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Add ability to place comment in auditing of RACF commands

Would like capability to add a comment type keyword on any RACF commands and have that text written to SMF record "as is". Using a new keyword common to all RACF commands. Expected typical usage will be a reason text or tracking number.
over 6 years ago in z/OS / RACF 4 Not under consideration

Provide a non-APF authorized way of obtaining the SMF log stream names

Please provide a non-APF authorized way of obtaining the SMF log stream names (all, or just the ones I am authorized to read is both fine).The purpose is to know which ones to open to get the complete last few hours of SMF. We then read the SMF lo...
almost 6 years ago in z/OS / BCP_SMF 1 Not under consideration

Please include the CPU Time Limit for a Job/Step in SMF Type 30

The CPU Time Limit in effect for a JobStep is not currently written to SMF Type30 at the end of the step. While a job is running this information is available in the Address Space Control Block (ASCBJSTL) and can be displayed or even modified by t...
almost 5 years ago in z/OS / BCP_SMF 1 Not under consideration

Use a Cryptographic controls when varying DASD volumes online in order to provide extra security.

Many multi-LPAR sites wish to have a simple IOCP configuration where all devices can be accessed from all LPARs. This is a potetial security problem as devices from one LPAR can be brought online to another hence bypass the access controls for dat...
almost 2 years ago in z/OS / BCP_IOS 1 Not under consideration

RMF SR to support blanks in passphrase

RMF SpreadSheet Reporter should support blanks in passphrases. Currenlty, when we define a SYSTEM within RMF SR, we try to connect to the z/OS system and we use a RACF Passphrase that contains blanks, the connection from RMF SR to z/OS fails with ...
almost 3 years ago in z/OS / RMF 1 Not under consideration

PFI0813-1627 RACF group attribute non-connectable

SUBMITTER SECTIONSubmitted by: tdoerkesSubmitters Company: Finanz Informatik PUBLICRequirement Number and Title: PFI0813-1627 RACF group attribute non-connectableHomework Assigned: NoRequirement Category: Core TechnologyCurrent Status: RecognizedC...
over 9 years ago in z/OS / RACF 4 Not under consideration

RACF: Avoid RACF Abend for a RACF TSO Comand due a missing Dynamic Parse Table

Currently RACF TSO commands (like LD, short for LISTDSD) can fail with a RACF abend if RACF "Dynamic Parse Table Initialization" either did not yet run or failed to run.RACF should be changed to return a meaningful return code (instead of abending...
almost 4 years ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Not under consideration

Full FTP Support for PDSE

FTP should support the transfer of PDS to a PDSE load library. There is no potential loss of data to be incurred from this in the way a PDSE to a PDS would be impacted. Currently this is not supported.
almost 8 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 3 Not under consideration

Allow modification of CEEDUMP naming convention via parms

Currently, there is no means to change the CEEDUMP naming convention. The LE code uses /path/CEEDUMP.date.time.PID or /path/FNAME.date.time.PID, which may not match the convention a customer uses for other trace and dumps in Java. Providing such a...
almost 5 years ago in z/OS / LE 2 Not under consideration

ISPCCONF - Add PF Key Definitions

Allow the ISPF Configuration Utility to define all 24 PF-Keys for the site.
almost 11 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 6 Not under consideration

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