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IBM Z Hardware and Operating Systems Ideas Portal


This is the public portal for all IBM Z Hardware and Operating System related offerings. To view all of your ideas submitted to IBM, create and manage groups of Ideas, or create an idea explicitly set to be either visible by all (public) or visible only to you and IBM (private), use the IBM Unified Ideas Portal (https://ideas.ibm.com).


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Published API for reading and creating s

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR1205122338User Marketing Field Requirement Number: MR1205122338Title: Published API for reading and creating spool dataSubmitted By: Tracy Dean/Beaverton/IBMOriginators Area: z/VM Tools Product ManagementFPOC: Daniel...
about 10 years ago in z/VM 1 Future consideration

Provide function to avoid 1670 wait stat

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR0326134851User Marketing Field Requirement Number: MR0326134851Title: Provide function to avoid 1670 wait state in DR enviroments of SSI systemsSubmitted By: Tim Reynolds/Endicott/IBMOriginators Area: z/VM CP Level 2...
about 10 years ago in z/VM 1 Planned for future release

CP command to modify ENFORCE BY VOLID se

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR0804114049User Marketing Field Requirement Number: MR0804114049Title: CP command to modify ENFORCE BY VOLID settingSubmitted By: Johnathon Pandich/Endicott/IBMOriginators Area: Endicott NYFPOC: Daniel Griffith/Endico...
about 10 years ago in z/VM 2 Not under consideration

Support SECUSER/OBSERVER across members

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR1205123642User Marketing Field Requirement Number: MR1205123642Title: Support SECUSER/OBSERVER across members of a cluster and Include member name information in the data contentSubmitted By: Tracy Dean/Beaverton/IBM...
about 10 years ago in z/VM 1 Future consideration

In the SPL interface support all spool f

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR1205125945User Marketing Field Requirement Number: MR1205125945Title: In the SPL interface support all spool files on a members spool volumes.Submitted By: Tracy Dean/Beaverton/IBMOriginators Area: z/VM Tools Product...
about 10 years ago in z/VM 1 Future consideration

Encryption of ZVM dumps

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR1128061336User Marketing Field Requirement Number: MR1128061336Title: Encryption of ZVM dumpsSubmitted By: Jim Sicignano/Endicott/IBMOriginators Area: VM Level2 SupportFPOC: Daniel Griffith/Endicott/IBM Submitted Dat...
about 10 years ago in z/VM 1 Planned for future release

Add Originiating Accounting Number to Sp

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR00025289User Marketing Field Requirement Number: SOVMPR93005Title: Add Originiating Accounting Number to Spool FileSubmitted By: IBM User Group Relations/Dallas/IBMOriginators Area: DFNA / 972-447-0298FPOC: Daniel Gr...
about 10 years ago in z/VM 2 Not under consideration

Ability to provide access to DIAGF8 info

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR00070235User Marketing Field Requirement Number: Title: Ability to provide access to DIAGF8 information for all filesSubmitted By: U0006352Originators Area: B001 / 01256 341071FPOC: Daniel Griffith/Endicott/IBM Submi...
about 10 years ago in z/VM 2 Not under consideration

Directory Maintenance subconfig sorting

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR0710132316User Marketing Field Requirement Number: MR0924024650Title: Directory Maintenance subconfig sortingSubmitted By: Roger Thibault/Quebec/IBMOriginators Area: ISC Canada VM SupportFPOC: Daniel Griffith/Endicot...
about 10 years ago in z/VM 2 Not under consideration

Provide DSE option for user disks

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR0817102328User Marketing Field Requirement Number: WAVV201008Title: Provide DSE option for user disksSubmitted By: Ronald Campbell/Markham/IBMOriginators Area: zSeries TechlineFPOC: Daniel Griffith/Endicott/IBM Submi...
about 10 years ago in z/VM 2 Planned for future release