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Core Infrastructure

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Enhance RACFVARS for the STARTED class so I can use variables anywhere

Please enhance RACFVARS so that I can code something like &ENV in the first qualifier of the started class profile and have the next char after the variable name be another char.
over 8 years ago in z/OS / RACF 2 Not under consideration

Z/OSMF Email Notification facility

The Z/OSMF email notification facility uses smtp along with a userid and password,We do not use smtp for our email.we use Outgoing mail transfer agent (MTA): mta.kp.orgPort: 25We don't use any USERID/Password to connect to the MTA and we don't use...
over 5 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 1 Not under consideration

DFSMSHSM - remove reliance on ML1 for VTOC backups

We are no longer using migration level 1 for migrated data so we want to remove all ML1 volumes, however these are still required for VTOC backups. We do not see a need for VTOC backups as we would never use them for recovery but there does not ap...
over 5 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 1 Future consideration

Ability to recover unsucessful save of z/OS CA BackingStore

The z/OSMF Configuration Assistant needs the ability to recover unsuccessfully stored BackingStore files. In the event of a write failure while saving the backingStore, there is no method to recover the changes that were made prior to the save.
over 11 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 2 Not under consideration

FTP multiple listening ports

FTP-Enable ability to Listen on multiple ports using ONE(1) started task
almost 6 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

Separate place and editor for Actions.xml

editor for Actions.xml is now only available when creating a template. This is too late. we would like to do this earlier and aspart of the development of the workflow.Also we want to have an editor for this separately, much like the workflow edit...
almost 6 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

PFA_JES_SPOOL_USAGE - exceptionmin value

We have a product that occasionally creates a spool exception with average variance of 4000 to 5000 TGs increases which is <.01% of out total TGs . The exception is very short, always back to normal before the next collection cycle.It is a SYSO...
almost 3 years ago in z/OS / BCP_Predictive Failure Analysis 1 Planned for future release

Need SMFLIM to win over IEFUSI

After APAR OA48746, SMFLIM will always defer region limits to IEFUSI settings. This causes problems in our migration from IEFUSI to SMFLIM, such that we are completely unable to devise a safe migration plan. Our IEFUSI will set region for all step...
over 8 years ago in z/OS / BCP_SMF 2 Not under consideration

Add TCPIP LOGSTRING Information for RACINIT NetAccess Authorization Checks

Add TCPIP LOGSTRING Information for RACINIT NetAccess Authorization Checks. Currently the NetAccess RACINIT checks don't show the IP address in the TCPIP Logstring information which is currently working as designed based on conversations with z/OS...
over 8 years ago in z/OS / Ported Tools 1 Future consideration

Open up XCF NOTEPAD to allow USAGE=CLIENT to unauthorized programs

To avoid always having to open a connection everytime, have my server address space create one connection that could be used by any thread running in any other address space while running unauthorized? Of course some sort of RACF check would be ne...
over 8 years ago in z/OS / BCP_XCF/XES 1 Future consideration

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