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    Support for Large Block Interface in IRRADU00

    By enabling LBI for OUTDD (or XMLFORM), IRRADU00 would spend less CPU time on I/O processing, thereby potentially increasing throughput. Also, data compression on tape would be more efficient when storing large OUTDD data sets.
    3 months ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Not under consideration

    Provide consistent easy RCF link from all formats

    Provide an easy way to submit reader comments, consistent between the HTML and PDF versions, with adequate instructions. Currently the PDF versions link to a documentation page that does not have an obvious link for reader comments.
    about 1 year ago in z/OS / Documentation 2 Not under consideration

    SMP/E Root CA certificate change request

    Current IBM SMP/E Root certificate, DigiCert Global Root CA, is using weak SHA1 algorithm. We are working on replacing all certificates using SHA1 with much more secure SHA256. Many vendors already switched their SMP/E client certificates to use ...
    almost 2 years ago in z/OS / SMP/E 1 Not under consideration

    Concurrent Copy SDM_TE search enhancement

    The Concurrent Copy SDM_TE searches get worse the more Point-In-Time track images are stored in the ANTMAIN dataspaces. This delays the Concurrent Copy request past the expected completion time. In our case, what was expected to be 5 to 6 hours of...
    over 3 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS SDM 0 Future consideration

    JCL Maximum 255 steps

    Good afternoon, Due to an incident that occurred on 12/19/2025, we have noticed that some of the processes in our installation have failed because they reached the maximum of 255 steps. We know this goes back to the beginning of JCL. However, we w...
    7 months ago in z/OS / BCP_Scheduler 1 Not under consideration

    CSSMTP - Exploit HashiCorp instead of LDAPBIND to retrieve password

    Since CSSMTP supports authentication with TCP/IP APAR PH61015 a user requires the password in clear text to add it to the LDAPBIND section with a RACF command. However, it would be of great benefit if CSSMTP would connect to HashiCorp password vau...
    7 months ago in z/OS / Communications Server 0 Future consideration

    z/OS Health Checker HZSPRINT utility enhancemnet

    z/OS Health Check utility HZSPRINT provides the user with good information about the checks in place, however it doesn't show the state of it as it could be verified in SDSF for example. Using the the F HZSPROC,DISPLAY,CHECKS,DETAILS it provides t...
    9 months ago in z/OS / BCP_Healthchecker 0 Future consideration

    Add Support For Read Only 3390 DASD When Running In LPAR

    Maintenance of base and middleware on z/OS systems in my shop is performed on a master system. When new z/OS systems are created, these master volumes are copied to the new system. The cloned system LPARs quickly get out of sync with the master sy...
    over 1 year ago in z/OS / DFSMS Disk Storage SW Support 3 Future consideration

    PKI client service within z/OS to access external PKI for certificate request/(auto)approval

    PKI Services (z/OS2.5) supports the following EST functions:1. cacerts: requests the EST CA certificates (the whole chain of the issuers' certificates) using Simple PKI Request.2. simpleenroll: requests a certificate with supplied public key using...
    about 3 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 2 Future consideration

    Enable 4-Char-Ciphers via environment Variable in Web Enablement Toolkit

    Hello there at RFE-Center,we have to use 4-Char Cipher Specs in our zOS Web Client applications. These clients use the z/OS web client enablement toolkit, version 2.4.I know that the toolkit provides the HWTHSET call with the option HWTH_OPT_SSLCI...
    almost 5 years ago in z/OS / web enablement toolkit 0 Future consideration

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