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    Prevent Premature JES2 Job Execution by Preserving HOLDUNTL on Release

    During JES2 recovery, region swaps, or DR events, jobs with an existing HOLDUNTL may also be placed into HOLD status. Releasing the HOLD currently removes the HOLDUNTL delay, making the job immediately eligible to execute. Enhance JES2 to provide ...
    about 23 hours ago in z/OS / JES2 0 Submitted

    Support dynamic/step-specific JOBNAME substitution in z/OSMF Workflows “Customize Job Statement” / Universal JCL card

    Product: IBM z/OSMF (Workflows) Request for Enhancement:Please enhance z/OSMF Workflows to allow a unique (dynamic) JOBNAME per job step within a single workflow execution, without requiring manual edits to each job’s XML/JCL. Today, all jobs laun...
    6 days ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Submitted

    Please make more IZUPRMxx settings available to plug-ins

    I'm specifically thinking of TEMP_DIR, but in general there's a number of settings in IZUPRMxx that have relevance to plug-ins, but can't be queried by either REST API or by an object, e.g zosmf.api. Without access to this information, settings th...
    about 4 hours ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Submitted

    Enable CBDQAGNT to pass on APPID to SAF RACROUTE REQUEST=VERIFY call

    Currently the CBDQAGNT, which is the main program for the user to access HCM via a batch job, only validates the password of the logonid that executes the job. It does not check whether the user is authorised to access to use the batch HCM applica...
    about 14 hours ago in z/OS / HCM 1 Submitted

    When a partitioning request is currently outstanding, ie outstanding IXC102A, then, if another VARY XCF,xxxx,OFFLINE is issued, it's treated as a NO-OP.

    When a partitioning request is currently outstanding, ie outstanding IXC102A, then, if another VARY XCF,xxxx,OFFLINE is issued, it is accepted, but, there is no indication back that it did anything. XCF treats this as a DUP request, however, the c...
    about 20 hours ago in z/OS / BCP_XCF/XES 0 Submitted

    Enhance SMF log stream resilience by providing automatic fallback to MAN datasets to prevent SMF data loss during log stream failures.

    SMF data is the system of record for many mission-critical industries, including banking and defense, where data integrity is paramount. Any loss of SMF data is effectively unacceptable short of a complete system outage. To strengthen resilience a...
    3 days ago in z/OS / BCP_SMF 0 Submitted

    Enable ADRDSSU to copy ZFS files >4GB from SMS to non-SMS environment

    With zOS V3.2 it may be possible that USS ROOT file grows to a size >4GB which requires VSAM attribute EXT-ADDR. For SMS datasets also the EXTENDED attribute is requred. At this time ADRDSSU isn't able to copy (using COPY or DUMP/RESTORE) to co...
    about 1 month ago in z/OS / DFSMS DSS 0 Planned for future release

    Provide a standards-based Cryptographic Bill of Materials (CBOM) for IBM LinuxONE

    IBM should provide a standards-based Cryptographic Bill of Materials (CBOM) for its products as a standard product deliverable, preferably based on the CycloneDX CBOM specification. Customers increasingly require transparency into the cryptographi...
    8 days ago in Linux on IBM Z and LinuxONE 0 Submitted

    Provide a standards-based Cryptographic Bill of Materials (CBOM) for z/OSMF

    IBM should provide a standards-based Cryptographic Bill of Materials (CBOM) for its products as a standard product deliverable, preferably based on the CycloneDX CBOM specification. Customers increasingly require transparency into the cryptographi...
    8 days ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Submitted

    Provide a standards-based Cryptographic Bill of Materials (CBOM) for IBM Z HMC/SE

    IBM should provide a standards-based Cryptographic Bill of Materials (CBOM) for its products as a standard product deliverable, preferably based on the CycloneDX CBOM specification. Customers increasingly require transparency into the cryptographi...
    8 days ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / General/Miscellaneous 0 Submitted

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