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Core Infrastructure

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Support system symbolics and wildcard for RACF RALTER ADDMEM command

Please provide RACF command RALTER's ADDMEM field to support WILDCARD or System SYMBOLIC variable for the dataset name. For example: we would like to be able to specify dataset using system symbolic; RALTER PROGRAM ** ADDMEM('AO.D9G.&SYSID..XX...
almost 9 years ago in z/OS / RACF 2 Not under consideration

Dynamic Reconfiguration of ospf_interface's parameters

Provide command(s) to dynamic reconfiguration of OSPF_Interface statements. The F OMPROUTE,RECONFIG command that is currently available can only be used to add new interfaces, and we have to recycle the OMPROUTE Address Space to apply our changes.
over 10 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 5 Not under consideration

Remove restriction on MVS files being closed when a thread ends

Knowledge Center documents the restriction that "All MVS files opened from a given thread and still open when the thread is terminated are closed automatically by the library during thread termination." (https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter...
over 4 years ago in z/OS / LE 1 Not under consideration

bsearch library function for Metal C

Given the Metal C run-time library includes qsort, it should include bsearch
almost 3 years ago in z/OS / LE 2 Future consideration

Allow the order of variables in Workflow Editor to be rearranged

Variables defined in the Workflow Editor are arranged in order when they were created. The order is not particularly interesting per se. However, when exposing workflows to an external page. (By means, for example a portal), and want to dynamicall...
almost 6 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

LDAP for zOS - Implement serchFilterSizeLimit

System: IBM Tivoli Directory for z/OS Tivoli Directory Server is used to implement SUDO functionality like described in https://www.sudo.ws/man/1.8.17/sudoers.ldap.man.html, that generate automaticlly a search filter with many predicates using IP ...
almost 3 years ago in z/OS / LDAP 0 Planned for future release

z/OSMF generated FTP JCL includes plain text userid and password

When we are sending in documentation, z/OSMF uses FTP to transmit the data. z/OSMF builds the JCL and the userid/password is included in the JCL in clear text. Anyone can browse the job and find the userid/password. I would suggest that the userid...
almost 9 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 1 Future consideration

Multiple VTAM ATCCON configuration lists for systems

Add the facility in VTAM to support multiple ATCCONxx configuration lists to allow for one common config list to be read by multiple systems and a system specific config list.
over 7 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

Add New Optional parameter to delete a userid with norule.

This rule is useful when someone try to delete a userid(ex- which support the dataset rule), but try to retain the rule( ex-dataset). this is useful if you have a dataset HLQ which is used by CICS region but you dont want to manage a userid as tha...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / RACF 4 Not under consideration

z/OSMF Software Management Remote Deploy Ports Specification

We need a possibility to specify a range of TCP/IP port numbers that z/OSMF can use for remote software deployment to communicate with other systems. If there is no such possibility various ports from the ephemeral port range are used and must be ...
over 7 years ago in z/OS / SMP/E 0 Future consideration

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