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z/OS

RMF 74.1 should be updated to allow a simple association between related primary and secondary I/Os

When CRS (Consistent Read from Secondary) is activated, RMF data cannot be used to accurately report on the z/OS online I/O activity. Secondary read I/Os are performed to offline devices and there is no possibility of easily associating the origin...
12 days ago in z/OS / Advanced Data Gatherer Future consideration

IBM Encryption Facility for z/OS PGP preference lists update

The default preference lists for PGP include deprecated algorithms. In some cases is it the first option. Suggestion is to remove deprecated algorithms form the default list or change the order of the list.
about 3 hours ago in z/OS / Encryption Facility Submitted

ICSF: Emit dedicated SMF records for NEW master key register state changes

Business Justification Security monitoring solutions such as zSecure Alert depend on SMF data to detect important cryptographic administration activities. Although ICSF provides auditing for numerous cryptographic events, installations would benef...
about 6 hours ago in z/OS / ICSF Submitted

Monitoring Initial Size of Coupling Facility Structures

It was noticed a problem during a Coupling Facility outage when was necessary to move structures from one CF to another CF. The rebuild/recovery process was not completed sucessfully because the INITSIZE of a WMQ Structure was smaller than the req...
about 2 months ago in z/OS / BCP_XCF/XES Under review

Optimization output naviquest batch ACBJBARD and ACBJBAXV

We need a optimization output naviquest batch report ACBJBARD (Invokes ACBQBAR7 for dataset) and ACBJBAXV(Invokes ACBQBAR6 for DASD volume report). Currently, in job outputs the space values are left-aligned, and the information may be shown in KB...
about 1 month ago in z/OS / DFSMS ISMF/Naviquest Future consideration

Enhance IOS Channel Path Recovery to Detect and Isolate Persistently Degraded Paths

The current IOS channel path recovery mechanism is effective at detecting and recovering from channel path failures based on qualifying error thresholds within a configured time interval. However, there are scenarios in which a channel path may re...
27 days ago in z/OS / BCP_IOS Submitted

Please Upgrade z/OS 3.1 & 3.2 to OpenSSH 9.9 or better, to support post-quantum algorithms sntrup761x25519-sha512 and mlkem768x25519-sha256

This would make SSH Server on z/OS more secure and prevent "store now, decrypt later" attacks. Thanks!
11 days ago in z/OS / Communications Server Submitted

JES2 POLICY: We need the value of node when using /*ROUTE XEQ node or /*XEQ node in our JCL

To convert 5 JES2 exits to a JES2 policy, we need the value of node when using /*ROUTE XEQ node or /*XEQ node in our JCL.The JES2 policy attribute ExecNode contains the resolved node, not the nodename as entered on /*ROUTE XEQ node or /*XEQ node i...
18 days ago in z/OS / JES2 Submitted

OTEL Emitter: Implement possiblity for a STOP command instead of a CANCEL command

Currently, Adv. Data Gatherer OTEL Emitter is not able to be shut down in a normal manner. Instead, it has to be canceled to stop the emitter. A MVS cancel alway results in an ABEND222 what's no normal shutdown procedure. So instead of some unusua...
about 1 month ago in z/OS / Advanced Data Gatherer Planned for future release

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...
12 days ago in z/OS / z/OSMF Submitted

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