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Status Planned for future release
Workspace z/OS
Categories DFSMS HSM
Created by Guest
Created on Oct 18, 2022

RELATED IDEAS

Notify DFSMShsm users when automatic functions do not complete within a specified amount of time.

HSM has automatic functions which run for a certain amount of time that can be varied. At times, an automatic function, such as migration, may get hung and not complete. Provide the capability of noting when a function does not complete within specified amount and issue a message so storage administrators are aware and can take action.

Idea priority High
  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Jul 21, 2024
    PTFs for OA63825 add support for automatic backup. Available on z/OS 3.1 and V2R5.
  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Jul 18, 2024
    PTFs for OA63825 are available on z/OS 3.1 and V2R5 and provide support for automatic backup
  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Oct 19, 2022
    HSM plans to provide a new function APAR to issue a message if it is detected that an automatic function (backup, migration, dump) is still active (i.e. has active tasks) after the specified END time/Quiesce time was reached.

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