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Core Infrastructure

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Support NFS V4.1 in z/NFS client

At the moment we are looking for solutions to get rid of the DFS/SMB-server on our z/OS mainframe environment.We tried using the z/OS NFS Client software to connect to the Microsoft NFS Server on a Windows Server installation,however we ran into p...
over 3 years ago in z/OS / Network File System (NFS) 3 Future consideration

Fail allocation of DASD datasets with BLKSIZE/CISIZE > 32760

Allocation of disk dataset with a blocksize or VSAM CISIZE greater than 32760 should fail at allocation time, rather than at OPEN time.
over 7 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS Disk Storage SW Support 1 Future consideration

Provide logging of interactive superuser activities

Our security policy requires that the use of "privileged utilities" which includes root access (uid=0 / superuser) must provide logging of the use of the utility. This includes logging what the user is doing while in superuser mode.
almost 10 years ago in z/OS / RACF 4 Not under consideration

zOSMF Configuration Assistant Backing Store Utilities

We have split our zOSMF Configuration Assistant Backing Stores into SYSPLex groupings. This was done due to the performance issues with a large backing store and the single use interface.With many backing stores we have lost a good deal of the usa...
over 7 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 0 Not under consideration

TN3270 should provide a Display command on the Cached Certificate

TN3270 caches the CERT when it is started. There is no way to identified what the name of the CERT is that is cached. Or when it will expire. It would be helpful to be able to issue a DISPLAY Command (MVS Command) to request the name of the CERT a...
about 1 year ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

z/OSMF REST API for RMF III support

New set of RESTful APIs for z/OSMF supporting RMF monitoring services is needed. Using these new set of APIs, a customer/enterprise can acquire current set of data for CPU utilization, job response time etc.
over 7 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

Allow use of better data selection parameter(s) on the PRINT command of ADRDSSU

When printing a data set using ADRDSSU I can see the absolute text of files including encrypted files. However, in order to just see a small part of the text I need to print the entire data set or specify absolute track addresses. Absolute track a...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / DFSMS DSS 1 Not under consideration

z/OSMF console plugin showing locked status in console tab

If lock is pressed for the console. The locked status is only displayed at the overview tab but we would need such an information in the console tab preventing a timeout situation.
almost 4 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

RACF panel Display Sys Options results in Open for Output rather than input

Due to Audit requirements, we monitor datasets that are deemed critical to determine who has accessed those critical datasets and whether it is an acceptable/authorized access. We have noticed that our reports have been reporting access to the 'SY...
almost 9 years ago in z/OS / RACF 2 Not under consideration

PDSE Monitor DUMPNEXT enhancement for multi-system dumps

Enhance existing PDSE monitor DUMPNEXT functionality to dump the PDSE address space(s) on remote systems. Remote PDSE address spaces should be dumped in cases where a remote system has not responded to locking requests as reported by the PDSE moni...
over 7 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS PDS/PDSE 0 Future consideration

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