Skip to Main Content
IBM Z Hardware and Operating Systems Ideas Portal


This is the public portal for all IBM Z Hardware and Operating System related offerings. To view all of your ideas submitted to IBM, create and manage groups of Ideas, or create an idea explicitly set to be either visible by all (public) or visible only to you and IBM (private), use the IBM Unified Ideas Portal (https://ideas.ibm.com).


Shape the future of IBM!

We invite you to shape the future of IBM, including product roadmaps, by submitting ideas that matter to you the most. Here's how it works:

Search existing ideas

Start by searching and reviewing ideas and requests to enhance a product or service. Take a look at ideas others have posted, and add a comment, vote, or subscribe to updates on them if they matter to you. If you can't find what you are looking for,

Post your ideas
  1. Post an idea.

  2. Get feedback from the IBM team and other customers to refine your idea.

  3. Follow the idea through the IBM Ideas process.


Specific links you will want to bookmark for future use

Welcome to the IBM Ideas Portal (https://www.ibm.com/ideas) - Use this site to find out additional information and details about the IBM Ideas process and statuses.

IBM Unified Ideas Portal (https://ideas.ibm.com) - Use this site to view all of your ideas, create new ideas for any IBM product, or search for ideas across all of IBM.

ideasibm@us.ibm.com - Use this email to suggest enhancements to the Ideas process or request help from IBM for submitting your Ideas.

Status Delivered
Workspace z/OS
Categories DFSMS HSM
Created by Guest
Created on Oct 5, 2021

hbackup of empty USS-Directory

If i make hbackup of an empty USS-directory with "-fXv" options i get RC=0 and if i make hbackup of the same empty USS-directory with "-cXv" i get RC=512 with the messages:
ARC1001I /home/a108356/ BACKDS FAILED, RC=0034, REAS=0094
ARC1334I BACKUP VERSION NOT CREATED

I think in that case should be done as by backup a file that is in exclude-list. With "-f" and with "-c" the RC=0 only with the message:
ARC1001I /home/a0fd676/ BACKDS FAILED, RC=0034, REAS=0038
ARC1334I BACKUP VERSION NOT CREATED

Idea priority High
  • Guest
    Reply
    |
    Jun 29, 2022
    This enhancement is now available with PTFs for APAR OA62389. z/OS V2.3 PTF is UJ08391, z/OS V2.4 PTF is UJ08392 and z/OS V2.5 PTF is UJ08393
  • Guest
    Reply
    |
    Oct 19, 2021

    Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - z Systems Software
    Product - z/OS
    Component - DFSMS HSM
    Operating system - IBM z/OS
    Source - None

    For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - Storage
    Product - IBM Advanced Archive for DFSMShsm
    Component - Product functionality
    Operating system - z/OS
    Source - None