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    z/VM RACF DB minidisk support

    Dear Development.I'd like to have provided option for RACF (RACFVM) having database on standard CMS minidisk (not OS formatted) for standalone zVM (with not shared RACF).Most of zVM I worked with have not shared security DB.If most of the z/VM gue...
    over 2 years ago in z/VM 0 Future consideration

    Inclusion of DEVNO disk definitions on the dirmap report processing

    The customer wants the DEVNO disk to be included in the DIRMAP / DISKMAP reports to have a better management with IBM-Wave. In a large installation controlled by IBM-Wave like this, it would improve the management by having all the disk used under...
    over 7 years ago in z/VM 0 Future consideration

    RACF auditing while GDPS hyperswap is active

    Support RACF auditing of privileged commands used by xDR proxy servers to perform GDPS hyperswap
    about 5 years ago in z/VM 1 Not under consideration

    RACF won't start in SSI if database disk is unavailable

    Running on a z/VM 6.3.0 system in an SSI cluster, the customer's primary RACF database disk became unusable. Symptoms of the unusable database disk include: - When attempting to LOGON to a valid userid, the logon failed with message RPIMGR040T Use...
    about 5 years ago in z/VM 0 Future consideration

    z/OS Sysplex accross z/VM SSI members

    The current design of z/VM allows a Sysplex to be set up on one z/VM environment and cannot be spread between different members of a SSI. RFE opened for requesting a solution for running a z/OS Sysplex across the systems of a z/VM Cluster.
    almost 8 years ago in z/VM 1 Not under consideration

    Add RACDCERT and DIGTCERT class support for RACF for z/VM

    Enhance RACFVM to support the RACDCERT or the DIGTCERT class the same as is currently done on the z/OS operating system to provide the ability to store and protect certificates and control access of these sensitive resources via keyrings. We requi...
    over 10 years ago in z/VM 2 Functionality already exists

    Unique directory name only possible

    Working for Kyndryl Resiliency Services, we start clients under z/VM. The fact is that our clients name their partitions with a too generic name, like PROD, SYST, DEV... and they need to preserve their names to run their DR scenarios. It appears t...
    over 2 years ago in z/VM 0 Future consideration

    ICSF equivalent for z/VM

    Would like to see an ICSF equivalent for z/VM, including RACF equivalent functions.Expected to be for internal use to z/VM (as opposed to calls from programs running in CMS; ex: SSL).Handling digital cert. and keys similar to z/OS.
    about 11 years ago in z/VM 2 Planned for future release

    Compression/Decompression Capabilities for CMS/TSO Pipelines

    SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR00057071User Marketing Field Requirement Number: SSCMSX96009Title: Compression/Decompression Capabilities for CMS/TSO PipelinesSubmitted By: IBM User Group Relations/Dallas/IBMOriginators Area: DFNA / 972-447-0298FPO...
    over 11 years ago in z/VM 1 Future consideration

    Provide a user authorization and permissions agent compatible with Red Hat FreeIPA

    Red Hat is investing in creating a user and security based tool for identity management and open sourcing the result as FreeIPA (www.freeipa.org). I would like to suggest making a CMS client for FreeIPA to allow VM user management with FreeIPA. I ...
    over 3 years ago in z/VM 0 Future consideration

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