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Status Delivered
Created by Guest
Created on Sep 15, 2020

Improve Data Set Commander IQIBUTIL performance with PDS to PDS copy functions

The IBM Data Set Commander IQIBUTIL utility will
copy a PDS to another PDS. This requirement is to improve the CPU and EXCP performance when performing this copy process.

Idea priority High
  • Guest
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    Apr 17, 2024
    Additional IQIBUTIL functionality was delivered in Idea DATASETCDR-I-69: Eliminate need for SYSUT3 in IQIBUTIL JCL with PTF UJ08330 (APAR OA63007).
  • Guest
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    Aug 1, 2022
    While this enhancement is in the development stage, we wanted to provide an update performance enhancements we have delivered. We have made IEBCOPY performance improvements and delivered those in APAR OA63007 and PTF UJ08330 for the Data Set Commander Batch Utility IQIBUTIL.
  • Guest
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    Dec 17, 2020

    Moving the RFE to Uncommitted Candidate. While we intend to work on this we are dependent on the DFSMS development team.

  • Guest
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    Sep 18, 2020

    Thank you for the RFE submission. Development will review the request.