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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 2 months ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 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

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

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.
15 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

Log RACF keyring and certificate usage to enable proper validation and auditing

Determining whether a RACF keyring or any RACF certificate is still in use by an application (e.g., started task, batch job, etc.) is a very challenging task. Neither RACF nor other components like zERT generate SMF records that capture the usage ...
about 1 year ago in z/OS / RACF Future consideration

Extend the z/OSMF Parmlib Syntax Validation REST API with an additional parameter to specify the z/OS release of the selected Parmlib.

This feature is needed to successfully check Parmlibs of older z/OS versions. Some Parmlib parameters are z/OS release specific and would fail a syntax check of another release. This property should be taken into account by the REST interface. You...
2 months ago in z/OS / z/OSMF Future consideration

Increase MAXSESSIONS Limit

MAXSESSIONS limit of 2000 isn't high enough for out needs. Can you increase this value ?
4 months ago in z/OS / BCP_CEA Future consideration

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...
3 months ago in z/OS / ICSF Future consideration

Move settings of password phrase rules from ICHPWX11-exit to RACF SETROPTS

Today we use the Exit ICHPWX11 to manage our rules for RACF Password Phrases (e.g. length of Password Phrase, valid Characters). Unfortunately the exit is not supported by IBM. A sample is delivered with SYS1.SAMPLIB, but the most current version ...
5 months ago in z/OS / RACF Future consideration