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zHMC Multi-Factor Authentication - RSA Token

RSA authentication to be added & work in parallel with LDAP authentication. Meaning the logon screen would ask for a user ID/password (which is authenticated against LDAP server), along with a RSA token field (to be authenticated in parallel a...
over 8 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE) 3 Delivered

zHMC Display zFLASH allocations via WEB Services API

JPMC would like the ability to issue API commands to display zFLASH allocations at the image profile level. The zOS display command only show active partitions, not images that are deallocated.
over 8 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / HMC/Support Element (SE) 2 Delivered

IT Security Manager

Problem title RACF not notifying CICS on revoked userid . Problem description Running CICS/TS 4.2 under z/OS 2.1. We are having a problem between RACF and CICS on revoked USERID. . According to the manuals RACF is supposed to notify CICS immediate...
almost 9 years ago in z/OS / RACF 3 Delivered

Update CSFTTCP proc to no longer recommend port <1024; reserve port with IANA.org

Please make the following improvements to the CSFTTCP proc for the TKE. 1) Remove strong recommendation to use port below 1024; should no longer be necessary especially for customers using SERVAUTH class to control their ports. 2) Register the por...
almost 9 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / TKE Workstation 4 Delivered

PKI Services - Create an option to remove the private key from the TKDS

When PKI is configured to generate Private Keys in TKDS, create an option to delete the private key after user download or when the cert is expired.Ex.: RemoveExpiredKeysRemoveDownloadedKeys
almost 9 years ago in z/OS / PKI 2 Delivered

More than 1 TB Real memory for z/VM

Customer needs far more than 1 TB real memory supported by z/VM running in one LPAR. Customer wants to run a Datawarehouse solution in Linux in z/VM environment. Datawarehouse of customer needs about 3 TB memory. Therefore customer thinks having t...
almost 9 years ago in z/VM 4 Delivered

'Discover' function in 'system' plugin should work for DVIPA

In 'System' plugin, the 'discover' function does not work for DVIPA. Since zOSMF supports DVIPA, discover function should also support DVIPA. Users who use DVIPA will find that 'discover' can not find the correct URL, and if users modify the URL t...
over 9 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 2 Delivered

Dynamic IOCP change fails as too large for CP

When doing a HCD command CBDSACT to dynamically load and activate a new IODF, frequently receive "CBDD824I Configuration change too large for CP to handle. " for large IODFs. As it's been explained to me, CP should try more aggressively to obtain ...
over 9 years ago in z/VM 2 Delivered

PLAC0812-1533 zHyp should cover I/O infrastructure validation

SUBMITTER SECTIONSubmitted by: Carles.ArisSubmitters Company: la Caixa PUBLICRequirement Number and Title: PLAC0812-1533 zHyp should cover I/O infrastructure validationHomework Assigned: NoRequirement Category: Core TechnologyCurrent Status: Recog...
over 9 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / General/Miscellaneous 4 Delivered

Make CONNECT timeout customizable

The standard sockets CONNECT call has a built-in timeout value of 3 minutes. This value is not customizable. Would like to allow this to be customizable based on user needs. (Could not categorize this under Communications Server as there was no wa...
almost 10 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 6 Delivered

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