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Add Extended key usage parameter to RACDCERT GENCERT command

TLS v1.3 needs clientAuth/serverAuth/any parameter in digital certificate's extended key usage used to, but RACDCERT GENCERT command doesn't have this attribute, and you have to generate this certificate outside of z/OS and then import it.
14 days ago in z/OS / RACF Future consideration

Add REST API to automate “Retrieve End of Service Information” in z/OSMF Software Management

In the z/OSMF Software Management task, the General Availability (GA) and End of Support (EOS) values for installed products are only refreshed when a user manually invokes the “Retrieve End of Service Information…” action through the GUI. These v...
16 days ago in z/OS / z/OSMF Future consideration

Alert for ephemeral port exhaustion

We have had instances where we have had clients on z/OS which open numerous JAVA threads in a short time which open outbound sockets. These connections run through our available ports but are hard to detect when this has happened as the only thing...
22 days ago in z/OS / Communications Server Future consideration

JES2 $TA commands should be checkpointed so they survive IPLs or JES2 restarts

JES2 automatic commands ($TA commands) do not survive IPLs or JES2 restarts. Many times, $TA commands are set to execute days into the future. If an IPL occurs before the set execution time, the target of the $TA commands never get executed. $TA c...
23 days ago in z/OS / JES2 Future consideration

Enable Sysplex Distributor traffic draining (Disable/Quiesce) for zCX EXTTRG targets

Description In environments using IBM z/OS Container Extensions together with Sysplex Distributor, zCX instances are commonly exposed as TCP targets so that inbound traffic can be distributed across multiple zCX environments running on different L...
about 1 month ago in z/OS / Communications Server Future consideration

Add composite patterns to sh

Composite patterns are a regular expression-like extension to shell glob patterns. For example, the composite pattern *(a) matches zero or more "a" characters. Composite patterns are useful. In my experience, they are often used in KornShell scrip...
about 1 month ago in z/OS / Shell & Utilities Future consideration

Modifying other sysplex policies then CFRM

An administrative feature to modify ARM, LOGR, LOGRY, LOGRZ and SFM policies similar to the currently existing CFRM Administrative Policies feature in the Sysplex Management plug-in of z/OSMF.
about 1 month ago in z/OS / z/OSMF Future consideration

WLM: REST-API Support for z/OSMF Workload Management task

In our environment, WLM Report Classes are essential for our accounting and chargeback management. However, it is currently not possible to automatically create, modify, delete, or even read Report Classes and Classification Rules when application...
about 2 months ago in z/OS / z/OSMF Future consideration

Enable dynamic certificate selection in z/OSMF (Liberty) without requiring a static KeyAlias in server_override.xml

z/OSMF with Zowe and JWTs requires a fixed KeyAlias in server_override.xml. In many environments, certificate labels change with each renewal due to internal PKI policies. This forces administrators to manually update the KeyAlias after each certi...
about 2 months ago in z/OS / z/OSMF Future consideration

Make File template content non editable during perform step time in a zosmf workflow

In Production environments we would like the JCL content to be non-editable during step perform time in a zosmf workflow. This would help us enforce controls on the JCL content not being altered in a Production environment
about 2 months ago in z/OS / z/OSMF Future consideration

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