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Routing messages to extended console on the host that submitted the QUERY USER also from other involved HSMs.

Details available in TS022568398 HSM Incomplete Console response using QUERYSET - SYS1.SAMPLIB(ARCTOOLS)
16 days ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM Under review

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...
6 months ago in z/OS / DFSMS VSAM Under review

Append dataset API

Add an API to append to a dataset. This is already a feature in batch programs. At present, to append the entire dataset has to be downloaded, appended on the device, then overwritten. This is substantial traffic for something like logging.
5 months ago in z/OS / z/OSMF Under review

Preserve application-level User Abend Code upon JVM termination instead of overwriting it with U4094

The inability to propagate application-defined user abend codes through JVM shutdown is a fundamental obstacle to modernizing z/OS batch jobs with hybrid Java/COBOL architectures.When running hybrid batch jobs (Java + COBOL) inside a JVM on z/OS —...
3 months ago in z/OS / LE Under review

DTC option on SETSYS to fix the container name you are granted to access

To use DTC we need to create a bucket according the rules gived by team who managed the S3. For example my bucket is named "/app-stor-l-cda4mainframe" and i have only permission on this bucket. When i issue the command : F HSM,SETSYS CLOUD(NAME(S3...
24 days ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM Under review

Clear SSL session ID for specific port and/or IP address

Hi IBM development team, We have been requested to clear the SSL Session ID in the session cache (GSKSRVR). The server certificates are updated every year and our operations team would like to confirm if new certificates are used immediately after...
7 months ago in z/OS / SSL Under review

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...
6 months ago in z/OS / BCP_XCF/XES Under review

Enable z/OSMF authentication API while using the z/OS Data Gatherer SMF REST Services

If we have configured the z/OSMF server to use the Data Gatherer SMF REST Services, authentication via username and password is mandatory unless you intend to use separate RACF functionalities. Therefore, it would be convenient if the SMF REST Ser...
4 months ago in z/OS / z/OSMF Under review

PFS UDS MAXSOCKETS for AF_UNIX

Currently, our application development department is using the C syslog() API to send logs to SYSLOGD. SYSLOGD forwards these messages to another syslog server which puts the data into Splunk. During our load and performance test, we hit the barri...
7 months ago in z/OS / Communications Server Under review

Implement audit records for IND$FILE usage

IND$FILE doesn't have today good possibility to audit usage. Implement logging/audit possibilities for the utility.
3 months ago in z/OS / General Under review

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