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Add new field Last-logon or Last-used to show the actual date/time when the ID was last used/logged on. The field LAST-ACCESS is not useful because ALU command update the field.

This is useful so we know when was the last time the ID was used. (vs. the last time the ID was change (ALU or Resumed)) without a using a custom process to process SMF record and update a custom field.
9 days ago in z/OS / RACF Future consideration

REST API for z/OS Change tracker that works

Currently, z/OS change tracker is usale from ISPF by batch and z/OSMF. Usually, we could use the batch version for using it in APIs by using ZOAU. Unfortunately, there is no SYNC API for the Change Tracker (see ZOS-I-4837). The best solution would...
12 days ago in z/OS / Change Tracker Future consideration

DFSMShsm - New ARC message if PSM runs beyond End-time

To allow users to request a new ARC19xxI information message be issued to the operator console when PRIMARY SPACE MANAGEMENT (PSM) is still running a specified amount of time after its end time. This request is similar to the functionality for Aut...
19 days ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM Future consideration

Feature Request: Native line-feed (LF/CRLF) insertion for ASCII text transfers in GDKUTIL

Summary: Provide a native parameter or keyword in GDKUTIL (e.g., inside SYSIN or the provider JSON) that automatically appends line-terminating characters (LF or CRLF) to record boundaries during text-converted uploads, mirroring legacy FTP ASCII ...
26 days ago in z/OS / DFSMS Cloud Data Access Future consideration

Use the user defined Bucket

In our organisation, the Bucket name is imposed for internal constraint. So our normalisation is l: Bkp-stor-L-syszadr-nx (i can only fix last 20 characters and after Bkp-stor-L, also not sure they can create a name with a - like syszadr-). In our...
27 days ago in z/OS / DFSMS DSS Future consideration

z/OS WLM Policy advisor update

z/OSMF WLM Policy advisor is a handy tool to help analyze performance for the service classes of LPARs in a Sysplex. Its possible to select LPARs heatmaps and check their PIs through time, but there is only information about the LOCAL PIs. It woul...
about 2 months ago in z/OS / z/OSMF Future consideration

RACF: Enforce SMF Type 80 Logging for Every ACEE Creation

Problem Statement RACROUTE REQUEST=VERIFY allows calling applications to suppress RACF SMF logging via STAT=NO or LOG=NONE, meaning security administrators cannot guarantee every authentication event is recorded. The RACF Auditor's Guide itself wa...
about 2 months ago in z/OS / RACF Future consideration

Include one option for BATCH INITIATOR AI-INFUSED field on RMF WLMGL report

Currently on RMF WLMGL reports for service classes there is one field named BATCH INITIATOR AI-INFUSED which can be either YES or NO. This field is supposed to tell when AI is enabled or not for a certain Service class. However, when we use the SI...
2 months ago in z/OS / RMF Future consideration

SDSF - Module Fetch Monitor - add OWNER, STEPNAME, STEPNUM, and PROCSTEP

Adding the these fields will make the facility more useful for being able to collect data about module usage.
2 months ago in z/OS / SDSF Future consideration

Enhancement to SHOW=ACTIONS OPTION parameters and output

1. It would be useful to have multiple parameters for SHOW=ACTIONS OPTION. Today only a single option (ADD/DEL/REN/UPD/ALL) is allowed. 2. No matter what filter is used, all dataset are listed in the output. Unchanged datasets are listed as "** NO...
2 months ago in z/OS / Change Tracker Future consideration

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