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z/OS

Add a refresh option to z/OSMF to re-read certificates from RACF ( without needing z/OSMF)

We use Lets Encrypt Certificates with our zosmf servers - these allows clients to receive valid /trusted certificates when accessing zosmf. To achieve this - we must restart zosmf everytime we receive new certificates ( weekly) - if we don't event...
13 days ago in z/OS / z/OSMF Not under consideration

Add query parameter to read or write a set of records in a dataset

We would like to reduce redundant locking and response data volume. It could be as simple as "?start=10&end=23" which would only retrieve records 10-23. If either is not filled start defaults to first record and end to last record. As a bonus,...
4 months ago in z/OS / z/OSMF Not under consideration

z/OS Unix commands for RACF

Just like ZOAU did with a lot of z/OS functionality it would be useful if RACF had Unix commands, it would be a good opportunity to undo the dumb design descisions the original commands had by not repeating them with the Unix commands as well. I o...
5 months ago in z/OS / RACF Not under consideration

IRROPTxx should support &SYSNAME symbolic in TARGET NODE statement

reducing manual editing, this became apparent to us while adding a number of GDPS control lpars.
2 months ago in z/OS / RACF Not under consideration

IHS 9.0 mod_authnz_saf does not support MFA / password phrase authentication via Basic Auth

Problem Statement IBM HTTP Server 9.0 on z/OS cannot authenticate users who have IBM Multi-Factor Authentication (IBM MFA) enabled in their RACF/ACF2 security profile when using HTTP Basic Authentication via mod_authnz_saf. Technical Detail The mo...
28 days ago in z/OS / HTTP Server Not under consideration

Suppress SDSF ULOG panel after z/OS V2.5

SDSF ULOG display was changed by z/OS V2.5 following. <V2.4>The users who do not authorized READ access to resource ISFCMD.ODSP.ULOG.jesx could not display ULOG panel. <V2.5> The users became to display ULOG panel whether authorized or...
about 3 years ago in z/OS / SDSF Not under consideration

IEBPTPCH includes a module IEBPPCH1 which includes SIIS coding and it causes increase CPU TIME under z15 or z16.

This client migrated hardware from zEC12 to z15 and z16 with z/OS V2R1 to V2R5. IEBPTPCH CPU time increased four times after migration of hardware and z/OS. We opened a case as TS019579686 and SME recommended us to open IBM ideas as follows. From ...
about 1 year ago in z/OS / DFSMS Utilities Not under consideration
255 VOTE

TSO/E: Implement Pipes Facility

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR1202104946User Marketing Field Requirement Number: SSSHARE011455Title: TSO/E: Implement Pipes FacilitySubmitted By: IBM User Group Relations/Dallas/IBMOriginators Area: UGDIV : S UGGROUP : MVS UGPROJ : MVSEFPOC: Will...
over 12 years ago in z/OS / TSO Not under consideration

Usage of the "Common Plattform Enumeration" (CPE) for IBM Products in the "IBM Z an LinuxOne Security Portal" within Resource link

Given that vulnerability and patch management is not only a concern of the z ecosystem in an organization, the software to manage vulnerability data should be able to handle sources and vulnerabilities for multiple platforms. Therefore a standardi...
over 2 years ago in z/OS / General Not under consideration

password and passphrase to be exclusive at the userid level;

Currently it is possible for one userid to have a valid password and a valid passphrase so they can logon with either value. This tends to default the purpose of passphrases. You need to issue ALU xxxx NOPASSWORD to disable the use of a password. ...
22 days ago in z/OS / RACF Not under consideration

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