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Core Infrastructure

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Lock tape creation until DFSMSRMM is running

When the DFSMSRMM initialization routine is defined in the parmlib IEFSSNxx member, it should lock tape creation even if the product is not enabled by the parmlib IFAPRDxx member. It would only be locked until DFRMM is recording.
over 7 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS RMM 2 Delivered

Don't truncate column EXCP-CNT in DA Panel, instead show **

Please change the behavior in the DA (Display Active) Panel to show ** instead of truncating the numbers in the case the column-width is not big enough.
over 5 years ago in z/OS / SDSF 1 Delivered

AMAPDUPL with DHE/ECDHE cipher suites

When using AMAPDUPL with https on www.secure.ecurep.ibm.com TLS 1.2 is required, which is nice. From TS003255137 I know that the server supports the following cipher suites:•C030 TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384•C02F TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_12...
almost 5 years ago in z/OS / BCP_Service Aids 3 Delivered

z/OSMF Workflow reverse completed tasks

Hi, I would like to have an action in the z/OSMF Workflow that you can reverse the completed status, so that if you mistakenly complete a task that you didn't want to do you can do that.Jerry
almost 4 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 2 Delivered

z/OS Kerberos SKRBKDC Listener Port Binding to all DVIPAS

z/OS Network Authentication Server AS SKRBKDC opens kdc port 88 and kpasswd_server port 464 to all defined dynamic vipas intead of only one defined dvipa ip address. krb5.conf and envar configuration files don't have any parameter for releated por...
about 4 years ago in z/OS / Network Authentication Service 1 Delivered

Comm Server does not support long symbols in z/OS V2.2

Comm Server does not support long symbols in z/OS V2.2
over 9 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 3 Delivered

No SYSLOGD messages (open- and close session) written out using "su"

We have no SYSLOGD log messages written out for users who are using the "su" command in a z/OS UNIX session, while "telnet", "ssh" and other remote access commands do write out login- and logout-messages. This messages are importand to have a comp...
over 9 years ago in z/OS / Shell & Utilities 3 Delivered

DFSMS ACS variable to recognise a ZFS

It would be helpful if there was an ACS variable to recognise a ZFS dataset in either the &DSNTYPE (as for HFS) or &RECORG read only variables. ZFS datasets have certain characteristics that need particular kind of management. For example ...
about 2 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS SMS 2 Delivered

Ability to set Pass Phrase change interval greater than 254 days

There is a limit in RACF that sets the maximum value of password and pass phrase change interval at 254 days. We want to set a pass phrase interval greater than 254 days.
over 4 years ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Delivered

Enhance zERT to Support Importing from GDGs

Add the ability to import all generations of a GDG when specifying the base. When testing this some generation datasets would get stuck and stay allocated to the z/OSMF ID. This would prevent other jobs from accessing those datasets and would requ...
about 2 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Delivered

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