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Generic MVS data set support in z/OS UNI

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR1130106417User Marketing Field Requirement Number: SSMVSO08001Title: Generic MVS data set support in z/OS UNIX System ServicesSubmitted By: IBM User Group Relations/Dallas/IBMOriginators Area: UGDIV : S UGGROUP : MVS...
about 10 years ago in z/OS / USS 3 Delivered

z/OSMF - add IZU_WORKFLOWS_MAXIMUM parm to IZUPRMxx

Need to increase the number of workflows from 200 to 500. Currently, the only way to do this is to use the local_override.cfg script and specify parameter IZU_WORKFLOWS_MAXIMUM=xxx. But, use of the override file is not officially supported and the...
over 7 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 1 Delivered

zHMC Optic Power measurement

HMC 2.14.0 introduced a feature under the Channel Problem Determination panel called Optical Power measurement. Works for FICON only, Some clients are asking if this will be available for Inter Coupling Adapters , RoCE and zHiperlink ports as well.
over 6 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE) 2 Delivered

Add Metadata on object storage

Hi, We need to add some metadata when we download file to Object storage. Like sysplex_name, Lpar_name, record_format, dataset_organisation User_name etc.. The goal is to have more information on the files, and to secure object. It should be possi...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / DFSMS Cloud Data Access 1 Delivered

An option to disallow password change after logon with passticket

A passticket is temporary and can only be used for a specific purpose. A password is permanently and generally usable. So we want an option to disallow a password change for an user that is logged on with passticket.
almost 4 years ago in z/OS / RACF 1 Delivered

Report-a-Problem using HMC Web Services

We would like to be able to perform a Report-a-Problem against a CPC or an HMC via Web Services. The POST properties would specify the type of RaP (Power, CPC, LAN, Software, I/O, Health Check, Other, Test automatic problem reporting) and a charac...
almost 4 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE) 1 Delivered

Direct LDAP support by DFSMShsm CLOUDUSER

DFSMShsm needs to have a cloud account defined to DS8000 to allow Transparent Cloud Tiering functionality. When the DS8000 machine is using a remote authentication policy, the mkuser command is disabled. Strict security policies in place disallow ...
over 6 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 2 Delivered

zOS CSSMTP AT-Sign Conversion

In zOS Communication Servers SMTPD Mail Gateway the hexadecimal representation of the AT Sign can be specified with parameter ATSIGN. The same function is needed for the CSSMTP Mail gateway. With the actual codepage conversion not only the mail te...
over 9 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 4 Delivered

Provision to change ownership of Archived workflows in z/OSMF.

System: z/OSMF WorkflowActor: Provision to change ownership of Archive workflows in z/OSMF. We are planning to use Z/OSMF for Workflow automation/orchestration to replace our Consistently repeatable processes and save for future reference. Descrip...
about 4 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 1 Delivered

Allow All step assignees to see job outputs in z/OSMF workflows

System: z/OSMF WorkflowActor: Allow All step assignees also able to see job outputs in z/OSMF workflows We are planning to use Z/OSMF for Workflow automation/orchestration to reduce opportunity for human error & replace our Consistently repeat...
about 4 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 1 Delivered

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