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Core Infrastructure

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Ability to send message to zOS Syslog from Docker container in zCX

In an attempt avoid custom code running on the z/OS side I'm simply using fluentd to format the messages then write them out to the USS syslog, which in turn is set to write them to the console. They're being written out fine but are all preceded ...
over 4 years ago in z/OS / Container Extensions (zCX) 3 Future consideration

Provide enanched, automatically manageable information on STP status

STP related errors are displayed in the syslog very early at IPL time, and this makes it difficult for them to be captured by automation and monitoring tools on the fly. We request to enhance the “”DISPLAY ETR” command in two ways: - Include more ...
over 2 years ago in z/OS / BCP_Timer 2 Not under consideration

Enhance JES2 to support compression of dynamic PDS PROCLIBs.

Enhance JES2 to support compression of dynamic PDS PROCLIBs.
over 5 years ago in z/OS / JES2 0 Future consideration

Improve Health Check for RACF_CERTIFICATE_EXPIRATION

We run ISKLM server on z/OS to maintain tape encryption keys. Expired certificates should stay in then keyring until they are not used anymore. Expired certificates possibly stay a long time in the keyring. RACF_CERTIFICATE_EXPIRATION becomes seve...
over 2 years ago in z/OS / RACF 2 Future consideration

Using GCP Workload Identity Federation in DFSMS Cloud Data Access

We've had discussions, about the security, with our internal Cloud Core team and they're suggesting to use GCP Workload Identity Federation instead of GCP service account json file and it's going to improve the security issues significantly.
3 months ago in z/OS / DFSMS Cloud Data Access 0 Future consideration

Prevent wildcard searches on HLQ

When wildcard searches are used on large(r) systems, enq delays / decrease in performance is experienced on catalog processing that impact critical production business processes.Wildcard searches causes higher processing time for example when Db2 ...
6 months ago in z/OS / DFSMS Catalog/IDCAMS/AMS 2 Not under consideration

Increase or remove DFSMSdss 255 SYSIN statement limit

DFSMSdss has a limit of 255 SYSIN statements per execution. This limits to ~200 the number of datasets in any one execution of COPY or RESTORE with individual RENAMEU statements, even when using DATASET(FILTERDD(name)).
over 2 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS DSS 0 Future consideration

Allow DFSORT to run on zIIP

Enable EXCP access method for DFSORT and allow CPU processing for DFSORT steps to run on zIIP engines.
almost 4 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS DFSORT 1 Not under consideration

Mixedcase option

The Open Source UNIX standard is to use case sensitivity. However, it would improve z/OS OpenSSH usability if group names were treated without case sensitivity (similar to how user names are treated) when processing directives such as AllowGroups ...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / OpenSSH 0 Future consideration

TCPIP Sysplex Autonomics with CSM constrain

VTAM CSM FIXED Storage arise 80% CONSTRAIN situation due to a high demand of TCP workload with 4 OSA 10 Gb interfaces. But returns to a level under 80% immediately. This situation repeats more than 1000 times in 2 hours.TCPIP Sysplex Autonomics do...
over 3 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under consideration