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Status Future consideration
Workspace z/OS
Categories BCP_XCF/XES
Created by Guest
Created on Mar 16, 2022

XCF CDS defined for a specific system(s)

Submitting a request to have XCF define a generally-applicable interface by which installations could define in the COUPLExx parmlib member what systems they want to use which CDS types. With that interface, we could recognize at add-function time in IXCL1AFN that an installation does not want to use the CDS type that is the subject of the current add request. We could then ignore the request, and would never even have to attempt the allocation.

Idea priority Medium
9 MERGED

avoid IGGN505A and IXC252D when running LOGRY or LOGRZ on KSYS gdps lpars

Merged
When running with LOGRY and LOGRZ on KSYS systems, although we specify MANAGE LOGRCDS ALLOWACCESS(NO) USECDSTYPE(LOGRY) in IXGNCFxx member , we still see some messages around LOGRZ and we need to reply to these messages at each IPL. For non GDPS l...
over 2 years ago in z/OS / BCP_XCF/XES 1 Future consideration