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realtime HMC/SE logging at a syslog server

We have the requirement to collect all messages, logs,... at a central point like a syslog server (e.g. Splunk).It has to became possile to collect all HMCs and SEs messages (Logs, API-Requests, HW-messages,...) there in realtime. The aim is to re...
almost 6 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE) 2 Delivered

Add stepname and step number fields to SMF Type 42.6 records

There are times when data set accesses don't result in Type 14/15 or 64/65 records. The SMF type 30 records for the associated job show CPU and I/O info at the step level, but they don't include the data set name. The 42.6 records show the jobname...
about 5 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS SMS 4 Delivered

z/OSMF system variables should provide a way to retrieve just one system variable (instead of all variables)

I want to use the z/OSMF system variable API (e.g. https://s0w1.canlab.ibm.com:8136/zosmf/variables/rest/1.0/systems/ADCDPL.S0W1) but would like to be able to specify the retrieval of just one system variable, e.g. with:https://s0w1.canlab.ibm.com...
over 3 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Delivered

ICSF utility support to display CKDS/PKDS user metadata

We are interested in an enhancement for the TSO ICSF utilities used to manage keys in the CKDS and PKDS. We would like the metadata display panels to include a full dump of the metadata. Currently, the panels show the formatted metadata associated...
over 4 years ago in z/OS / ICSF 2 Delivered

Meaningful internal battery feature hardware message

Due to the conversion of the battery technology inside the Internal Battery Feature (IBF) of the IBM z15 systems to lithium-ion batteries and the associated risk of thermal runaway, an effective and quick alert is required in recognizable critical...
about 3 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE) 1 Delivered

Retrieve encryption status in ISPF at cluster level

While ISPF retrieves the information needed to display the encryption status for the DATA and INDEX, ISPF does not retrieve the information needed for the CLUSTER. Encryption status should be made available in ISPF for DATA, INDEX and CLUSTER.
about 3 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 1 Delivered

z/OSMF Software Management Remote Deploy without Specification of Storage Class or Volume

When we use z/OSMF remote software deployment we have to specify storage classes for the source and target systems. We have a lot of target systems with a lot of storage classes and would like to let the ACS routines select the proper storage clas...
over 6 years ago in z/OS / SMP/E 1 Delivered

Allow symbolic substitution in the JES2 JOBDEF NFY_SUBJECT parameter

In the new JES2 2.3 NFY_SUBJECT parameter in JES2 parms, the 'string' cannot contain symbols such as &SYSJOBNM. Please provide that function ASAP so our JOB notification e-mails can have meaningful Subject lines, such as 'job name ended with n...
about 4 years ago in z/OS / JES2 2 Delivered

Ability to create user access controls within the zCX CLI

We use ZCX , when we define any new user to zCX by default new users are attached to docker group. So any user can issue all docker commands ,he can pull the images, stop/start own container and as well other containes.So we would request to have ...
about 4 years ago in z/OS / Container Extensions (zCX) 3 Delivered

HMC Email From Domain Setting

HMC EMAIL NOTIFICATION NEEDS TO INDICATE 'FROM' DOMAIN OF '@DOMAIN.COM' INSTEAD OF '@NAME.DOMAIN.COM' FOR SECURITY EMAIL FILTER PURPOSES.
about 5 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE) 5 Delivered

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