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    Allow differentiated SWT/TWT/JWT timeouts in SMFPRMxx by user or RACF group

    Currently, SWT/TWT/JWT parameters in SMFPRMxx apply globally to all accounts. This limits flexibility in environments where privileged users should have shorter idle timeouts than regular users to reduce the risk of misuse. Proposal: Enhance SMFPR...
    about 3 hours ago in z/OS / BCP_SMF 0 Submitted

    Allow otel.resource.attributes and otel.exporter.otlp.headers labels to be configurable

    At UBS, it is mandatory to include billing information and software owner identification when sending data to our OTEL Landing Zone. This is achieved by setting the otel.resource.attributes and otel.exporter.otlp.headers fields. Without these attr...
    6 days ago in z/OS / Advanced Data Gatherer 0 Submitted

    Recover data sets from full volume dumps on TCT

    To be able to recover a single data set from a full volume dump on TCT would be a nice enhancement. A use case would be Db2 System Backup that uses DFSMS Copy Pools and gives Db2 the possibility to recover a single table space by extracting the re...
    6 days ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 1 Future consideration

    Support for backup/recover using TCT

    Like the support for migrate/recall using TCT it would be a good idea to have that possibility for bakup/recover using TCT.
    6 days ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 1 Future consideration

    IDC0038I COMPRESSION INTERFACE USED, DATA TRANSFER COMPLETE. No Number of Records were shown

    IDCAMS SYSTEM SERVICES generate the IDC0005I Message in Joblog when the Dataclas of the Output Dataset have no COMPACTION(ZP) - with Dataclas on COMPACTION(ZP) the Message IDC0038I will appear in the Joblog - without the Number of Records processe...
    4 days ago in z/OS / DFSMS Catalog/IDCAMS/AMS 0 Submitted

    V SMS,PDSE,ANALYSIS should not require UPDATE on MVS.VARY.SMS

    RACF profile MVS.VARY.SMS protects the use of the VARY SMS command. With the V SMS command, you can change config/settings that influence the system. Therefor the required UPDATE access can only be granted to limited users. (high privileged users ...
    4 days ago in z/OS / DFSMS PDS/PDSE 0 Submitted

    Increase MAXSESSIONS Limit

    MAXSESSIONS limit of 2000 isn't high enough for out needs. Can you increase this value ?
    26 days ago in z/OS / BCP_CEA 2 Under review

    Enable copy of TKDS keystore in ICSF virtual storage to be dynamically refreshed

    With reference to the case that I raised recently, TS021044974, I was advised by IBM that TKDS keystore in ICSF virtual storage can only be refreshed from TKDS VSAM by shutting down and restart ICSF started task. There is no option from an ICSF ad...
    8 days ago in z/OS / ICSF 1 Future consideration

    Allow VSAM Data Sets To Consider Previously Used Volumes Prior To Extend Failures

    Allow new extents for VSAM data sets to consider previously used volumes before failing the extend with out of volume error.The feature will be very useful to Db2 tablespace and index extend processing which will provide additional Db2 object avai...
    about 2 months ago in z/OS / DFSMS VSAM 1 Under review

    Add Support to CSNDSYX, for stronger Hashing Methods like SHA-512 for CKM-RAKW to get RFC5649 output.

    Add Support to CSNDSYX, for stronger Hashing Methods like SHA-512 for CKM-RAKW to get RFC5649 output. CKM_RSA_AES_KEY_WRAP is a two step process; AES Ephemeral Key gets wrapped with Public key (RSA-OAEP+SHA512) AES Ephemeral Key wraps the AES ...
    25 days ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / Crypto HW 0 Submitted

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