z/OS v2.5 User Group Requirements Satisfied
The following customer requirements (RFEs) have been incorporated into the z/OS v2.5 release or release timeframe.
These requirements had been visible in developerWorks (dW), which has since sunset. The RFE ID is the ID to that dW requirement, provided for reference only.
Note: This table was update 1/3/2025 with corrected list of RFEs/ideas delivered in the z/OS v2.5 timeframe (thru 9/30/2021).
| RFE ID | Summary | Component |
|---|---|---|
| 124161 | RMF CF statistics gathering on only once per sysplex | Advanced Data Gatherer |
| 50309 | BCPii to Acknowledge Load Window setting | BCP_BCPii |
| 50313 | Retrieve CPC Temperature Information | BCP_BCPii |
| 50314 | Create a BCPii command to change shared | BCP_BCPii |
| 50320 | Added BCPii function | BCP_BCPii |
| 76844 | BCPii support for SCM values | BCP_BCPii |
| 76931 | Additional parameters needed for HWICMD and HWISET | BCP_BCPii |
| 99998 | BCPii support for additional properties | BCP_BCPii |
| 102291 | allow BCPii to save the soft cap accross activations | BCP_BCPii |
| 125725 | BCPii Support for virtual flash memory | BCP_BCPii |
| 126430 | BCPii timeout customization | BCP_BCPii |
| 129458 | Want to start/IPL a Standalone Dump using BCPii | BCP_BCPii |
| 145240 | make HWIEVENT easier to use | BCP_BCPii |
| 49422 | MVS System Command SET TIMEZONE should a | BCP_General |
| 49943 | z/OS SETLOAD command processing | BCP_General |
| 49654 | Advanced notification that a Dynamic Activate would fail via Activate Test and D IOS.CONFIG(ALL) - dynamic activate disabled | BCP_IOS |
| 49683 | Provide tool like D M=CONFIG(xx) to show availability of HyperPAV aliases | BCP_IOS |
| 74892 | Support of Multistack for IOSHSIB | BCP_IOS |
| 86356 | PFA_COMMON_STORAGE_USAGE Health check parms | BCP_Predictive Failure Analysis |
| 119639 | PFA to monitor for above the bar storage | BCP_Predictive Failure Analysis |
| 121852 | Improvements for the PFA_PRIVATE_STORAGE_EXHAUSTION health check | BCP_Predictive Failure Analysis |
| 50007 | enhance safegaurding of confidential dat | BCP_Service Aids |
| 113187 | Splitting Up Dumps into Confidential and Non-Confidential Data | BCP_Service Aids |
| 119541 | Reduce dump collection impact to production workloads | BCP_Service Aids |
| 143147 | Update GTF PI/PGM record and formatting to include 64-bit general registers and access registers | BCP_Service Aids |
| 31280 | TCPIP startup message | communications server |
| 75358 | Display Public Certificate in AT-TLS Trace | communications server |
| 87162 | CSSMTP default MAIL FROM parametrisation needed | communications server |
| 94352 | PING response time to be displayed in Microseconds | communications server |
| 117018 | CSSMTP should allow SYSOUT class specification for error reports | communications server |
| 120046 | Support of 256 characters long user names in CSSMTP | communications server |
| 122422 | Need Certificate information added to IPSEC -k display | communications server |
| 132034 | zERT - Recording Interval | communications server |
| 135440 | z/OSMF zERT-Plugin Allow Configurable Temp.Database | communications server |
| 135657 | Catalog Auxiliary Work Area (CAXWA) for z/OS 2.2 and above ? What's Missing! | DFSMS Catalog/IDCAMS/AMS |
| 141408 | DCOLLECT: Volume timeout avoidance | DFSMS Catalog/IDCAMS/AMS |
| 137654 | DFSMShsm Unix file recover to alternate directory | DFSMS HSM |
| 145988 | Expecting parsing error message when using mutually exclusive parameters in HSM commands | DFSMS HSM |
| 146138 | Allow DFHSM CRQ connections to more than 32. | DFSMS HSM |
| 146755 | HSM FILEMODE - EXPIREBV process unmounted Filesystems | DFSMS HSM |
| 51537 | More lines displayed per screen in ISMF | DFSMS ISMF/Naviquest |
| 51786 | Display ACDS LEVEL on Confirm Activate R | DFSMS ISMF/Naviquest |
| 116448 | Implement VIPA registration for zNFS Server to make it behave "Sysplex Aware" | DFSMS NFS |
| 51487 | OAM RECOVERY command needs REPLACE optio | DFSMS OAM |
| 51931 | OAM terminated after DB2 successfully re | DFSMS OAM |
| 51935 | OAM should add functionality during its | DFSMS OAM |
| 51936 | Ability for OAM to use Open Systems Stor | DFSMS OAM |
| 51940 | Update to OAM to Determine Missing Plans | DFSMS OAM |
| 52737 | Provide DB2 stored procedure support for z/OS Object Access Method (OAM) | DFSMS OAM |
| 52743 | provide DB2 stored procedure support for z/OS Object Access Method (OAM) | DFSMS OAM |
| 108351 | OSREQ - SQL error text for all SQL states | DFSMS OAM |
| 109587 | Add a configurable timeout value for requests the OAM address space received after a CBR7530E | DFSMS OAM |
| 126749 | Provide a function to interpret the OAM return codes | DFSMS OAM |
| 135656 | Update OAM's SMF Record to log failed Primary copy Retrievals which used the Backup Copy | DFSMS OAM |
| 51899 | PDSE compaction or compression of the da | DFSMS PDS/PDSE |
| 51311 | TAPE ERP module should clean up IOSB SEN | DFSMS Tape Storage SW Support |
| 127904 | Provide ability to reserve tape drives for specific jobs | DFSMS Tape Storage SW Support |
| 60105 | AES ISO PIN block (Format 4) | ICSF |
| 97680 | CSFPDVK generated secret not secure | ICSF |
| 108440 | Enhance ICSF to put out JOBLOG message with Crypto Domain Number | ICSF |
| 113488 | ICSF to cut SMF record for master key change | ICSF |
| 115651 | Allow ICSF parmlib updates to be dynamic - Address Space should remain up | ICSF |
| 116735 | CCA / ICSF / EKMF, Support for AES PIN Encryption | ICSF |
| 119537 | Provide metadata when changing ICSF master keys | ICSF |
| 122383 | ICSF: Allow us to restrict ARCHIVED keys for decryption only | ICSF |
| 136654 | ICSF: Determine when key was last used for encryption | ICSF |
| 138515 | ICSF utility support to display CKDS/PKDS user metadata | ICSF |
| 139063 | ICSF - CVN 18 | ICSF |
| 49187 | JES2 statement CONDEF CMDNUM has no associated warning threshold level as most of other JES2 resources.It is hard coded internally. | JES2 |
| 49199 | A More Friendly JES2 Shutdown | JES2 |
| 49305 | Support variable length installation sections in JES2 CBs. | JES2 |
| 81369 | Allow long JES2 Dynamic PROCLIB names to be assigned to JOBCLASS | JES2 |
| 90223 | Ability to associate a JOBCLASS with any PROCLIB | JES2 |
| 146425 | JES2 Policy - a text to number conversion function is required for character data types | JES2 |
| 140843 | Reduce JES2 ePVT space requirement | JES2/JES3 |
| 48728 | LE - Phase 2 - Mixed 64/31-bit AMODE Coo | LE |
| 48729 | LE - Phase 1 - Mixed 64/31-bit AMODETole | LE |
| 139525 | TLS for Go on z/OS | LE |
| 48453 | Discontinue Administrator-Level Privileg | RACF |
| 117929 | Enhance RACDCERT to show certificate thumbprint | RACF |
| 131712 | RACF provide ENF 71 signal when userid is revoked due wrong passwords attempts | RACF |
| 139216 | Store Pricing Solution type in SMF type 70 records | SCRT |
| 48100 | Improve SDSF Trace Entry | SDSF |
| 48102 | Redesign of SDSF Trace Processing | SDSF |
| 48109 | SDSF LOG Display Change Request | SDSF |
| 48135 | To Add the Capability to Display ISPF Lo | SDSF |
| 62452 | SDSF.DA panel - include zIIP WLM ENCLAVE into zIIP-TIME | SDSF |
| 116565 | allow non-key8 REXX callers to use SDSF | SDSF |
| 123457 | Eliminate SDSF Shortfall: Option FS ("File Systems") Missing zFS/HFS Space Utilization | SDSF |
| 146356 | Removing upper case translation for characters having no uppercase | SDSF |
| 150549 | Real/Aux usage of Memory objects (64bits) | SDSF |
| 48025 | USS df command/output should display fil | Shell & Utilities |
| 120740 | rm -r protection when spanning multiple file systems | Shell & Utilities |
| 47888 | Callback for failed handshake partner certificate information | SSL |
| 104143 | First Failure Doc enhancements for Certificate Errors | SSL |
| 106628 | Enhance BPXMRPWD __passwd syscall to pass IP information to the RACF logstring field at time of SMF recording | USS |
| 121118 | Request method PATCH | web enablement toolkit |
| 128943 | Timestamp and pid/tid verbose output | web enablement toolkit |
| 129152 | Filter headers traced in Web Toolkit verbose output | web enablement toolkit |
| 63934 | z/OS API | z/OSMF |
| 84681 | z/OSMF User administration - global settings | z/OSMF |
| 89441 | Show the location of the source workflow definition and input variable file | z/OSMF |
| 89442 | Store Job execution history information | z/OSMF |
| 89443 | Global substitution functions in JCL Editor of z/OSMF | z/OSMF |
| 91563 | z/OSMF User administration - global settings | z/OSMF |
| 98764 | Allow installation of ShopzSeries Orders to be integrated in z/OSMF Software Management | z/OSMF |
| 104256 | zOS Management Facility timeout less than 30 minutes | z/OSMF |
| 109096 | Add time/date information to z/OSMF REST JOBS API | z/OSMF |
| 111677 | Provide File selection list to choose a z/OSMF workflow definition file | z/OSMF |
| 115148 | z/OSMF Operator Console additional setup options (like MSCOPE) | z/OSMF |
| 115602 | Add sysname to the zOSMF REST interface | z/OSMF |
| 119101 | z/OSMF: Delete on completion for general / stand-alone workflows | z/OSMF |
| 119498 | In z/OSMF Workflow, provide a column of date updated or date created or both | z/OSMF |
| 125529 | Date and Timestamp on main Workflow tab per Workflow | z/OSMF |
| 125530 | Integrate the view of z/OSMF logfiles in z/OSMF | z/OSMF |
| 126042 | z/OSMF Workflow "Deep" Search | z/OSMF |
| 126809 | Extend REST services support beyond default codepage 1047 | z/OSMF |
| 128275 | Remote Sysplex support for z/OSMF Cloud domains | z/OSMF |
| 128276 | Domain roles based on groups and not users. | z/OSMF |
| 129386 | run rest call outside z/OSMF | z/OSMF |
| 130716 | Allow to disable 'Cloud Provisioning and Management' functionality in z/OSMF | z/OSMF |
| 131187 | zOSMF RESTFILES PUT to remove Windows Carriage Return characters | z/OSMF |
| 134117 | Enable gzip compression in Z/oSMF to serve compressed static files to client. | z/OSMF |
| 137754 | REST API for Workflow Editor or VSC plugin to edit Workflow | z/OSMF |
| 138011 | zOSMF Removing invalid users from domains | z/OSMF |
| 138354 | Request to return compressed response for the request containing 'Accept-Encoding: gzip' | z/OSMF |
| 138368 | Download and upload text data in different encodings than IBM-1047 using REST API | z/OSMF |
| 141151 | SESSION_EXPIRE(nnn) parameter need to support timeout range of smaller than 30 minutes (e.g. 15 minutes) | z/OSMF |
| 141209 | Pool TSO Address Spaces for z/OSMF File Requests | z/OSMF |
| 141339 | z/OSMF Operator Console - WTOR and HOLD messages window | z/OSMF |
| 142666 | Reduce overhead of Workflow steps | z/OSMF |
| 142826 | REST API to update zOSMF password | z/OSMF |
| 146325 | z/OSMF: Incident log datasets should open in dataset/file search utility instead of ISPF utility | z/OSMF |
| 47443 | Physical FS non disruptive execution of USS applications | zSeries File System (zFS) Support |
| 47444 | File system availability/access during disruptive sysplex activity | zSeries File System (zFS) Support |
| 47454 | Allowing to remove the system information and time stamp on quiescing a zFS aggregate | zSeries File System (zFS) Support |
| 47456 | Recovery of Requests during File System Movement/Recovery | zSeries File System (zFS) Support |
| 47483 | zFS block 0 delay when IPLing in a Disaster recovery environment | zSeries File System (zFS) Support |
| 150739 | Give size of Meta cache for ZOS ZFS | zSeries File System (zFS) Support |
| 150764 | Allow correlation of SMF 62-59 records in interval | zSeries File System (zFS) Support |
| 50736 | XML Parser version built using XPLINK | XML |
| 50743 | Make splitting records optional | XML |
| 49418 | Why cant XML working IVPs be supplied wi | XML |
| idea: ZOS-I-108 | zFS Enhancement for Policy Agent and RWSHARE Option | communications server |
| idea: ZOS-I-84 | OSA Microcode level in VTAM TRLE display | communications server |
| idea: ZOS-I-232 | Add Sysplex Monitoring to SWSA tunnels | communications server |
| idea: ZOS-I-333 | Communication Server IPFilter Logging Enhancement | communications server |
| idea: ZOS-I-553 | Need more info on a 401 messages | communications server |
| idea: ZOS-I-1400 | IRRUT200 needs to run AMODE 31 | RACF |
| idea: ZOS-I-1750 | OMVS OVIEW command or "read only" option for OEDIT | USS |
| idea: ZOS-I-4055 | Allow Changing Password from z/OSMF Login | z/OSMF |
| idea: ZOS-I-1531 | Support extra wide output from "ps" | Shell & Utilities |
| idea: ZOS-I-3158 | Improve readability of System SSL (GSK) | SSL |
| 51356 | NFS proactive documentation collection | DFSMS NFS |
| 146164 | Relax Crypto Express Card requirement for OAM Cloud as a Tier | DFSMS Cloud Data Access |
| idea: ZOS-I-2360 | Project to replace CA TLMS wih IBM DFSMS /rmm | DFSMS RMM |
| idea: ZOS-I-1441 | PCI DSS requires Dataset encyption | RACF |
| idea: ZOS-I-1807 | Add member information to Jobclass panel on SDSF | SDSF |
| idea: ZOS-I-2586 | A facility to serialize a VVDS during volume level functions like DEFRAG | DFSMS DSS |
| idea: ZOS-I-1922 | In z/OSMF, search function in console services should be enhanced to support illuminated mark | z/OSMF |
| idea: ZOS-I-2509 | Executing REST API with JSON on Remote System Fails | z/OSMF |
| idea: ZOS-I-2441 | XCF - Return code improvement if the Notepad is unavailable | BCP_XCF/XES |
| idea: ZOS-I-2288 | Dynamically increase of XCF Notepad size | BCP_XCF/XES |
| 137051 | Display Workflow Definition name in z/OSMF Workflow instances | z/OSMF |
| 134878 | Display Workflow Definition name in z/OSMF Workflow instances | z/OSMF |
| 141084 | OAM object Recover need support for replace option. | DFSMS OAM |
| 49546 | IRA400E/IRA401E - MVS/ZOS should protect | BCP_WLM |
| 88392 | Eliminate IEBCOPY Restriction: COPY Operations Destroy PDSE Version 2 Member Generations | DFSMS Utilities |
| 133974 | SCRT INCLUDE processing | SCRT |
| idea: ZOS-I-1680 | IT Security Manager | RACF |
| 49773 | Symbolic Parmlib Preprocessor support fo | BCP_General |
| 140790 | PER SLIP enclave SRB | BCP_General |
| 73928 | Allow comments on all MVS commands | DFSMS Catalog/IDCAMS/AMS |
| 116668 | Provide means to change master catalog without an IPL | DFSMS Catalog/IDCAMS/AMS |
| 118642 | The MODEL parameter of DEFINE CLUSTER should support encryption | DFSMS Catalog/IDCAMS/AMS |
| 59740 | DFSMShsm msg ARC1141I issued to console for z/OS automation purpose. | DFSMS HSM |
| 147165 | JES2 POLICY - add SCHEDULE WITH= manipulation | JES2 |
| 138326 | We need PSF ACIF to be able to process more than 16,777,215 blocks of INPUT data in a compressed dataset | Print Services Facility |
| idea: ZOS-I-2282 | Enhance BPXMRPWD __passwd syscall to pass IP information to the RACF logstring field at time of SMF recording |