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BCP_SYSREXX

Add REFVVDS(volser) parm to DEF CLUSTER with RECATALOG

We have ZFS datasets in the SYSRES (&SYSR2, in our case).We're upgrading z/OS and we need to catalog new ZFSs indirectly using &SYSR2 - we're not using SSA.When we try to use a DEF CLUSTER with RECATALOG the job fails as the VVDS in the cu...
12 days ago in z/OS / DFSMS VSAM Submitted

Set https certificate for SSC lpar in HMC

At the moment when you start a SSC lpar in installer mode, the lpar starts with a self signed certificate and https isn't secure. Since connecting to the lpar via this connection is an admin connection, a direct connection between 'server' and 'us...
about 2 months ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / General/Miscellaneous Submitted

Visualization and Configuration Enhancement for CPU and storage placement

Currently PR/SM decides during Activation of LPARs where the CPUs and the storage should be allocated and which Drawer should be used (VH GCPs, VH zIIPs, VM GCPs, VM zIIPs.... starting at Drawer 1 from the "lower" end and e.g. IFLs at the "last Dr...
9 days ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware Submitted

Short Term Authorization on JESSPOOL via GROUP not USER

To provide short-term authorization, a user can overtype the DEST field with another user's user ID. This can be done on either the O or H panels. On https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/3.2.0?topic=sets-permitting-other-users-view-your-data on can rea...
2 days ago in z/OS / JES2 Submitted

Enhancement for VARY PATH command to allow CHPID Ranges

For maintenance purpose we must handle a large amount of Paths to our CF LPARs. Some commands looks like the following: VARY PATH(CFxx,90,CFxx,91,CFxx,92,CFxx,93,CFxx,94,CFxx,95,CFxx,96,CFxx,97,CFxx,98),OFFLINE to make this handling a little bit l...
11 days ago in z/OS / BCP_IOS Submitted

Enable MFA to work with SSH certificates

If MFA is configured to use TOTP and a user attempts to logon to the system using an SSH certificate (Laptop -> z/OS machine) then a TOTP is not requested. When doing a similar login scenario with a Linux machine and using SSH certificates its ...
3 months ago in z/OS / OpenSSH Submitted

zOS CFRM - Structure size change requires access to CSFSERV resources

When Coupling Facility (CF) structures are encrypted, any user executing the IXCMIAPU utility to write or update a CFRM policy currently requires access to CSFSERV resources such as CSFKGN (Key Generate) and CSFKYT (Key Test)—even in scenarios whe...
12 days ago in z/OS / BCP_XCF/XES Submitted

z/VM should support reflective_relay and cisco ACI

This capability would solve real-world networking issues for zVM. The current OSA implementation has no way to associate mac addresses with vlan tags, so we can't use cisco ACI + bridge domains to segment traffic into multiple vlans on a single su...
17 days ago in z/VM Submitted

Remove home directory of removed LDAP user

When a ZCX user is removed from LDAP it's home directory is not removed. There is no way to remove this. So you end up with home directories which correspond to old users. I think there must be a solution created for this. When using ZCX local use...
19 days ago in z/OS / Container Extensions (zCX) Submitted

Increase the SET LKFAC limit above 250 users for use by guest operating systems (TPF)

Increase the MPLF virtual DASD locking limit above the 250 user limit using SET LKFAC. In 1998 the LKFAC limit was increased from 64 users to 250 users (VM61408). One of the reasons for this increase was to allow more TPF guests to run LKFAC to su...
25 days ago in z/VM Submitted

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