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Provide an SMF record each time a Started task starts. Include RACF information.

I need to rationalise the RACF STARTED profiles. I need to know which profiles are being used and which ones are redundant.I would like an SMF record to be written each time a started task starts and for it to have the RACF STARTED profile include...
2 days ago in z/OS / BCP_General Submitted

Enhance D SSI to include the initrnh

Someone asked on a forum how they could tell which subsystems were db2 and which were mq etc. The easiest way would be to provide the information used to configure the SSI.So a command D SSI,I,SUBSYS=SS1 would give INITRTN(CSQ3INI) INITPARM('CSQ3E...
2 days ago in z/OS / BCP_Consoles Submitted

Be able to use EXEMPT MEDIUM and then being able to exempt High ciphers

You can't individually EXEMPT high ciphers when using the EXEMPT MEDIUM parameter. It is tedious going through and using EXEMPT statements for all the LOW, MEDIUM, and HIGH ciphers you do not want enabled just to force IBM Personal Communications ...
3 days ago in z/VM Submitted

Allow to browse or edit a saved report template in zOSMF for DFSMSrmm

Currently, within zOSMF for DFSMSrmm, it is not possible to view or edit a report once it has been saved. The only available options are to DELETE or SUBMIT the report. This is not sufficient, as I would like to review the report once more before ...
3 days ago in z/OS / DFSMS RMM Submitted

Usable output from java on z/OS generally, but especially z/OSMF

The output from java on z/OS is almost unusable. A case in point is z/OSMF. This is now promoted as a strategic part of z/OS and now seems to be a required task, automatically started at IPL. The current output has no timestamps, rendering it of l...
4 days ago in z/OS / z/OSMF Submitted

When the z/OSMF workflow completes, auto generate the "Export Workflow as Printable Format"

z/OSMF workflows are used to perform product customization via input from customers. The workflows take that information and perform tasks. The ability to export the workflow as a printable format would be very useful to capture that work effort w...
7 days ago in z/OS / z/OSMF Submitted

Enhance Shell CP utility to create immutable load module copies

The z/OS UNIX CP command when copying a load module from a data set to a data set does not create an immutable copy. The resulting copy differs from the original source load module which can be seen using SuperC, this is because cp calls the binde...
9 days ago in z/OS / Shell & Utilities Submitted

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...
10 days ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE)/IBM Resource Link Submitted

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...
15 days ago in z/OS / DFSMS RMM Submitted

OAM S3: Implement ListObjects/ListObjectsV2

The OAM S3 REST API should implement the ListObjectsV2 and/or ListObjects as this is a commonly used API in S3 Tools. This would help integrate with the S3 ecosystem more seemlessly.
16 days ago in z/OS / DFSMS OAM Submitted

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