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IBM Z Hardware and Operating Systems Ideas Portal


This is the public portal for all IBM Z Hardware and Operating System related offerings. To view all of your ideas submitted to IBM, create and manage groups of Ideas, or create an idea explicitly set to be either visible by all (public) or visible only to you and IBM (private), use the IBM Unified Ideas Portal (https://ideas.ibm.com).


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Clarify and Enhance zIIP Boost Behavior Under System Recovery Boost

The System Recovery Boost (SRB) feature, introduced with IBM z15, is designed to provide additional CPU capacity during recovery operations, such as IPLs or middleware restarts. One of the core capabilities of SRB is the zIIP Boost, which is descr...

Bundle python with the z/OS base system

Including Python as a part of z/OS will offer several advantages, similar to REXX being bundled with z/OS. Python is an extremely versatile programming language with a wide range of applications, from web development to data analysis, artificial i...
almost 2 years ago in z/OS / General 3 Delivered
108 VOTE

Revert $CS,P usage on STCs

I've noticed that after going to z/OS 2.4, using option 'P' in front of any executing STC, including DB2 STC tasks, DB2 is cancelled. From the manual, I found this happens only on z/OS 2.3 or later:https://www-01.ibm.com/servers/resourcelink/svc00...
almost 5 years ago in z/OS / JES2 2 Delivered

Add an HTML file to the z/OS 3.1 PDF download similar to 1.READ_ME_FIRST_zOS_V2R5_TOC.htm

The HTM file provided in prior releases when downloading a collection of the z/OS publications was extremely useful. Please provide one for the z/OS 3.1 publications download. Without it the usability of the download collection is significantly re...
about 2 years ago in z/OS / Documentation 17 Delivered
130 VOTE

Add ability for RACDCERT to handle multiple subject alternative names

Currently, RACDCERT list will only show the first altname for a certificate. Certificates can often have many other altnames, and that information can be difficult to obtain. Also, RACDCERT can only generate certificates with one altname, when man...
almost 8 years ago in z/OS / RACF 14 Delivered
105 VOTE

automated access to IBM Z Security Portal HOLDDATA needed

The current process for accessing z/OS security patch information requires browser based access to ResourceLink. We need an automated way to download the Security (Sec/Int=Y) HOLDDATA from the IBM Z Security Portal similar to as we already have fo...
over 6 years ago in z/OS / SMP/E 10 Delivered

CSSMTP comply with AUTH by rfc4954

Need to include the AUTH command on CSSMTP component on zOS TCPIP and zVM TCPIP in order to comply with the rfc4954
about 4 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 13 Delivered

Enabling of a rest service/https support to use OAM functions

Enhancement of OAM by enabling rest service support for customers to use OAM functions
over 4 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS OAM 2 Delivered

Backup of inuse USS-files with DFSMShsm

Id DFSMShsm tries to make a full backup of a directory and one or some files are in use, HSM do not backup that/those file(s) brings the following error messages and ends with rc=2048:ADR035I (SCH)-PRIME(06), INSTALLATION EXIT ALTERED BYPASS FAC C...
over 4 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 4 Delivered

Certificate Management enhancement - Key Size and allow P12 Repository import

This relates to the Certificate Management Task (z15 and DS8K) and also to the TLS configuration in the Card Specific Advianced Funtions on the OSA ICC configuration. It should be possible to specify the length of the private key used in the certi...