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RMSSERV.EXEC check for MACHINE ESA

When the directory for RMSMASTR is set to MACHINE ESA or when using a system default (GLOBALOPTS MACHINE ESA) without additional MACHINE statements the RMSMASTR startup fails. DFSMS/VM RMSSERV EXEC checks for MACHINE XA or XC but not for ESA. Sinc...
almost 7 years ago in z/VM 0 Delivered

OSM Console Problem during NIP Phase

OSM Console Problem during NIP Phase on z13 System. More Details PMH 37068,075,724.
almost 7 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE) 1 Delivered

Enhancement to Security logs in HMC / SE

The security logs in the HMC and SE are very useful for Audit and security tracking. There is 1 item that we would like added. Currently when a USB device is plugged / unplugged there is a Hardware message posted. Also at startup discovered USB de...
about 7 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE) 3 Delivered

ICSF support for pin block format 4

We recently had a requirement in a project to encrypt PIN codes with an input PIN block format described in ISO 9564-1:2011/Amd.1:2015. Since we didn't find it in the ICSF manual (other ISO formats like ISO-0 to 3 are described in there), we had t...
over 7 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / Crypto HW 6 Delivered

JPMC Cusotmize API setting with IP address & port specification needed

In the Customize API Settings task, when I attempt to add a recipient for SNMP trap notification I am unable to add an IP address with a port number specified as shown in the screenshot below. JPMC get an error indicating the TCP/IP address is inv...
over 7 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE) 4 Delivered

maxttl is same for NEG/POS cache on Resolver..NEG Cache needs seperate maxttl

Currently there is a single maxttl used for positive and negative cache on Resolver. If something happens to cause a negative cache entry to be created then it takes maxttl time for the cache to flush allowing that entry to be resolved again.
over 7 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Delivered

zVM dynamic reconfiguration capability for devices in Subchannel set 1

Dynamic reconfiguration capability for 3390D and 3390A devices in subchannel set1.
over 7 years ago in z/VM 1 Delivered

Systemz HMC Needs a Default order for Temp COD Upgrades

Hello - When going to the HMC/Support Element to perform Model Conversion, temporary upgrades - if you select manage orders and multiple orders such as OOCUoD and CBU exist - you should be able to select an order as the default order.
over 7 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE) 3 Delivered

z/VM Support for Transactional Execution Facility (TX)

Transactional Execution facility is a hardware feature first made available on the EC12 mainframe released in 2012 and has been supported on zOS 2.1 since 2013.The feature enables a more efficient and simpler way of updating core resident data in ...
almost 8 years ago in z/VM 1 Delivered

Increase Timezone zoneid from 3 to 5 characters

The timezone field in SYSTEM CONFIG statements TIMEZONE_DEFINITION and TIMEZONE_BOUNDARY and the CP QUERY TIME command allow 3 characters. Official timezones abbreviations use 1, 3, 4 & 5 characters
almost 8 years ago in z/VM 1 Delivered

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