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    Remove usage restrictions for Dynamic System Variable &SEQ

    We have a situation where we need to use &SEQ to provide uniqueness in dataset name used in the SYSMDUMP DD. To collect dumps, we have coded the SYSMDUMP in our Application WLM Procs. When we do a WLM refresh, if multiple WLM Application envir...
    13 days ago in z/OS / General 0 Submitted

    Add signature algorithm and key type fields to OpenSSH SMF 119 subtype's common security section

    Please consider adding two more fields to the OpenSSH common security section used in the SMF 119 OpenSSH subtypes. The fields would pertain to public key user authentication, specifically: Public key type used (RSA, ED25519, ECDSA, etc.) and sign...
    13 days ago in z/OS / OpenSSH 1 Submitted

    Enable LDAP group access capabilities for TKE to allow for the proper management and control of access and authorization

    Enabling LDAP capabilities will allow for the integration into standard access mechanisms and improve account permission fidelity.  
    about 14 hours ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / TKE Workstation 0 Submitted

    zHMC/SE - Display PPS on the Manage System Time Main Panel

    Currently, the HMC/SE Manage System Time (MTS) panel does not display the PPS (Pulse Per Second) status - if enabled - on the primary panel. As a result, users may incorrectly assume that PPS is not enabled or configured on their system. While PPS...
    about 15 hours ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE)/IBM Resource Link 0 Submitted

    Provide samples for Bash and zsh profile files

    With zsh coming as part of z/OS 3.1 and bash with zOEF, we've got more access to supported shells than in the past but are surprised to find limited setup guidance for them. As standard z/OS install comes with IBM supplied /samples/.profile and /s...
    about 15 hours ago in z/OS / Shell & Utilities 0 Submitted

    Support for retrieving and configuring NTP settings at the HMC WS-API

    For compliance, our use of Z systems in the IBM VPC Cloud needed to retrieve the NTP settings from the HMCs and store them for potential future audits. The WS-API of the HMC does not currently support the retrieval of the NTP settings. Therefore, ...
    2 days ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE)/IBM Resource Link 0 Submitted

    Add support for Network Express to the NMI EZBNMIFR GetIfStatsExtended request to show Inbound Workload Queueing data

    Inbound Workload Queueing data is not available for the Network Express adapter, which is integrated directly into the the EQDIO support and always active.
    7 days ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Submitted

    RMF 74.1 should be updated to allow a simple association between related primary and secondary I/Os

    When CRS (Consistent Read from Secondary) is activated, RMF data cannot be used to accurately report on the z/OS online I/O activity. Secondary read I/Os are performed to offline devices and there is no possibility of easily associating the origin...
    about 1 month ago in z/OS / Advanced Data Gatherer 0 Future consideration

    Monitoring Initial Size of Coupling Facility Structures

    It was noticed a problem during a Coupling Facility outage when was necessary to move structures from one CF to another CF. The rebuild/recovery process was not completed sucessfully because the INITSIZE of a WMQ Structure was smaller than the req...
    3 months ago in z/OS / BCP_XCF/XES 1 Future consideration

    Improve performance for mutex locks such as CEEOPML

    C++ std::mutex is slower on z/OS compared to a manual spin lock and other platforms. Improving performance here would help most multithreaded programs in general.
    3 days ago in z/OS / LE 0 Submitted

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