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SMF Python API

I know there's a Python API for SMF but it doesn't run on z/OS. I need a Python package for extracting SMF records directly on z/OS, as that's where my application runs. It should be free and open source, just like RACFu. The reason it's important...
12 days ago in z/OS / BCP_SMF 2 Needs more information

Remove LNOTES segment from RACF

The LNOTES is virtually unused and irrelevant in the modern business. If we removed it would be easier to create products and APIs around RACF, it would also be less information new-to-z people would have to deal with.
25 days ago in z/OS / RACF 3 Needs more information

Full AMAPDUPL support, when using "send diagnostic data" in incident log

Incident log send diagnostic data facility collects all the data needed to send to ibm cases in an easy way. Full AMAPDUPL support would help to send this data easy. ATTLS should be full supported
26 days ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 1 Needs more information

zopen utilities as part of standard USS

Make the zopen utilties part of BCP. This way everybody will have it 'on their system' My suggestion is to put all 'that cool stuff' in /zopen There's nothing more to it to be honest ;) You might wanna start with a POC-trial-run in the next ADCD d...
6 months ago in z/OS / General 1 Needs more information

Extend z/OS Validated Boot Protections to z/OS Sysplexes

Currently z/OS Validated Boot only operates within the scope of a single z/OS LPAR (or z/VM guest in limited fashion) — what I'll refer to as a "Stage 0" configuration (in Enable mode). Thus it's currently possible for a z/OS Sysplex to consist of...
4 months ago in z/OS / BCP_Supervisor 1 Needs more information

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