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IBM Z Hardware and Operating Systems Ideas Portal


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Better Audit Records for Configuration Assistant

We had an issue where a change was made within the Configuration Assistant for the AT-TLS policy however we could not track who made the change nor what was exactly changed. This makes our ability to pinpoint issues with the security policies much...
over 7 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 1 Not under consideration

SE Log to help troubleshoot API timeouts

System: zSeries Support ElementActor: Computer Operation group needing new feature The SE provides various logs that help with managing activities. We are a software development shop that uses both BCPii and Web Services APIs. We have a number of ...
over 7 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE) 1 Not under consideration

Move the LSRPOOL Buffers to Above-the-Bar Storage

Move the LSRPOOL buffers from extended above the line storage to above-the-bar storage.
over 7 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS VSAM 4 Not under consideration

Allow FTP proxy port to be configurable

Customers have interest in being able to configure the port used for FTP proxy.
over 7 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 0 Not under consideration

eIDAS for ICSF and MCL for CEX*S

Remote Signatures according eIDAS (eIDAS is an EU regulation on electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the internal market. It is a set of standards for electronic identification and trust services for electron...
over 7 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / Crypto HW 6 Not under consideration

Better Messages and Help for LOGLIM in OPERLOG

If you enter 'F xx PREV' in OPERLOG and get the Message 'TOP OF DATA REACHED' this could mean that you reach top of data or the LOGLIM – there is no way to differentiate what is true. It would be much easier for the user if ‘LOGLIM REACHED' is dis...
about 5 years ago in z/OS / SDSF 1 Not under consideration

HMC userid with access to all Web Services API logs

As a development shop we have a number of users testing Web Services APIs on the HMC. Some of these APIs are known to cause lockouts of the SE (such as those in Perform Model Conversion) - both changes and queries. We need a central place to audit...
almost 8 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE) 2 Not under consideration

Enhance RACF so that ALTUSER UserID OWNER is a noop if the OWNER is already set

Please enhance RACF so that if someone were to issue:ALTUSER BRUCE OWNER(MARKN) and also if UserID BRUCE already has an OWNER of MARKN then an ICH message is issued that nothing has been modified instead of just modifying the owner again.
almost 8 years ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Not under consideration

Restrict access depending on the system service used to access a resource.

A resource, usually a dataset but it can be a general resource, can be accessed through different services. The idea relates to the ability of accessing the resource through TSO, for example, but not using a JOB (or NetView, or other systems servi...
over 2 years ago in z/OS / RACF 3 Not under consideration

Tool to simulate access to resources.

Administrators and support staff usually need to refine and diagnose RACF controlled access. Therefore they should have available a tool to specify the conditions when an access is to happen and get a detailed RACF response.
over 2 years ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Not under consideration