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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...
1 day ago in z/OS / Container Extensions (zCX) 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...
1 day 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...
about 9 hours ago in z/OS / DFSMS RMM 0 Submitted

Make zACS generate DD statements to turn off common abend analysis tools

When we run zACS , IBM Fault Analyzer is invoked hundreds of times when analysing all SVC/PCs . It would be great if the JCL generated by zACS, included DD statements such as //IDIOFF DD DUMMY IBM FAULT ANALYZER OFF//ABNLIGNR DD DUMMY ABEND-AID OF...
about 1 hour ago in z/OS / Authorized Code Scanner 0 Submitted

Add a DD card for LIST to have the ability to format the report and use it by sorting tools

If I do not know in advance the name of the file in the Bucket (if it is time-stamped or if it has a random variable part in its name) I cannot recover it unless I make a LIST + identify the file to be taken. This LIST returns the contents of the ...
about 15 hours ago in z/OS / DFSMS Cloud Data Access 0 Submitted

Ability to configure a log off on idle user (automatic logoff after timeout) on the HMS/SE

Our customer was asking for this option - is it available - how can it be activated/ deactivated (case TS018530378) It appears it is not possible to configure and idle user to be logged off from the HMC/SE - for me it makes perfect sense to have t...
7 days ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE) 0 Submitted

Modernization of IBM zOS USS Environment

Looking to modernizing the IBM zOS USS environment to enhance its compatibility with contemporary POSIX standards and utilities. The current system, while robust, lacks certain modern features that are essential for efficient and streamlined opera...
20 days ago in z/OS / USS 0 Submitted

Format Media - Add formatting options

Primary Goal: We'd like to add the ext3 format option, for larger files to the Format Media option. This will also be required in the future as HMC back-ups grow larger in size. Secondary Goal: We'd like to add the exFAT option for large files tha...
6 days ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE) 0 Submitted

uss share memory needs to have flag to say 31/64 bit

I wanted to connect to the Java Shared memory. When I used shmctl it came back with a length of 0. When I used shmat with address of 0, it came back with invalid parameter. I had to compile my program as 64 bit for it to work. We need a way of tel...
3 days ago in z/OS / USS 0 Submitted

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...
4 days ago in z/OS / DFSMS Catalog/IDCAMS/AMS 0 Submitted

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