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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...
7 days ago in z/OS / z/OSMF Under review

To capture the SC's LOCK SET NAME from the DCOLLECT

Today, DCOLLECT does not provide the lock structure information, which limits our ability to validate the definitions between the Current SCDS and the New SCDS. The below records are being generated from the DCOLLECT and used for the comparison be...
about 2 months ago in z/OS / DFSMS ISMF/Naviquest 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...
2 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.
about 2 months ago in z/OS / z/OSMF Under review

Add a command to know the calculated value for ZHPF buffer when ZHPFOPTS has SYSTEM parameter

For ZHPFOPTS if SYSTEM is specified, the maximum data transfer size for zHPF I/O requests is determined by the system based on the maximum data transfer size supported by the device and its online CHPIDs. So if something changed on CHPID, Switch ,...
13 days ago in z/OS / BCP_IOS Under review

Not evident what to look for when receiving the message: "*IRA131E CRITICAL HIGH COMMON STORAGE SHORTAGE"

During a major change in a production Sysplex LPARs, we have received the *IRA131E message due to a problem with an IMS component not releasing memory and found that it is not evident what to look for in order to locate the exact type of frames in...
about 1 month ago in z/OS / BCP_Storage Management (inc. RSM/ASM/VSM/DIV) 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...
4 months ago in z/OS / SSL Under review

Externalize integrity check for code application (MCL)

Audit is now requiring that we show any code application has NOT been altered from the source. We are aware that IBM has several internal checks in the firmware for this. We as a client can not show the auditor that the firmware has in-fact perfor...
about 1 month ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE)/IBM Resource Link Under review

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...
4 months ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE)/IBM Resource Link Under review

Store number of volumes in status MASTER and USER in the DFSMSrmm control record

Today only the number of rack numbers, number of empty rack numbers, number of bin numbers and number of empty bin numbers are stored in the DFSMSrmm control record. From my point of view, the total number of volumes, the number of volumes in MAST...
about 1 month ago in z/OS / DFSMS RMM Under review

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