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provide Display SHCDS command with results that go to SYSLOG for automation.

SHCDS commands work both in batch and in the TSO/E foreground, but the output isn't available in SYSLOG. Automation around SMSVSAM/RLS issues would be easier if we could drive standard z/os commands such as /D SHCDS xxx and have output go to SYSLOG.
2 months ago in z/OS / DFSMS VSAM/RLS 2 Needs more information

Isolate PCI traffic from non-PCI traffic on the crypto cards

One of our teams has to purchase hardware security module (HSM) to handle the encryption of the PCI traffic. If CSF could separate the PCI from the Non-PCI traffic, this could allow our team to use the hardware encryption process instead of buying...
about 1 month ago in z/OS / ICSF 2 Needs more information

in the panel editing: I would like the option of exporting the panel definitions into a text-source format with tools around it to be able to create pannels with ISPF statements. The definition should fit in a functional design, also context sensitive info for the end-user.

shorten the distance between functional design and program
about 1 month ago in z/OS / ISPF 1 Needs more information

improved monitoring: more messages and quicker

current monitoring does not show all errors, and sometimes shows errors that have been corrected. Monitoring should also be quicker - status of compute nodes should have enough priority to show problems in near-real-time.
2 months ago in IBM Cloud Infrastructure Center 0 Needs more information

Support for storage upgrade /storage HA

1) to support Citi’s plan to upgrade storage systems; 2) to support Citi’s plan to implment storage HA solution (which is in discussion)
2 months ago in IBM Cloud Infrastructure Center 2 Needs more information

Add ability to include tags to the provisioned resources

Adding tags with metadata about the resources like Virtual Servers will help in large ICIC installations. These tags may be later used to filter resources in operations like inventory, billing, maintenance, automation and so on. Tags are defined b...
over 1 year ago in IBM Cloud Infrastructure Center 4 Needs more information

Granular security for DFSMSHSM modify commands

The use case: Mainframe user wants to recover his/her data sets using HSM modify command. Because the mainframe user does not have Storage Administrator permissions the recover data set command fails. Storage Administrator must protect all HSM mod...
3 months ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 1 Needs more information

Enable WSAPI support for User Management on SE

Audit and security controls are a priority for highly regulated financial services organizations globally. By regulation, we are required to control the passwords for all accounts that provide access to highly critical infrastructure such that a h...
10 months ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE) 1 Needs more information