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IBM Advanced Archive for DFSMShsm

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DFSMShsm FRRECOV command enhancement

System: Product DFSMShsm on z/OS 2.2 / 2.3 / 2.4Actor: System programmer needing new feature We support a big ERP business (CIO Quote 2 Cash iERP client) and as for our backup strategy we use IBM Flashcopy combined with IBM DB2 Backup system utili...
over 4 years ago in IBM Advanced Archive for DFSMShsm 0 Future consideration

Data Classification Scanning Tool/Application

Please develop a tool/application that does the following: -Scans datasets across the entire environment--IMS, DB2, * etc-Scans datasets for configurable patterns--Example: Scans for xxx-xx-xxxx-Aggregates names of datasets found with patterns for...
about 6 years ago in IBM Advanced Archive for DFSMShsm 0 Future consideration

User or Tool configured data to accompany a dataset

Please develop functionality to allow a "flag/mark" on a dataset that can then be reported by zSecure or other tools, this mark would be user configurable or configurable by the tool mentioned in the associated RFE. Ideally this could be a dataset...
about 6 years ago in IBM Advanced Archive for DFSMShsm 0 Future consideration

Improve IEBCOPY performance for PDS to PDS copies

The IBM Software Migration Project Office has customer migrations from CA PDSMAN to IBM products. The performance of IEBCOPY is critical for such migrations.
about 3 years ago in IBM Advanced Archive for DFSMShsm 0 Future consideration

optimization of HSM routine managing exteded format dataset

Over CPU consumption of HSM from generalisation of Dataset extended format related to pmr 68153 661 706
over 5 years ago in IBM Advanced Archive for DFSMShsm 0 Planned for future release

We have a concern that it seems to be an architectural design limit to PDSEs that they will not extend beyond one volume.Need

Hi Team, We have a concern that it seems to be an architectural design limit to PDSEs that they will not extend beyond one volume.Need to know if this is actually the case.If it is, then is there a way to allow them extend beyond one volume. Or an...
about 5 years ago in IBM Advanced Archive for DFSMShsm 0 Planned for future release

DFHSM Multi-Cluster enhancement

DFHSM multi-cluster for the MCDS currently uses key ranges that are associated to datasets on the system. I would like an enhancement to be developed in which DFHSM puts some type of dummy marker at the beginning and end of the additional clusters...
almost 6 years ago in IBM Advanced Archive for DFSMShsm 0 Future consideration

I would like to have a data base for dumps so we can issue a command to list a data sets for restore from full volume dum

I would like build a data base concept for dumps. hsend list dsname('T.VND.PR.CAP.DXCOMC.G0015V00') both term
about 6 years ago in IBM Advanced Archive for DFSMShsm 0 Future consideration

Leverage an HSM exit to drive Advanced Archive

Allow Advanced Archive to be directed via an HSM exit. In this way during its normal processing an HSM migration exit can be leveraged to determine if HSM should handle the migration or it can leave the target dataset alone and direct Advanced Arc...
about 6 years ago in IBM Advanced Archive for DFSMShsm 0 Planned for future release