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Core Infrastructure

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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

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

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

Enhance SNI client configuration

In a scenario where a single mainframe client task is talking outbound to a cloud service on a single listener for multiple services, there is no way to configure SNI in ATTLS to support this. The only current way is to split the client task into ...
about 1 year ago in z/OS / Communications Server 0 Future consideration

CDA add new SMF records

Hi, To secure & traceability the solution we need to have new SMF records. Cloud endpoint (url) Object name (file name transfert) MVS RACF user that did the work Bytes received/written Clock time Jobname/Stepname Best regards,
about 1 year ago in z/OS / DFSMS Cloud Data Access 0 Future consideration

WTO enhancement to confirm the unplanned hyperswap test through the command “SETIOS HYPERSWAP”

The command “SETIOS HYPERSWAP” doesn’t have a WTO confirmation prior to run the unplanned hyperswap test. So, this RFE is to request an enhancement/implementation of a WTO message confirmation to prompt the user to confirm or not the unplanned hyp...
over 2 years ago in z/OS / BCP_IOS 1 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

VSAM RLS Lock Information

Today VSAM RLS relies on the LISTSUBSYS(ALL) and LISTSTAT IDCAMS share control dataset commands as a way to list the CICS regions which hold locks in RLS files and to provide statistics of usage of a certain sphere. There is no information about w...
over 7 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS VSAM/RLS 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...
over 8 years ago in z/OS / RACF 2 Not under consideration

Preview mode for Policy Agent

“Northern Trust wants a “preview mode” for Policy Agent. They would like Policy’s to have the ability to preview what would happen if this policy was active. In preview mode, if this policy was active, this would have happened “x” number of times....
over 2 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

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