Skip to Main Content
IBM Z Software


This portal is to open public enhancement requests against IBM Z Software products. To view all of your ideas submitted to IBM, create and manage groups of Ideas, or create an idea explicitly set to be either visible by all (public) or visible only to you and IBM (private), use the IBM Unified Ideas Portal (https://ideas.ibm.com).


Shape the future of IBM!

We invite you to shape the future of IBM, including product roadmaps, by submitting ideas that matter to you the most. Here's how it works:

Search existing ideas

Start by searching and reviewing ideas and requests to enhance a product or service. Take a look at ideas others have posted, and add a comment, vote, or subscribe to updates on them if they matter to you. If you can't find what you are looking for,

Post your ideas
  1. Post an idea.

  2. Get feedback from the IBM team and other customers to refine your idea.

  3. Follow the idea through the IBM Ideas process.


Specific links you will want to bookmark for future use

Welcome to the IBM Ideas Portal (https://www.ibm.com/ideas) - Use this site to find out additional information and details about the IBM Ideas process and statuses.

IBM Unified Ideas Portal (https://ideas.ibm.com) - Use this site to view all of your ideas, create new ideas for any IBM product, or search for ideas across all of IBM.

ideasibm@us.ibm.com - Use this email to suggest enhancements to the Ideas process or request help from IBM for submitting your Ideas.

Status Planned for future release
Created by Guest
Created on May 15, 2026

Improve JCL for EQQPMCKP member of SEQQSAMP (Checkpoint merge)

The current JCL is difficult to understand and modifying this JCL incorrectly may result in a controller that cannot start up .

This is the current JCL from SEQQSAMP member EQQPMCKP after running EQQJOBS: 
 

//COPYCKPT EXEC PGM=IDCAMS,REGION=0M

//SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=*

//CKPTOLD DD DISP=SHR,DSN=TWSZ.V9R3M0.CKPT.HCL

//CKPTCUR DD DISP=SHR,DSN=ZWS.MIGTEST.CKPT

//CKPTNEW DD DISP=MOD,DSN=ZWS.MIGTEST.CKPT.NEW

//SYSIN DD *

REPRO IFILE(CKPTCUR) OFILE(CKPTNEW) COUNT(1)

REPRO IFILE(CKPTOLD) OFILE(CKPTNEW) SKIP(1)

/*

 

nothing tells the customer that CKPTNEW must be allocated before running this job,

and after running it,  CKPTCUR must be renamed and then CKPTNEW must be renamed to the name that CKPTCUR had

 

This is my suggestion for improving the JCL so that no extra handling steps are needed: 

 

//DELETE EXEC PGM=IEFBR14

//CKPSAVE DD DSN=ZWS.MIGTEST.CKPT.OLD,

// UNIT=SYSDA,SPACE=(TRK,0),DISP=(MOD,DELETE)

//ALLOCNEW EXEC PGM=IEBGENER

//SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=*

//SYSUT1 DD DUMMY,DCB=(RECFM=F,BLKSIZE=256)

//SYSUT2 DD DSN=ZWS.MIGTEST.CKPT.NEW,

// DCB=(RECFM=U,BLKSIZE=8200,DSORG=PS),UNIT=SYSDA,

// SPACE=(CYL,1,,CONTIG),DISP=(NEW,CATLG)

//SYSIN DD DUMMY

//COPYCKPT EXEC PGM=IDCAMS,REGION=0M

//SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=*

//CKPTOLD DD DISP=SHR,DSN=TWSZ.V9R3M0.CKPT.HCL

//CKPTCUR DD DISP=SHR,DSN=ZWS.MIGTEST.CKPT

//CKPTNEW DD DISP=MOD,DSN=ZWS.MIGTEST.CKPT.NEW

//SYSIN DD *

REPRO IFILE(CKPTCUR) OFILE(CKPTNEW) COUNT(1)

REPRO IFILE(CKPTOLD) OFILE(CKPTNEW) SKIP(1)

/*

//RENCKPT EXEC PGM=IDCAMS,REGION=6M

//SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=*

//SYSIN DD *

ALTER -

ZWS.MIGTEST.CKPT -

NEWNAME(ZWS.MIGTEST.CKPT.OLD)

ALTER -

ZWS.MIGTEST.CKPT.NEW -

NEWNAME(ZWS.MIGTEST.CKPT) 

Idea priority Urgent