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Eliminate RACINIT 108 error on JWT expiration

When performing a multi-step, e.g RADIUS Challenge/Response MFA Authentication with the IDTDATA SAF Class activated, if the user waits for more than the JWT lefetime between steps, the user sees a quick flash of the message:IKJ56416I RACF RACINIT ...
about 5 years ago in z/OS / TSO 1 Future consideration

Allow ML1 DASD volume DEFRAG when HSM is active

Based on a Case that I had opened regarding the use of DFDSS DEFRAG and ML1 DASD volumes, IBM Support mentioned that "...if you want to do defrag the ML1 volumes, you should backup the ML1 volumes first and then shutdown HSM. You should not runnin...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 0 Future consideration

Z/OSMF ISPF needs to use ACCOUNT NUMBERS with comma's.

z/OSMF ISPF does not allow account numbers with comma's. Since z/OSMF ISPF does not allow full screen logon and uses line mode type of logon. The account number gets truncated to the first comma. example of a full screen account number that 3270 u...
about 10 years ago in z/OS / TSO 3 Future consideration

Support for generated jobs

We need a simple way of execution of JCL, REXX or shell script that were generated in a previous step of a provisioning workflow.Provisioning XML, that is part of a cloud provisioning template consists of two steps1. Step – generate a JCL by an ex...
almost 7 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 1 Future consideration

Add a message to indicate an error when z/OSMF cannot verify the certificate you provided

An error message indicating z/OSMF couldn't use the certificate provided (visible to the end-user) would decrease the amount of ICH408I messages in our system log. Something like "Certificate not recognized by z/OSMF. Use standard login method ins...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

z/OSMF REST Services - Add ability to convert EBCDIC to ASCII without adding NEWLINE characters

Add ability to convert EBCDIC to ASCII without adding NEWLINE characters, as a way to indicate that we have files that already contain the NEWLINE characters so that no additional NEWLINE characters get added.
about 5 years ago in z/OS / z/OSMF 0 Future consideration

BPXWMIGF Swap Enhancement

I'd like the ability for the bpxwmigf migration tool to quiese the source file system at the end of the copy to target file system process so that the swap can safely be performed even if the source file system is actively being written to or read...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / USS 0 Future consideration

Additional information about the status of Cache Fast Write

Currently there is no easy way to be sure, that Cache Fast Write(CFW) is not used on your system. But in the event of an hyperswap CFW can be a problem. Therefore every customer should know their configuration. The problem is that the "DEVSERV P" ...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / DFSMS Disk Storage SW Support 1 Future consideration

Offline BER test on FICON channels

On IBM DS8K products we are able to perform an offline Bit ERror (BER) test to check a FICON link's quality while the path is offline but the cables are connected. My understanding is that this is accomplished by using idle characters being sent o...
about 5 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / I/O and Networking 3 Future consideration

Allow DHSMSHSM to set a lifecycle policy during bucket creation

We are using IBM Transparent Cloud Tiering and HSM to migrate data to the cloud. We have had instances where the migration fails, which can result in orphaned "multipart uploads in progress" on the cloud object storage. We have been manually remov...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 0 Future consideration

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