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HMC - display timestamp of last successful logon to user

When a user logs on to an HMC, there is no indication displayed to the user of their last successful logon to the device.
about 5 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE) 0 Planned for future release

include CopyPool Records in DCOLLECT Output

The DCOLLECT function should include informations about copypools.
almost 7 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS Catalog/IDCAMS/AMS 3 Planned for future release

Update ISPCMDS table entries for Minimum TRUNC values (e.g. UDLIST should be 3)

The default ISPCMDS table has many commands that have a truncation value of 0 when there is no reason to force the user to type in the entire command name. Reasonable truncation values should be considered and implemented. UDLIST is an example of ...
almost 7 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 5 Planned for future release

Long Reach Required for OSA-Express7S 25GbE and 25GbE RoCE

Support for Long Reach fiber (Single Mode) is required on z15 25GbE RoCE and OSA Express7S.
about 4 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / I/O and Networking 4 Planned for future release

Expand CFRM structure limit beyond 2048

I would like to see the CFRM policy structure limit increased beyond 2048, possibly 3072. I am pushing the 2048 limit currently.
almost 6 years ago in z/OS / BCP_XCF/XES 0 Planned for future release

z/VM support of thin provisioned ECKD Volumes | HCP9050W CP-OWNED volume is on a Space-Efficient DASD.

z/VM does not support IPL from Thin thin provisioned ECKD Volumes. Preconfigured DS8880 (with thin provisioned) can't be used for z/VM system disks. Preconfigured HDS VSP G1000 (with thin provisioned) works fine for z/VM system disks (HDS VSP G100...
over 7 years ago in z/VM 1 Planned for future release

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

Change IDCAMS Diagnose so it can process large numbers of catalog records

IDCAMS Diagnose is currently limited in the amount of entries it can process. It should be modified to process very large numbers of catalog entries as catalogs can now exceed the 4GB limit and access as Extended Attribute datasets. Diagnose curre...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / DFSMS Catalog/IDCAMS/AMS 0 Planned for future release

Apply dynamically HW CRYPTO definitions to z/VM

Changes in z System LPAR activation profile regarding CRYPTO definitions can not be made dynamically available to a LPAR running z/VM. Today it is necessary to shutdown the z/VM and perform a LPAR deactivate followed by LPAR activation. This is an...
about 9 years ago in z/VM 1 Planned for future release

DS8950F TCT Monomode Fiber connection

We need to create a cross infrastructure at a distance not supported by multimode fiber. The availability of single-mode 10Gb cards is therefore required
over 1 year ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / I/O and Networking 2 Planned for future release