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DFSMShsm for files exclude criteria in data set

Our current Spectrum Protect environment uses a standard set of criteria to use for all of the backups. The DFSMShsm BACKDS, HBACKDS, and hbackup commands need the ability to specify a file or data set containing the necessary Exclude criteria dur...
almost 5 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 1 Delivered

Message GFSA728E should show causing userid

Message GFSA728E shows invalid mapping for a user through Kerberos authentication but not which userid it is.
over 2 years ago in z/OS / Network File System (NFS) 1 Delivered

A 64 bit version of __demangle() is needed for Debug Tool to support Wyvern.

LE team already knows about this and what we need, but here are some details of what can go into the case:A 64 bit version of __demangle() is needed for Debug Tool to support Wyvern. This will possibly also affect FA and APA. __demangle is in the ...
almost 3 years ago in z/OS / LE 1 Delivered

More user roles & access control (2): customerized roles

customerized roles for more advanced mgmt
7 months ago in IBM Cloud Infrastructure Center 0 Delivered

GDKU0013I Add local name is DD:LOCAL

Hello, The objective is to have the name of the files transferred to the bucket (endpoint / Data_source / Data in object storage), without having to go to DEBUG with GDKU0013I With level(debug) DEBUG: DD:LOCAL is DataSet: true, name: FILE.NAME DEB...
7 months ago in z/OS / DFSMS Cloud Data Access 2 Delivered

Document the LOGSTRX bit flag in ICHRFXP DSECT

This bit is referred to as "BIT12" in the ICHRFXP DSECT. This bit indicates the format of the data found at the LOGSTR pointer. This bit is needed to know what format the provided data is in for exits that process RACROUTE REQUEST=FASTAUTH calls.
over 2 years ago in z/OS / RACF 2 Delivered

HMC <-> Support Element Communication must comply with PCI DSS / security requirements

To be compliant with the current PCI DSS requirements, certain cipher suites and signature algorithm must be used for the encrypted communication between HMC and Support Element. In contrast to the Web Frontend communication it is not possible to ...
over 6 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE) 3 Delivered

Externalize HILITE values to ISPF Z variables

Externalize the HILITE values to ISPF Z variables (e.g. ZHILANG, ZHICOLOR, ZHIPAREN, ZHIFIND, ZHICURSR)
about 4 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 2 Delivered

Exploit 64-bit addressing mode in DFSMShsm

We would like to request the implementation of 64-bit addressing mode for DFSMShsm to avoid GETMAIN errors during Space Management. Even though existing APAR (e.g. OA32502) describe it as a works-as-designed effect, the limitation is drawing Stora...
almost 2 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 2 Delivered

Improve skulker performance

With SFTP, each transfer creates a log file. With heavy usage, this can create thousands of log files daily. Using skulker to delete these files is no longer feasible since it can only delete around 4K files per hour using almost an entire engine ...
about 6 years ago in z/OS / Shell & Utilities 2 Delivered

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