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    Move settings of password phrase rules from ICHPWX11-exit to RACF SETROPTS

    Today we use the Exit ICHPWX11 to manage our rules for RACF Password Phrases (e.g. length of Password Phrase, valid Characters). Unfortunately the exit is not supported by IBM. A sample is delivered with SYS1.SAMPLIB, but the most current version ...
    about 1 month ago in z/OS / RACF 3 Future consideration

    Enable FEATURE SHARED=YES in the HCD PROFILE

    Our customer encountered data integrity problem for the user catalogs and the DASD datasets in the data warehouse system because a lot of USBs were SHARED=NO. Then it could not update the databases for a few weeks. So, our customer strongly reques...
    29 days ago in z/OS / HCD 1 Future consideration

    Command to display how much full is SYS1.LOGREC dataset (in given moment)

    Dear IBM Team, there is now way how to find out how much occupied is SYS1.LOGREC dataset (in DSLIST 3.4 it always shows 100 %, so this is not relevant). There is just warning message IFB080E once it is 90 % full and then message IFB081I once it is...
    3 months ago in z/OS / BCP_Service Aids 0 Future consideration

    SDSF - Add SMF Logstream information - Show if Signed

    Add to the new SDSF panel 'SMFL' two new columns RECSIGN and ARECSIGN reporting if the logstream is signed (like for compressed) and which token is used.
    about 2 months ago in z/OS / SDSF 0 Future consideration

    Log RACF keyring and certificate usage to enable proper validation and auditing

    Determining whether a RACF keyring or any RACF certificate is still in use by an application (e.g., started task, batch job, etc.) is a very challenging task. Neither RACF nor other components like zERT generate SMF records that capture the usage ...
    11 months ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Future consideration

    Add a confirmation panel for Free command in ISPF command line.

    In ISPF add a confirmation panel for Free command. My customers want this fucntion. Becase they wants to prohibit thier datasets from being compressed unintentional.
    2 months ago in z/OS / ISPF 0 Future consideration

    zOSMF - SDSF Plugin - History of commands

    zOSMF SDSF Plugin does not keep a history of the commands like the '/' offers in the ISPF interface or the direct console usage via 'zOS Operator Consoles' plugin, which does support history as well.
    about 2 months ago in z/OS / SDSF 0 Future consideration

    zOSMF - SDSF Plugin - Must support SYSLOG and OPERLOG

    zOSMF SDSF Plugin 'LOGS' panel only offers the 'Event Log' but neither SYSLOG nor OPERLOG is supported which is a requirement to have the same functionality in the SDSF plugin.
    about 2 months ago in z/OS / SDSF 0 Future consideration

    zOSMF - SDSF Plugin - Userlog (ULOG) must support 'ULOG CLOSE'

    zOSMF SDSF Plugin Userlog (ULOG) must support 'ULOG CLOSE' to have the same functionality as the ISPF interface.
    about 2 months ago in z/OS / SDSF 0 Future consideration

    zOSMF - SDSF Plugin - Userlog (ULOG) must adjust to max screen size

    zOSMF SDSF Plugin Userlog (ULOG) must adjust to the max screen size of the browser. See attached screen print the waste of space when not scaling to the max.
    about 2 months ago in z/OS / SDSF 0 Future consideration

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