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Core Infrastructure

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Dual Control use of keys with RACF

Admin actions that authorize the use of keys should require dual controlSupport configuration that requires 2 security administrators to authorize the use of a key.
about 10 years ago in z/OS / ICSF 3 Not under consideration

Incident log

The proxy userid and password is visible in the submitted PDUU batch job on spool.
about 10 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 2 Future consideration

Health Check for RACF_SENSITIVE_RESOURCES

Would like to be able to differentiate results from the IBM Health Checker RACF_SENSITIVE_RESOURCES check. It currently provides an error message IRRH204E if either a sensitive dataset has ID(*) or UACC greater than read, those flagged with an "E"...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / RACF 2 Not under consideration

NFS Server Tracing Check using MVS Health Checker

Our company uses zNFS to facilitate data transfers between z/OS and AIX servers. Our zNFS servers always used to run with the default CTINFS00 settings: Info, Warning, Error, and FFDC (mode="ON"). Following a recent incident in our production envi...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / Network File System (NFS) 2 Not under consideration

NFS Server Enhanced Activity Display

Our company uses zNFS to facilitate data transfers between z/OS and AIX servers. Currently, when problems arise, the zNFS server starts to loop. We have very limited real-time display commands available to determine the root cause of the problem. ...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / Network File System (NFS) 2 Not under consideration

SMP/E Warning Message When All PTFs are NOT SEL

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR021903493User Marketing Field Requirement Number: SSMVSE03037Title: SMP/E Warning Message When All PTFs are NOT SELSubmitted By: IBM User Group Relations/Dallas/IBMOriginators Area: UGDIV : S UGGROUP : MVS UGPROJ : M...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / SMP/E 2 Future consideration

SMP/E: APPLY Processing Should Perform MOUNTs & UNMOUNTs for OE

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR00070649User Marketing Field Requirement Number: SSMVSE98503Title: SMP/E: APPLY Processing Should Perform MOUNTs & UNMOUNTs for OESubmitted By: US359049Originators Area: DFNA / 972-447-0298FPOC: Kurt J. Quackenbu...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / SMP/E 1 Future consideration

Option to restrict UNIX System Services authority to SMP/E work

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR0827083956User Marketing Field Requirement Number: SSMVSE08010Title: Option to restrict UNIX System Services authority to SMP/E workSubmitted By: IBM User Group Relations/Dallas/IBMOriginators Area: UGDIV : S UGGROUP...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / SMP/E 2 Future consideration

JES2 jobs submitted with surrogate user id don't put message in JOBLOG

Jobs submitted with a surrogate user id don't put the information as the rest of the jobs. When a JOB enters the execution queue, it gets annotated time and date in JOBLOG. If the JOB is submitted with a surrogated user, that is not the case. Cust...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / JES2 2 Future consideration

incorrect Operlog processing

For an Incident CEA/CIM actually offloads the Operlog to an VSAM Linear Dataset and defines a Logstream. Only a later select of the 'Operations Log' in the zOSMF Web Interface initiate an 'unload' from the VSAM Linear Dataset into an sequential da...
over 10 years ago in z/OS / BCP_CEA 4 Future consideration

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