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Core Infrastructure

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Support LogFilter for ibm-filterSubject

Currently, we can set a logfilter for an IP-Adress by using / F ldapuxsl, LOG FILTER,(IBM-FILTERIP=1.2.3.4) In the ACL documentation we find additional filters that can be set for ACLs, for example ibm-filterSubject. Having the Subject filter also...
4 months ago in z/OS / LDAP 0 Future consideration

zERT plugin to use Certificate for Authentication

As you know to connect to Db2 for zERT plugin we had to provide the ID / PASSWORD in clear text inside z/OSMF to get it connected initially but as we move along the solution to production environment (UTPLEX ) providing a password for a batchid is...
over 3 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

Modify IKJPARS so that the parse service routine obtain storage above the line

DFSMSrmm is not able to load a large defaults table. DFSMSrmm is abending with S878 and in some cases DFSMSrmm can't be restartet and an IPL is needed. See the details in case TS016867492. We have converted a retention file with 13.300 entries to ...
4 months ago in z/OS / TSO 0 Under review

To reject or abend for incorrectly using same dataset for input and output

Have option to control (system level/step control) reject or abend for incorrectly using same dataset for input and output, when no sorting is performend, hence it risk to have inaccurate data. This will avoid developer wrongly coding caused data ...
2 months ago in z/OS / DFSMS DFSORT 1 Not under consideration

z/OSMF NCA TCPIP profile - allow unresolved symbols in promoted configuration file

A lot of work has gone into adding the ability to maintain the TCPIP Profile in the Network Configuration Assistant The TCPIP command xportprof makes it easy to import the existing configurations into the NCA . It brings in the values for used sym...
almost 5 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 3 Future consideration

zOSMF Network Analyzer allow cancellation

When having a big list of datasets being imported, it is not possible to cancel/stop a task. The only way to stop a task is to restart the full zOSMF instance which is very bad as other services rely on zOSMF. A full Server restart just because th...
about 2 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 0 Future consideration

z/OSMF export/import of configuration definitions

We have more than one z/OSMF running in more then one sysplex. We would like to export and import some of the configured functions from one z/OSMF to the other. For example - z/OS Operator Consoles- Links- FTP Servers- etc Same as for Network Conf...
over 3 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

zERT - Support Filtering zCX traffic

A zERT rule must be able to manage and handle traffic targeting a docker container within zCX to align enforcement of used ciphers. zERT offers the great capabilities to manage which ciphers can be used but a running zCX remains being a black box ...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / Communications Server 0 Future consideration

Provide a DISPLAY PROCLIB command similar to D PARMLIB

Please provide DISPLAY PROCLIB|STCJOBS command similar to the DISPLAY PARMLIB command.
almost 4 years ago in z/OS / BCP_Allocation 3 Future consideration

It will be useful, the standard PERMIT command syntax include a WHEN clause for time-based conditions.

Use Case 1: Restricting Access During Business Hours Scenario 1: A company wants to restrict certain administrative commands during business hours to prevent unauthorized changes while employees are working. Example: PERMIT EZB.INITSTACK.SYSA.TCPI...
4 months ago in z/OS / RACF 0 Future consideration

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