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Increase the RRSF data size limit

RRSF propagation of NVASAPDT ressources failed Try to activate the AUTOMATIC DIRECTION OF APPLICATION UPDATES in our sysplex environment, but the update for Netview Access are not sent to the other rrsf nodes. The error message is : Application up...
almost 8 years ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Not under consideration

WTO enhancement to confirm the unplanned hyperswap test through the command “SETIOS HYPERSWAP”

The command “SETIOS HYPERSWAP” doesn’t have a WTO confirmation prior to run the unplanned hyperswap test. So, this RFE is to request an enhancement/implementation of a WTO message confirmation to prompt the user to confirm or not the unplanned hyp...
over 2 years ago in z/OS / BCP_IOS 1 Not under consideration

Allow greater flexibility in Certificate Name Filters

The Certificate Name Filters available under RACF today are very rigid in their matching process. As a short-hand, essentially one can consider the name filter as an exact search string match that the certificate subject must contain exactly. This...
almost 4 years ago in z/OS / RACF 2 Not under consideration

Preview mode for Policy Agent

“Northern Trust wants a “preview mode” for Policy Agent. They would like Policy’s to have the ability to preview what would happen if this policy was active. In preview mode, if this policy was active, this would have happened “x” number of times....
over 2 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

ISR@PRIM - Session - Add OS Level

Add 'OS Level' when a user displays 'Session' information from the ISPF Menu (ISR@PRIM). With z/OS 2.1 and above, IBM has introduced/defined a new system symbolic to display the Operating System Level (&OSLEVEL) For example: Menu Utilities Com...
over 9 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 5 Not under consideration

Allow software instances to have more than one workflow file

Even IBM written workflow (e.g. zCX) do have multiple files to have a separation between the workflow itself and the JCL or REXX templates. Like that, the workflow is much more maintainable compared to using inline templates. However when creating...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 5 Not under consideration

Allow SMS to process DD DUMMY

We would like to eliminate all esoterics from HCD and thus allow SMS to be the sole source for esoterics. There is at least one circumstance where this is not a transparent change and that is when using the DUMMY parameter. For example if you have...
about 8 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS SMS 1 Not under consideration

z/OS Contents Supervision - Request for API's/Exit Points for RACF PROGRAM Class Verification Checks

As z/OS Contents Supervision does not issue standard RACF/SAF interfaces to check profiles in the RACF PROGRAM class when loading programs/modules into storage, the IBM zSecure Admin Access Monitor does not get sight of the authorisation check as ...
over 6 years ago in z/OS / RACF 4 Not under consideration

RACF ability for NO-Special-users to remove MFA from user.

We need to implement emergency procedure for MFA-users to allow access without MFA. If somebody get a call in the middle of the night, and drop the phone in the toilet before loging in … we have a serious problem. We have no Security Officers on c...
over 2 years ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Not under consideration

Improvements in zAWARE

It is important for us, zAware being able to read from syslog, because our installation is based on SYSLOG. Also we are interesting in synergies between IMS, DB2 and MQ, and zAware. And it is really important the coexistence between zAware and GDP...
over 9 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / General/Miscellaneous 5 Not under consideration

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