 4 hours ago in z/OS / DFSMS DFSORT 0 Submitted

Have option to hide or secure password when using AMAPDUPL

Hide or secure password in dataset when using AMAPDUPL thru a proxy.
about 4 hours ago in z/OS / OpenSSH 0 Submitted

Support CMACZERO Algorithm for Key Checksum Value

Our customer generates all their keys on a platform that uses CMACZERO for the KCV. With no support for CMACZERO when entering AES keys on the TKE, they're not assured of correct key entry during an injection ceremony.
1 day ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / TKE Workstation 0 Submitted

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