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Audit all superuser usage

Provide the ability to audit ALL superuser usage.
over 7 years ago in z/OS / USS 1 Future consideration

Enhance filtering for SDSF RSYS

Provide enhanced filtering for the SDSF RSYS command. In particular, please allow use of a scope of JESPLEX
almost 7 years ago in z/OS / SDSF 0 Future consideration

Allow batch TSO to return the MAXRC instead of the last rc seen

I have a sequence of commands, such as RACDCERT GENCERT... RACDCERT LIST cert. If the GENCERT fails, the list cert works, and I get RC = 0 from the jobstep. I have to have multiple jobsteps one for he RACDCERT GENCERT and another with RACDCERT LIS...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / TSO 1 Future consideration

Increase the CRL field length in TR34 ICSF services

The CRL field length in TR34 ICSF services CSNDT34B and CSNDT34D are defined with only 3500 bytes. If the CA sends a CRL more than 3500 bytes then the services will fail resulting in ATMs going out of service.
about 3 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / Crypto HW 3 Future consideration

Add CSA Information to SMF Record Type 30 Data

Please add SQA/ESQA/CSA/ECSA utilisation data to SMF type 30 records. We often need to understand SQA/ESQA/CSA/ECSA utilisation changes over time but SMF data doesn't provide that level of detail.
over 5 years ago in z/OS / BCP_Storage Management (inc. RSM/ASM/VSM/DIV) 2 Future consideration

List available SSL/TLS Ciphers with info about use of Crypto Cards

In CICS communication (SSL/TLS) with ATM a Cipher is selected/negotiated. Please make a list of all ciphers with informations about which can run in the CryptoCard e.g. CEX6C (HW) to offload the usage of CPU, and which can only run using the norma...
over 4 years ago in z/OS / ICSF 0 Future consideration

GDPS z/VM online/offline volumes hindering an ENABLED HYPERSWAP status

We have a GDPS environment with z/OS and z/VM and we are testing such that we have both participating in HYPERSWAP. The z/VM has a list of volumes for z/VM's use and those volumes are known to both z/OS and z/VM but z/OS volumes are only ever brou...
over 4 years ago in z/VM 1 Future consideration

enhance ICSF panel R to list out the ACPs the same way as the TKE workstation.

Hi there, Currently ICSF panel R only alphabetically lists out only the enabled ACPs in just one big list. ICSF manual alphabetically lists out all available ACPs but also in one big list. my RFE is to request for ICSF panel R enhanced to list out...
almost 7 years ago in z/OS / ICSF 0 Future consideration

Parm to remove report lines from IXCMIAPU

Please add a PARM to IXCMIAPU so that it does not issue line breaks, page counts and report headers ADMINISTRATIVE DATA UTILITY: REPORT DATA TYPE = CFRM 06/12/2019 17:30:16 PAGE 4 ___________________________________________________________________...
over 5 years ago in z/OS / BCP_XCF/XES 0 Future consideration

Have HSM display unambiguous dates.

I live in South Africa, support customers in the UK, running an American operating system. HLIST of a migrated dataset displays both the migration date and the last reference date. However, both these dates have the format xx/yy/zz, with no explan...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 0 Future consideration

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