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IBM Data Set Commander

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OLSMS display refinements to storage group TOTALs

The current information displayed can be inaccurate when volumes in the storage group are in a Disabled or Quiesced state.
9 months ago in IBM Data Set Commander 2 Delivered

add a command to display information about the IQIDFLTS in use, differences, and other

It would be useful to know which defaults were used for a user, that the defaults have changed and any users specified differences in use. Diagnosing a settings issue for a user can be a slow cumbersome process without knowing some basic information.
6 months ago in IBM Data Set Commander 3 Delivered

Eliminate need for SYSUT3 in IQIBUTIL JCL

Sometimes when running IQIBUTIL (IEBCOPY replacement) it will fail and require the coding of the SYSUT3 work dataset in order for the copy to complete. This is troublesome when it is only sometimes needed and jobs will sometimes work but then fail...
about 2 years ago in IBM Data Set Commander 2 Delivered

Wildcard usage for data set libraries for the DSC monitor

Keyword LIBRARIES() should support data set name masking
over 1 year ago in IBM Data Set Commander 2 Delivered

ISPF look alike for Data Set Commander

Invoke DSC during logon process, Panels the same and option to provide full function vs same panels – 1, 2, 3.4 and option 6. Allow an option to use standard ISPF panels, and to use full function with DSC panels.
over 1 year ago in IBM Data Set Commander 2 Delivered

Disallow edit/save of PDSE generated members

Add a site-wide option to not allow users to save changes to a non-zero PDSE generation (-1, -2, etc.). Also be able to restrict the SAVE NOGEN option. We need to secure these options and not allow users to change the options. Ideally these option...
over 2 years ago in IBM Data Set Commander 3 Delivered

IQIBUTIL JCL pre-processor function

DSC users could use the option to generate JCL for using IQIBUTIL functions via batch jobs.
over 5 years ago in IBM Data Set Commander 2 Delivered

IQIBUTIL add support for if/then/else/endif conditional statements

allows for better control of the sysin commands based on previous command results
about 1 year ago in IBM Data Set Commander 3 Delivered

Duplicate module reporting

In and effort to displace PDSMAN, we need a batch and foreground process to report duplicate members for a list of concatenated libraries. Library options should include:a) Any set of concatenated librariesb) All libraries associated with SYSPROC,...
over 2 years ago in IBM Data Set Commander 4 Delivered

Improve Data Set Commander batch processing

The IBM Dataset Commander has a batch function built with the DSCBAT command. However, the usability can be improved significantly. See below.
over 2 years ago in IBM Data Set Commander 2 Delivered

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